Individual Details

Ernest Austin Briles, (7/30/1892 - 5/18/1975): Ernest was a noteworthy journalist and owned a newspaper, The Stafford Courier in Stafford KS. He was President of the Kansas Press Association in 1932. He was elected to the Kansas Legislature; the Kansas House of Rep. three terms, serving as Speaker of the House 1939-1941. He went on to be elected to the Kansas Senate and served as President Pro Tem of the Kansas Senate (I believe 1971-1972). He is the only Kansas Legislator to have served as both Speaker of the KS House of Reps and President of the Kansas Senate. He graduated from Campbell College in Horton KS


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Birth	30 Jul 1892	LeRoy, Coffey County, Kansas
Death	18 May 1975	Stafford, KS
Burial		Stafford Cemetery, Stafford, Stafford, Kansas, United States

Spouse	Ada Cole (1895 - 1958)
Child	Ernestine Briles (1916 - 2002)
Child	Jeanne Briles (1918 - 1996)

Father	Harrison W Briles (1852 - 1929)
Mother	Susan Hall (1857 - 1931)
Sibling	Warren Briles (1880 - 1883)
Sibling	Tressie Briles (1886 - 1890)
Sibling	Owen Emmit Briles (1898 - 1972)