Betty Jo Charlton | |
State House1: | Kansas |
District1: | 44th |
Term Start1: | 1980 |
Term End1: | 1980 |
Predecessor1: | Michael Glover[1] |
Successor1: | Jessie Branson |
State House2: | Kansas |
District2: | 46th |
Term Start2: | 1981 |
Term End2: | January 9, 1995 |
Predecessor2: | Robin Leach |
Successor2: | Troy Findley |
Birth Date: | 15 June 1923 |
Birth Place: | Reno County, Kansas, U.S. |
Death Place: | Lawrence, Kansas, U.S. |
Party: | Democratic |
Education: | University of Kansas |
Betty Jo Charlton (June 15, 1923 - July 22, 2014) was an American politician.
Born in Reno County, Kansas, Charlton went to the University of Kansas. She then worked in the Charlton Insurance Agency where she meet her husband. Charlton served in the Kansas House of Representatives from 1980 until 1994 as a Democrat; she was originally appointed in 1980 to replace Michael Glover, who resigned his seat, and then was re-elected in her own right.
She died in Lawrence, Kansas.[2]