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This article is about the politician. For the football player, see James Parrish.

Jim Parrish
Member of the Kansas Senate
from the 19th district
In office
1975 – January 1980
Preceded byTom West
Succeeded byNancy Parrish
Member of the Kansas House of Representatives
from the 58th district
In office
1973–1974
Personal details
Born (1946-08-25) August 25, 1946 (age 78)[1]
Great Bend, Kansas
Political partyDemocratic
SpouseNancy Elaine Buchele[2]
Children4[3]
ResidenceTopeka, Kansas

Jim Parrish (born August 25, 1946) is a businessman and former politician from the U.S. state of Kansas. During the 1970s, he served as a Democrat in both the Kansas House of Representatives and the Kansas State Senate.

Parrish was born in Great Bend, Kansas. He married Nancy Buchele and moved to Topeka to attend law school in 1970.[4] He ran for the Kansas House in the 1972 elections, serving one term, and then ran for the State Senate in 1974.[1] He was re-elected in 1978, but resigned his seat in January 1980 due to business concerns.[4] The seat was filled by his wife.

During the mid-1980s, Jim Parrish was named chair of the Kansas Democratic Party. He also worked as a hotelier and commercial property manager and developer, and in 2010 was inducted into the Topeka Business Hall of Fame.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b "Kansas Legislators, Past and Present - Parrish, Jim". kslib.info. State Library of Kansas. Retrieved November 3, 2022.
  2. ^ Clark, Patty (October 23, 2020). "Interview of Nancy Parrish". ksoralhistory.org. Kansas Oral History Project. Retrieved November 3, 2022.
  3. ^ "District Judge Nancy Parrish to Retire June 24". kscourts.org. Kansas Judicial Branch. May 20, 2022. Retrieved November 3, 2022.
  4. ^ a b Tucker, Sara (February 1, 1991). "Interview: Nancy Parrish" (PDF). ksoralhistory.org. Kansas Oral History Project. Retrieved November 3, 2022.
  5. ^ "Jim Parrish Named to 50 Kansans You Should Know". ruralmessenger.com. Rural Messenger. August 9, 2015. Retrieved November 3, 2022.


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