About Clarence Oakes
Lived 1900 – 1973 (aged 73). Clarence Oakes was an American politician.
Clarence P. Oakes (June 17, 1900–November 15, 1973) was an American politician who served in the Kansas House of Representatives and Kansas State Senate.
Oakes was born in Merwin, Missouri and his family moved to Kansas when he was five years old. He was elected to the Kansas House in 1938, and served a single term there before being elected to the Kansas Senate in 1940. He resigned his seat in November 1950, and was replaced by Richard L. Becker.
In addition to his time in the state legislature, Oakes served in the U.S. navy, working in military intelligence, and in the U.S. State Department and Central Intelligence Agency. In 1961, he was selected to head the Institute for American Strategy, a defense policy think tank. He led the Institute until his death in 1973.
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Who was Clarence Oakes?
American politician
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Clarence Oakes was born on 17 June 1900 in Merwin, Missouri.
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Clarence Oakes died on 15 November 1973 in Dover Air Force Base.
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Clarence Oakes was a politician.
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