Theodore D. Saar
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Theodore D. "Ted" Saar Jr. (April 25, 1918 – October 22, 1981) was an American politician who served as a
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in the
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from 1963 to 1976. Saar was born in
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and worked as a railroad engineer. He was originally appointed to the Kansas Senate in 1963, to fill the unexpired term of F.O. Doty, who resigned the 9th district seat. He was re-elected in his own right in 1964 (switching districts to the
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), switched districts again in 1968 to run in the
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, and finally served for one term in the
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Senate district.


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