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Robert Docking (Robert Blackwell Docking) was born on 9 October, 1925 in Kansas City, Missouri, U.S., is an American politician. Discover Robert Docking's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 57 years old?

Popular As Robert Blackwell Docking
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Age 57 years old
Zodiac Sign Libra
Born 9 October, 1925
Birthday 9 October
Birthplace Kansas City, Missouri, U.S.
Date of death 8 October, 1983
Died Place Merriam, Kansas, U.S.
Nationality United States

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His wife is Meredith Marina Gear

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Children William, Tom

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1925

Robert Blackwell Docking (October 9, 1925 – October 8, 1983) was an American businessman and politician from Kansas who served as the 38th governor of Kansas from 1967 until 1975.

A conservative Democrat in a heavily Republican state, Docking is to date Kansas's only governor to serve four terms.

A son of previous Democratic governor George Docking, he grew up in Lawrence, Kansas and served in the United States Army Air Forces during World War II.

After the war he established a career as a banker and civic leader in Arkansas City, Kansas, eventually becoming mayor.

The son of future Governor George Docking and Mary Virginia Blackwell Docking, Robert Blackwell Docking was born on October 9, 1925 in Kansas City, Missouri.

Docking attended public school in Lawrence, Kansas, before attending the University of Kansas, and served in the United States Army Air Forces during World War II.

After his discharge from the military, Docking returned to Lawrence to take a position at First National Bank of Lawrence, his family's banking business.

1950

Docking married Elkhart, Kansas native and University of Kansas business graduate Meredith Marina Gear on June 17, 1950 in Kansas City, Missouri.

1956

In 1956, Docking moved to Arkansas City, Kansas to take a position as vice president of Union State Bank.

1957

The son of former Gov. George Docking (1957–1961), he was married to Meredith and they had two sons, William and Tom, the latter of whom served as lieutenant governor and ran unsuccessfully for the governorship in 1986.

After his service as governor, Docking resumed his former profession of banking in Arkansas City.

He donated his papers to the University of Kansas rather than give them to the Kansas State Historical Society, where the papers of his 34 predecessors are stored, with the exception of his father, who burned his gubernatorial papers.

1959

In 1959 he became president of the bank.

Also in 1959 Docking was named "Young Man of the Year" by the Kansas State Junior Chamber of Commerce.

In addition to his banking career, Docking also became involved in an insurance agency and a feedlot business.

1966

Docking became the first Democrat in state history to unseat an incumbent governor in 1966, and would be reelected in 1968, 1970, and 1972.

A popular figure who was best known for his staunch fiscal conservatism and consistent electoral success, Docking is credited with reviving the Kansas Democratic Party and developing a competitive two-party system in Kansas.

He was the father of Lieutenant Governor of Kansas and gubernatorial candidate Thomas Docking and stepfather of United States Senate candidate Jill Docking.

Docking was elected governor in 1966 in a major upset over the incumbent Republican, William Avery, whom Docking attacked for his administration's unpopular income and sales tax hikes.

Avery was also hurt by a contentious court ordered school district unification process that took place during his term.

Avery had trailed in polling before the election, but was still seen as the favorite due to Kansas's strong Republican tradition and the intense unpopularity of the Johnson Administration in the state.

1967

The 1967 legislative session was dominated by bitter clashes between Docking and a largely Republican legislature on taxes, school finance and highway construction.

Accomplishments of the session were considered modest, but the Governor fulfilled a campaign promise by securing approval of a cut of income taxes on the first $2,000 of taxable income from 2.5% to 2%, established conformity between federal and state income taxes and reduced withholding rates form 15% to 10%.

He ultimately vetoed 21 bills passed during the session.

Docking served more terms than any other Kansas governor, but is tied for length of service because of a constitutional amendment approved during his final term which provided that Kansas governors serve four-year terms, and are constitutionally prohibited from running for more than two terms.

He was known for his commitment to farmers, small business owners, and the environment.

1983

Docking died of emphysema in 1983 in Merriam, Kansas, the day before his 58th birthday, and is interred in Highland Park Cemetery in Kansas City, Kansas, in a plot adjoining his parents'.

A state office building across the street from the capital in Topeka, Kansas, bears his name, and his bank in Arkansas City (Union State Bank), which is still owned by the Dockings, is on the National Register of Historic Places.

In addition, the entire length of U.S. Route 77 in Cowley County, Kansas (which contains Arkansas City) is known as the Robert B. Docking Memorial Highway.

Docking's son Thomas was Lieutenant Governor of Kansas during the gubernatorial tenure of John Carlin.

1996

Docking's daughter-in-law, and Thomas' wife, Jill Docking, was the unsuccessful Democratic nominee to succeed Bob Dole in the 1996 U.S. Senate election, losing to Sam Brownback.

2014

She was the Democratic nominee for lieutenant governor in the 2014 elections (Paul Davis was the gubernatorial candidate and her running mate).