Harry Hines Woodring was the 25th governor of Kansas and was a Secretary of War in President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's Cabinet. He was the United States Assistant Secretary of War from 1933 to 1936.
Time in Office: January 12, 1931 - January 9, 1933
Born: May 31, 1890, Elk City, Kansas.
Died: September 9, 1967, Topeka, Kansas.
Democratic banker from Neodesha.
He was also the 53 Secretary of War, during FDR's Administration (September 25, 1936 – June 20, 1940)
Websites about this Governor
- Biography on Wikipedia
- Biography on the National Governors Association
- Governor Records - Woodring, 1931-1933 on the KSHS website.
- Governor's messages to the Kansas Congress at the Kansas State Library