About Tom West
Lived 1925 – 1975 (aged 49–50). Tom West was an American politician.
Thomas James West (June 10, 1925–January 19, 1975) was an American politician who served in the Kansas State Senate and Kansas House of Representatives as a Republican during the 1960s and 1970s. He was originally elected to the Kansas House in 1966, serving one term there before running for the Kansas Senate. He won election to the Senate in 1968 and won re-election in 1972 before resigning from the Senate on September 20, 1973. After his resignation, he was succeeded by Dana Killinger. He died on January 19, 1975 of cancer.
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Who was Tom West?
American politician
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Tom West was born in 1925.
When did Tom West die?
Tom West died in 1975.
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Tom West was a politician.
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Tom West was American.
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