Walter A. Huxman

Walter Huxman attended Emporia State College and the University of Kansas. There he made his law degree in 1914. Between 1915 and 1919 he was a deputy district attorney in Reno County; and from 1919 to 1921, he served as a trial lawyer of the city Hutchinson. In 1928, Huxman applied unsuccessfully for the post of judge of the Supreme Court of Kansas. Between 1931 and 1932 he was a member of the Tax Commission of that State. Huxman was a member of the Democratic Party and chairman of the state party convention in 1936. On this Convention, he was nominated as a candidate for the upcoming gubernatorial elections, which he ruled with 51.1 percent of the vote against the Republicans Will G. West for themselves.

After his successful election Huxman could take up his post on 11 January 1937. During his term, the state was recovering from the Great Depression. Notable events during his reign included the introduction of a uniform traffic laws on the highways, the payment of a bonus to veterans of World War I, the creation of a new Textbook Commission, an amendment to the Act on the granting of licenses and the relaxation of the prohibition law. At a federal prohibition was abolished in 1933, the states could on this issue but can travel independently.