Bill Wisdom | |
State: | Kansas |
State Senate1: | Kansas |
District1: | 6th |
Term Start1: | 1993 |
Term End1: | January 13, 1997 |
Predecessor1: | John Steineger |
Successor1: | Chris Steineger |
State House2: | Kansas |
District2: | 31st |
Term Start2: | 1975 |
Term End2: | 1992 |
Predecessor2: | Harley Huggins |
Successor2: | Pat Pettey |
Party: | Democrat |
Birth Date: | 1932 4, mf=yes |
Birth Place: | Cottonwood, Coal County, Oklahoma, U.S. |
Death Place: | Houston, Texas |
Spouse: | Joann Wisdom[1] |
Children: | 2 |
Alma Mater: | Kansas City Kansas Community College |
Residence: | Kansas City[2] |
Bill Wisdom (April 11, 1932January 21, 2004) was an American politician who served in the Kansas state legislature from 1975 to 1996.
Wisdom was born and grew up in Oklahoma. He moved to Kansas as a young man to attend Kansas City Kansas Community College, and subsequently worked as a supervisor for General Motors.[1]
Wisdom was originally elected to the Kansas House of Representatives in 1975. He served for 9 terms as a Democrat, leaving the House in 1992; in that year, he was elected to the Kansas State Senate succeeding John Steineger, where he served a single term before being replaced by John's son Chris Steineger.