Kenneth Francisco | |
State: | Kansas |
State Senate: | Kansas |
District: | 26th |
Term Start: | January 14, 1991 |
Term End: | 1992 |
Preceded: | Jim Francisco |
Succeeded: | Todd Tiahrt |
State House1: | Kansas |
District1: | 90th |
Term Start1: | 1975 |
Term End1: | 1978 |
State House2: | Kansas |
District2: | 90th |
Term Start2: | 1981 |
Term End2: | 1990 |
Birth Date: | 1941 11, mf=yes |
Birth Place: | Lamar, Colorado, U.S. |
Death Place: | Newton, Kansas |
Residence: | Wichita, Kansas |
Spouse: | Everell D. Baldwin |
Relations: | Jim Francisco (brother) |
Party: | Democrat |
Kenneth D. Francisco (November 16, 1941 - March 7, 2013) was an American politician who served in both chamber of the Kansas State Legislature.
Francisco was born in Lamar, Colorado on 16 November 1941. His older brother was Jim Francisco, also a future Kansas state legislator. Kenneth Francisco served in the United States Army before starting a 26-year career in public office. He served in the Kansas House of Representatives from 1975 to 1978, then 1981 to 1990, before his appointment to the Kansas Senate to succeed his brother between 1991 and 1992.[1] Kenneth Francisco later served on the Kansas Racing Commission. Francisco died on 7 March 2013, aged 71.[2]