William R. Roy
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William Robert Roy (born in Bloomington, Illinois on February 23, 1926) was a United States Representative from Kansas. He attended the Lexington, Illinois public schools and earned a B.S. from Illinois Wesleyan University in 1945 as well as a B.M. from Northwestern University Medical School in Chicago, 1948. He received an M.D. from the same university in 1949 as well as a J.D. from Washburn University Law School in Topeka, Kansas, 1970.
Roy served in the United States Air Force, 1953-1955, and was discharged with rank of captain. He practiced medicine in Topeka from 1955 to 1970 and was elected as a Democrat to the Ninety-second and Ninety-third Congresses (January 3, 1971-January 3, 1975). He was not a candidate in 1974 for reelection but was an unsuccessful candidate for election to the United States Senate in that year, he lost to Bob Dole only by a few thousand votes. He ran for the US Senate again in 1978 but lost to Nancy Kassebaum by a large margin. He resumed the practice of medicine in Topeka and is a resident of that city.
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