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Jene Vickrey

American politician

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 23, 2026
Entity authorityQ16193420
Source-derived summary

Jene Vickrey (born August 8, 1959) is a former Republican member of the Kansas House of Representatives, representing the 6th district. He served from 1993 until his resignation in July 2020 following his decision not to seek re-election in 2020. He is a former House Majority Leader and speaker pro tempore of the House of Representatives.

Vickrey has served in the American Legion Exchange Council, National Federation of Independent Business and Springhill Chamber of Commerce. He was also a charter member of the Louisberg Rotary Club. The American Conservative Union gave him a lifetime rating of 83%. On July 7, 2020, Vickrey resigned from the Kansas House of Representatives after having served for twenty-eight years.

Committee membership

2019-2021

Chairman of Insurance

Rural Revitalization

Education

2015

During the 2015 Legislative Session, Vickrey served on the following Committees:

Calendar and Printing (Chair)

Interstate Cooperation

Legislative Budget

Legislative Coordinating Council

2013-2014

During the 2013-2014 Legislative Sessions, Vickrey served on the following committees:

Calendar and Printing (Chair)

Interstate Cooperation

Legislative Budget

Legislative Coordinating Council

2011-2012

During the 2011-2012 Legislative Sessions, Vickrey served on the following committees:

Calendar and Printing

Interstate Cooperation (Vice-chair)

Joint Legislative Coordinating Council

Legislative Budget

2009-2010

During the 2009-2010 Legislative Sessions, Vickrey served on the following committees:

Transportation (Vice-chair)

Education

Government Efficiency and Fiscal Oversight

Joint Legislative Coordinating Council

Elections

2012

Vickrey won re-election in 2012, running unopposed in both the August 7 Republican primary and in the general election on November 6, 2012.

2010

Vickrey won re-election to House District 6 in 2010 with no opposition. He was also unopposed in the Republican primary.

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Begin with the source’s own compact description: “Jene Vickrey” is american politician. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Jene, Vickrey and American, not as a finished interpretation.

Editorial reviewA productive starting point for separating a subject’s documented career from later reputation and commemoration. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1959, 1993, 2020, 2019—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1959-08-08. For this dossier, Jene, Vickrey and American is the immediate research focus.
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This entry incorporates text from Jene Vickrey” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.