Denver David Hargis

Denver David Hargis (July 22, 1921 – March 16, 1989) was a U.S. representative from Kansas from 1959 to 1961.

Born in Key West, Florida, his maternal grandfather and grandmother were each from Spain and England. In 1922, when Hargis was one year old, his parents moved to Coffeyville, Kansas. He attended Coffeyville schools. He enlisted in the United States Navy in January 1941 and served until October 1943. He graduated from Washburn University, Topeka, Kansas, with a B.A. in 1946, and from its law school, with a LL.B. in 1948. He was admitted to the bar in 1948 and commenced his practice of law in Coffeyville, Kansas.

In February 1949, he was appointed district supervisor of the Census Bureau for the Third District of Kansas. He was promoted to administrative officer for Kansas, Missouri, and Nebraska, and was later promoted to regional assistant and served until December 1950. He served as mayor of Coffeyville, Kansas from 1953 to 1958. He was appointed by Governor Docking as a member of the Arkansas River Basin Committee 1957–59. He served as delegate at large to Democratic National Convention in 1960. He was an unsuccessful candidate for election in 1956 to the Eighty-fifth Congress.

He was a resident of Sarasota, Florida until his death there in 1989. Hargis was buried at Arlington National Cemetery, Section 37, Grave 921.