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'''Frank Carlson''' (January 23, 1893 – May 30, 1987) was a [[Republican Party|Republican]] [[politician]] who served as the 30th [[governor]] of [[Kansas]] from 1947 to 1950 and a United States Senator from 1950 to 1969. He also served in the Kansas House of Representatives from 1929 to 1933 and the [[United States House of Representatives]] from 1935 to 1950. He is the only Kansan to have held all four of these offices. He was also his state party chairman from 1933 to 1935. His political career began with the election of [[U.S. President]] [[Herbert Hoover]] in November 1928 and ended shortly before the inauguration of [[Richard M. Nixon]] in January 1969.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.kshs.org/kansapedia/frank-carlson/12002|title=Frank Carlson|publisher=Kansas Historical Society |accessdate July 5, 2021}}</ref>
'''Frank Carlson''' (January 23, 1893 – May 30, 1987) was a [[Republican Party|Republican]] [[politician]] who served as the 30th [[governor]] of [[Kansas]] from 1947 to 1950 and a United States Senator from 1950 to 1969. He also served in the Kansas House of Representatives from 1929 to 1933 and the [[United States House of Representatives]] from 1935 to 1950. He is the only Kansan to have held all four of these offices. He was also his state party chairman from 1933 to 1935. His political career began with the election of [[U.S. President]] [[Herbert Hoover]] in November 1928 and ended shortly before the inauguration of [[Richard M. Nixon]] in January 1969.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.kshs.org/kansapedia/frank-carlson/12002|title=Frank Carlson|publisher=Kansas Historical Society |accessdate July 5, 2021}}</ref>
==Background==
Carlson was born near Concordia, the county seat of Cloud County located in north central Kansas. He was the son of [[Sweden|Swedish]] immigrants Charles Eric Carlson (1862-1931) and the former Anna Johannesson (1866-1948).<ref name=findagrave/> He attended public schools and what later became [[Kansas State University]] in Manhattan, Kansas. He was a private in the [[United States Army]] in [[World War II]].<ref name=findagrave>{{cite web|url=Frank Carlson (1893-1987) - Find A Grave Memorial|title=Frank Carlson|publisher=findagrave.com|accessdate=July 5, 2021}}</ref>
Carlson was born near Concordia, the county seat of Cloud County located in north central Kansas. He was the son of [[Sweden|Swedish]] immigrants Charles Eric Carlson (1862-1931) and the former Anna Johannesson (1866-1948).<ref name=findagrave/> He attended public schools and what later became [[Kansas State University]] in Manhattan, Kansas. He was a private in the [[United States Army]] in [[World War II]].<ref name=findagrave>{{cite web|url=Frank Carlson (1893-1987) - Find A Grave Memorial|title=Frank Carlson|publisher=findagrave.com|accessdate=July 5, 2021}}</ref>