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Jim Sherow

April 10, 2024

James Sherow is an author and emeritus Distinguished Professor of environmental and the American West at Kansas State University and was a regional Democratic politician in Kansas. He is most notable for serving as a city commissioner and mayor of the city of Manhattan, Kansas. He was the Democratic nominee for the First District in the United States House of Representatives elections in Kansas, 2014, running against incumbent Tim Huelskamp.

Early life edit

Jim Sherow was born in Hutchinson Kansas and raised in Maize Kansas. Sherow's father and uncles served in the military during World War II.[1][2] Sherow volunteered for military service in the air force during the Vietnam War from 1970-1974.[1][2]

University career edit

 
The Hulse-Daughters House in Manhattan Kansas which Sherow and his wife renovated and turned into a bed and breakfast

At Wichita State University Sherow received his bachelor's degree in 1976 and his masters in 1978.[3] He finished his Ph.D. in History at the University of Colorado in 1987.[4] His dissertation was titled "Discord in the Valley of Content" and received a "Westerners International-Phi Alpha Theta Award" for the historical subfield of "Western history".[4]

Sherow taught at Southwest Texas State University until 1992 when he became an associate professor at Kansas State University.[4] Once at K-State, the College of Arts and Sciences awarded him with the William L. Stamey Award for Teaching in May 1995.[3] In 2007, he became a full professor. He was named a University Distinguished Professor in 2017.[5]

City commission edit

Sherow ran for city commission in 2005 with the endorsement of "Citizens for a Better Manhattan", but did not enter the commission.[6] He lost by 6 votes after the count of provisional ballots.[7] The election focused on topics like the redevelopment of downtown Manhattan, KS, the rental housing inspections, and the town's aquatics center.[8] That year, he was elected to the Board of Directors for Downtown Manhattan, Inc which he maintained until 2007.[2]

Sherow served in the Manhattan, KS city commission from April 2007 until April 2013.[1] In 2007, Sherow tied votes with challenger Jayme Morris-Hardeman for Manhattan, KS city commissioner seat.[9] According to The Collegian, the student newspaper at Kansas State University, the tie was decided by a coin toss, with Sherow winning.[9]

Sherow ran again in the 2009 elections. Sherow was one of 4 city commission candidates to support the expansion of the local transit system, ATA Bus, to include fixed routes.[10] In a similarly controversial issue, Sherow supported the southern portion of the redevelopment of Downtown Manhattan, which included the Flint Hills Discovery Center and a conference center.[11] Both programs were enacted subsequent the elections. In the 2009 general election, Sherow received the most votes of the commissioners in the election receiving 2,756 votes or 18.07% of the total cast ballots, giving him a four-year term.[12]

2014 congressional campaign edit

Main article: United States House of Representatives elections in Kansas, 2014 § District 1

Primary and motivations for running edit

In March 2014, Sherow began a run for the Democratic primary in order to challenge incumbent Republican Tim Huelskamp in Kansas's 1st congressional district.[1] In the primary, he also ran against democrat Bryan Whitney of Wichita, though Whitney did not actively campaign.[13][14] Sherow won the primary with a significant lead over Whitney, with 65.6% of the 12,502 primary votes.[15] Republican, Alan LaPolice also challenged Huelskamp in the primary, gaining 45% of the Republican primary votes.[16]

Sherow announced his initial impetus for running was that Huelskamp did not sufficiently represent Kansas in the House of Representatives; Sherow claimed Huelskamp did not sufficiently address the agricultural interests of the first district, amongst other concerns, such as encouragement of sustainable energy options.[1] Sherow believed he would handle agricultural issues better than Huelskamp.[1] In a September 3, 2014 interview with Salon, Sherow reinforced these motivations for running, noting the "General gridlock" in Congress.[17] Sherow also described Huelskamp as more extreme and impractical than Governor Sam Brownback.[17] When asked if the Huelskamp campaign was taking his challenge seriously, he responded "I think they're taking it seriously. Huelskamp doesn't want to give me any more name recognition than he needs to. So we're going to put out a challenge for debate and I’ll be very surprised if he actually accepts it. Sherow and Huelskamp did subsequently debate one another in different locations across the Big First. "[17]

Endorsements and funding edit

Sherow saw considerable bi-partisan support in developing his campaign. Traditional Republicans for Common Sense— with members like Kansas politicians Steve Morris, and Ruth Teichman — endorsed him, saying that "[he] will promote practical solutions to our many problems rather than promoting a certain political 'party label.'"[18]

Sherow endorsed independent senate candidate Greg Orman, who is running against incumbent Republican Senator Pat Roberts in the state senate election.[19] Democratic candidate Chad Taylor soon withdrew from the race in favor of Orman.[20] The New Republic quoted Chris Reeves, "a Kansas City Network Consultant who works with Democratic candidates" in saying that "The moment Sherow, a Democrat, said he couldn't endorse him, it was over ."[20]

Primaries were on August 5, 2014.[21] As of July 24, 2014, Sherow had raised $66,507 of campaign funds as compared to the incumbent Huelskamp's $648,301.[21] The Lawrence Journal-World reported that Sherow was receiving no support from the national Democratic Party, so feels that he would not owe favors the House's Democratic caucus.[22]

Affiliated organizations edit

Personal life edit

Sherow is married to Bonnie Lynn-Sherow. She is also a historian at K-State, specializing in North American Indigenous and agricultural history.[1] She was founding director of K-State's Chapman Center for Rural Studies (2007-2020).[1] The couple opened the "Daughters House Bed and Breakfast" in Manhattan in 2010, after renovating a home on the National Register of Historic Places listings for the town of Manhattan, KS.[1][23] They have four daughters.[1]

Publications edit

Books[4]

Journal articles and book chapters[24]

  • . Online Journal of Rural Research & Policy (2). 2006. Archived from the original on 2008-08-28.
  • Virgil Dean, ed. (2005). "Wes Jackson, Kansas Ecostar". John Brown to Bob Dole: Movers and Shakers in Kansas History. University Press of Kansas. pp. 317–27.
  • David J. Wishart, ed. (2004). "Water". Encyclopedia of the Great Plains. University of Nebraska Press.
  • "The Fellow Who Can Talk the Loudest and Has the Best Shotgun Gets the Water': Water Regulation and the Montana State Engineer's Office, 1889-1964". Montana: The Magazine of Western History (54): 56–69. Spring 2004.
  • "The Art of Water and the Art of Living: Review Essay". Kansas History (25): 52–71. Spring 2002.
  • Char Miller, ed. (2001). "The Decline of Agriculture in the Arkansas River Valley Was Predictable Due to the Limitations of Irrigation". Water and Environment since 1945: Global Perspectives. History in Dispute. Vol. 7. Manly Inc. pp. 11–13.
  • Char Miller, ed. (2001). "Water, Sun, and Cattle: The Chisholm Trail as an Ephemeral Ecosystem". Fluid Arguments: Five Centuries of Western Water Conflict. University of Arizona Press.
  • R. Douglas Hurt, ed. (1998). "Greens and Farmers: Environmentalism and Agriculture in the American West, 1945-1990". The Rural West Since World War II. University Press of Kansas.
  • Coauthored w/ William S. Reeder, Jr. "A Richly Textured Community: Fort Riley, Kansas, and American Indians, 1853-1911". Kansas History. 21: 2–17. Spring 1998.
  • "On the Rim of the Desert's Heart: Kansas and Water". Kansas History. 19: 2–5. Spring 1996.
  • Coauthor w/ Homer Socolofsky Richard Lowitt, ed. (1995). "Kansas and Water: Survival in the Heartland". Politics in the Postwar American West. University of Oklahoma Press.
  • "Agricultural Marketplace Reform: T.C. Henry and the Irrigation Crusade in Colorado, 1870-1914". Journal of the West. 31: 51–8. October 1992.
  • "The Latent Influence of Equity in Wyoming v. Colorado, (1922)". Great Plains Research. 2: 7–26. February 1992.
  • Sherow, James E. (Summer 1992). "Workings of the Geodialectic: High Plains Indians and Their Horses in the Region of the Arkansas River Valley, 1800-1870". Environmental History Review. 16 (2): 61–84. doi:10.2307/3984929. JSTOR 3984929. S2CID 157780008.
  • "The Contest for the 'Nile of America': Kansas v. Colorado, (1907)". Great Plains Quarterly. 10: 48–61. Winter 1990.
  • "The Chimerical Vision: Michael Creed Hinderlider and Progressive Engineering in Colorado". Essays and Monographs in Colorado History. 9: 37–59. 1989.
  • Sherow, James E. (May 1989). "Utopia, Reality, and Irrigation: The Plight of the Fort Lyon Canal Company in the Arkansas River Valley". Western Historical Quarterly. 20 (2): 162–84. doi:10.2307/969325. JSTOR 969325.
  • "Watering the Plains: An Early History of Denver's Highland Canal". Colorado Heritage. No. 4. 1988. pp. 2–13.
  • "Rural Town Origins in Southwest Reno County". Kansas History. 3: 99–111. Summer 1980.

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Aust, Scott (2014-03-19). "Sherow makes bid for 'good representation' in Big First". Garden City Telegram. Archived from the original on 2014-06-09.
  2. ^ a b c "Biography". Support Sherow. Retrieved July 20, 2014.
  3. ^ a b . Kansas State University. Archived from the original on July 26, 2014. Retrieved June 10, 2014.
  4. ^ a b c d "Professor Sherow's Manhattan". Kansas State University Department of History. September 2013. Retrieved June 9, 2014.
  5. ^ "Jim Sherow". Kansas State University. Retrieved June 9, 2014.
  6. ^ "Citizens Power: Was it a case of PAC muscle and what happens next?". Manhattan Mercury. March 6, 2005.
  7. ^ Rubick, Joanna (April 12, 2005). "Results remain the same in commission race". Kansas State Collegian.
  8. ^ Mayes, Kathryn (April 1, 2005). "Neighborhood Issues: Rental Inspection, indoor aquatics center aired". Manhattan Mercury.
  9. ^ a b Staff (April 4, 2007). "Sherow keeps commission seat after provisional vote count". The Collegian. Retrieved June 9, 2014.
  10. ^ Holderbach, Patrice; Felber, Bill (March 27–28, 2009). "Candidates split on transit question". The Manhattan Mercury.
  11. ^ Holderbach, Patrice (March 15, 2009). "South ins and out". The Manhattan Mercury.
  12. ^ Brake, Jon A. (April 9, 2009). "Voter Reject Phillips, Hatesohl - Elect Sherow, Pepperd, Morris-Hardeman" (PDF). Manhattan Free Press.
  13. ^ Strand, Michael (March 23, 2014). . Salina Journal. Archived from the original on July 19, 2014. Retrieved June 9, 2014.
  14. ^ Lefler, Dion (July 28, 2014). . The Wichita Eagle. Archived from the original on July 28, 2014.
  15. ^ "2014 Primary Election Official Vote Totals" (PDF). Kansas Secretary of State. Retrieved 28 August 2014.
  16. ^ Hegeman, Roxana (July 5, 2014). . Associated Press. Archived from the original on July 12, 2014.
  17. ^ a b c Isquith, Elias (September 3, 2014). ""I just found it really embarrassing": The despicable antics of a Tea Party hero". Salon.
  18. ^ Clarkin, Mary (September 9, 2014). "Moderate Republicans endorse Democrat Sherow over Huelskamp". The Hutchinson News.
  19. ^ Clarkin, Mary (August 22, 2014). "Sherow splits with Dems in Senate race to back Orman". The Hutchinson News.
  20. ^ a b Judis, John B.; Beutler, Brian (September 5, 2014). "Democrats Just Put a GOP Senate Seat in Jeopardy—And Republicans Want to Suppress the Vote to Save It". New Republic.
  21. ^ a b "Congressional Races in 2014 (Kansas)". OpenSecrets. Retrieved July 15, 2014.
  22. ^ Hancock, Peter (September 9, 2014). "Moderate Republicans endorse Democrat Jim Sherow in 1st District congressional race". The Lawrence Journal.
  23. ^ Kaberline, Carolyn (December 3, 2011). "Couple restores historic Manhattan home". The Capital-Journal.
  24. ^ "Curriculum Vitae". Kansas State University. Jim Sherow. Retrieved September 9, 2014.

External links edit

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James Sherow is an author and emeritus Distinguished Professor of environmental and the American West at Kansas State University and was a regional Democratic politician in Kansas He is most notable for serving as a city commissioner and mayor of the city of Manhattan Kansas He was the Democratic nominee for the First District in the United States House of Representatives elections in Kansas 2014 running against incumbent Tim Huelskamp Contents 1 Early life 2 University career 3 City commission 4 2014 congressional campaign 4 1 Primary and motivations for running 4 2 Endorsements and funding 4 3 Affiliated organizations 5 Personal life 6 Publications 7 References 8 External linksEarly life editJim Sherow was born in Hutchinson Kansas and raised in Maize Kansas Sherow s father and uncles served in the military during World War II 1 2 Sherow volunteered for military service in the air force during the Vietnam War from 1970 1974 1 2 University career edit nbsp The Hulse Daughters House in Manhattan Kansas which Sherow and his wife renovated and turned into a bed and breakfastAt Wichita State University Sherow received his bachelor s degree in 1976 and his masters in 1978 3 He finished his Ph D in History at the University of Colorado in 1987 4 His dissertation was titled Discord in the Valley of Content and received a Westerners International Phi Alpha Theta Award for the historical subfield of Western history 4 Sherow taught at Southwest Texas State University until 1992 when he became an associate professor at Kansas State University 4 Once at K State the College of Arts and Sciences awarded him with the William L Stamey Award for Teaching in May 1995 3 In 2007 he became a full professor He was named a University Distinguished Professor in 2017 5 City commission editSherow ran for city commission in 2005 with the endorsement of Citizens for a Better Manhattan but did not enter the commission 6 He lost by 6 votes after the count of provisional ballots 7 The election focused on topics like the redevelopment of downtown Manhattan KS the rental housing inspections and the town s aquatics center 8 That year he was elected to the Board of Directors for Downtown Manhattan Inc which he maintained until 2007 2 Sherow served in the Manhattan KS city commission from April 2007 until April 2013 1 In 2007 Sherow tied votes with challenger Jayme Morris Hardeman for Manhattan KS city commissioner seat 9 According to The Collegian the student newspaper at Kansas State University the tie was decided by a coin toss with Sherow winning 9 Sherow ran again in the 2009 elections Sherow was one of 4 city commission candidates to support the expansion of the local transit system ATA Bus to include fixed routes 10 In a similarly controversial issue Sherow supported the southern portion of the redevelopment of Downtown Manhattan which included the Flint Hills Discovery Center and a conference center 11 Both programs were enacted subsequent the elections In the 2009 general election Sherow received the most votes of the commissioners in the election receiving 2 756 votes or 18 07 of the total cast ballots giving him a four year term 12 2014 congressional campaign editMain article United States House of Representatives elections in Kansas 2014 District 1 Primary and motivations for running edit In March 2014 Sherow began a run for the Democratic primary in order to challenge incumbent Republican Tim Huelskamp in Kansas s 1st congressional district 1 In the primary he also ran against democrat Bryan Whitney of Wichita though Whitney did not actively campaign 13 14 Sherow won the primary with a significant lead over Whitney with 65 6 of the 12 502 primary votes 15 Republican Alan LaPolice also challenged Huelskamp in the primary gaining 45 of the Republican primary votes 16 Sherow announced his initial impetus for running was that Huelskamp did not sufficiently represent Kansas in the House of Representatives Sherow claimed Huelskamp did not sufficiently address the agricultural interests of the first district amongst other concerns such as encouragement of sustainable energy options 1 Sherow believed he would handle agricultural issues better than Huelskamp 1 In a September 3 2014 interview with Salon Sherow reinforced these motivations for running noting the General gridlock in Congress 17 Sherow also described Huelskamp as more extreme and impractical than Governor Sam Brownback 17 When asked if the Huelskamp campaign was taking his challenge seriously he responded I think they re taking it seriously Huelskamp doesn t want to give me any more name recognition than he needs to So we re going to put out a challenge for debate and I ll be very surprised if he actually accepts it Sherow and Huelskamp did subsequently debate one another in different locations across the Big First 17 Endorsements and funding edit Sherow saw considerable bi partisan support in developing his campaign Traditional Republicans for Common Sense with members like Kansas politicians Steve Morris and Ruth Teichman endorsed him saying that he will promote practical solutions to our many problems rather than promoting a certain political party label 18 Sherow endorsed independent senate candidate Greg Orman who is running against incumbent Republican Senator Pat Roberts in the state senate election 19 Democratic candidate Chad Taylor soon withdrew from the race in favor of Orman 20 The New Republic quoted Chris Reeves a Kansas City Network Consultant who works with Democratic candidates in saying that The moment Sherow a Democrat said he couldn t endorse him it was over 20 Primaries were on August 5 2014 21 As of July 24 2014 Sherow had raised 66 507 of campaign funds as compared to the incumbent Huelskamp s 648 301 21 The Lawrence Journal World reported that Sherow was receiving no support from the national Democratic Party so feels that he would not owe favors the House s Democratic caucus 22 Affiliated organizations editPersonal life editSherow is married to Bonnie Lynn Sherow She is also a historian at K State specializing in North American Indigenous and agricultural history 1 She was founding director of K State s Chapman Center for Rural Studies 2007 2020 1 The couple opened the Daughters House Bed and Breakfast in Manhattan in 2010 after renovating a home on the National Register of Historic Places listings for the town of Manhattan KS 1 23 They have four daughters 1 Publications editBooks 4 The Chisholm Trail Joseph McCoy s Great Gamble 2018 lt https themercury com james sherow university distinguished professor of history set to retire june 9 article bc1d3e81 f474 5fd5 9b33 965a0a205660 html gt Railroad Empire Across the Heartland with John Charlton 2014 Manhattan 2013 Images of America series from Arcadia Publishing The Grasslands of the United States An Environmental History 2007 A Sense of the American West An Anthology of Environmental History 1998 Watering the Valley Development along the High Plains Arkansas River 1870 1950 1990 Journal articles and book chapters 24 William Allen White and What s the Matter with Kansas Once More Online Journal of Rural Research amp Policy 2 2006 Archived from the original on 2008 08 28 Virgil Dean ed 2005 Wes Jackson Kansas Ecostar John Brown to Bob Dole Movers and Shakers in Kansas History University Press of Kansas pp 317 27 David J Wishart ed 2004 Water Encyclopedia of the Great Plains University of Nebraska Press The Fellow Who Can Talk the Loudest and Has the Best Shotgun Gets the Water Water Regulation and the Montana State Engineer s Office 1889 1964 Montana The Magazine of Western History 54 56 69 Spring 2004 The Art of Water and the Art of Living Review Essay Kansas History 25 52 71 Spring 2002 Char Miller ed 2001 The Decline of Agriculture in the Arkansas River Valley Was Predictable Due to the Limitations of Irrigation Water and Environment since 1945 Global Perspectives History in Dispute Vol 7 Manly Inc pp 11 13 Char Miller ed 2001 Water Sun and Cattle The Chisholm Trail as an Ephemeral Ecosystem Fluid Arguments Five Centuries of Western Water Conflict University of Arizona Press R Douglas Hurt ed 1998 Greens and Farmers Environmentalism and Agriculture in the American West 1945 1990 The Rural West Since World War II University Press of Kansas Coauthored w William S Reeder Jr A Richly Textured Community Fort Riley Kansas and American Indians 1853 1911 Kansas History 21 2 17 Spring 1998 On the Rim of the Desert s Heart Kansas and Water Kansas History 19 2 5 Spring 1996 Coauthor w Homer Socolofsky Richard Lowitt ed 1995 Kansas and Water Survival in the Heartland Politics in the Postwar American West University of Oklahoma Press Agricultural Marketplace Reform T C Henry and the Irrigation Crusade in Colorado 1870 1914 Journal of the West 31 51 8 October 1992 The Latent Influence of Equity in Wyoming v Colorado 1922 Great Plains Research 2 7 26 February 1992 Sherow James E Summer 1992 Workings of the Geodialectic High Plains Indians and Their Horses in the Region of the Arkansas River Valley 1800 1870 Environmental History Review 16 2 61 84 doi 10 2307 3984929 JSTOR 3984929 S2CID 157780008 The Contest for the Nile of America Kansas v Colorado 1907 Great Plains Quarterly 10 48 61 Winter 1990 The Chimerical Vision Michael Creed Hinderlider and Progressive Engineering in Colorado Essays and Monographs in Colorado History 9 37 59 1989 Sherow James E May 1989 Utopia Reality and Irrigation The Plight of the Fort Lyon Canal Company in the Arkansas River Valley Western Historical Quarterly 20 2 162 84 doi 10 2307 969325 JSTOR 969325 Watering the Plains An Early History of Denver s Highland Canal Colorado Heritage No 4 1988 pp 2 13 Rural Town Origins in Southwest Reno County Kansas History 3 99 111 Summer 1980 References edit a b c d e f g h i j Aust Scott 2014 03 19 Sherow makes bid for good representation in Big First Garden City Telegram Archived from the original on 2014 06 09 a b c Biography Support Sherow Retrieved July 20 2014 a b James E Sherow Kansas State University Archived from the original on July 26 2014 Retrieved June 10 2014 a b c d Professor Sherow s Manhattan Kansas State University Department of History September 2013 Retrieved June 9 2014 Jim Sherow Kansas State University Retrieved June 9 2014 Citizens Power Was it a case of PAC muscle and what happens next Manhattan Mercury March 6 2005 Rubick Joanna April 12 2005 Results remain the same in commission race Kansas State Collegian Mayes Kathryn April 1 2005 Neighborhood Issues Rental Inspection indoor aquatics center aired Manhattan Mercury a b Staff April 4 2007 Sherow keeps commission seat after provisional vote count The Collegian Retrieved June 9 2014 Holderbach Patrice Felber Bill March 27 28 2009 Candidates split on transit question The Manhattan Mercury Holderbach Patrice March 15 2009 South ins and out The Manhattan Mercury Brake Jon A April 9 2009 Voter Reject Phillips Hatesohl Elect Sherow Pepperd Morris Hardeman PDF Manhattan Free Press Strand Michael March 23 2014 Sherow in Salina Salina Journal Archived from the original on July 19 2014 Retrieved June 9 2014 Lefler Dion July 28 2014 Expert 1st District race a referendum on new breed of GOP politician The Wichita Eagle Archived from the original on July 28 2014 2014 Primary Election Official Vote Totals PDF Kansas Secretary of State Retrieved 28 August 2014 Hegeman Roxana July 5 2014 Huelskamp faces GOP challenge in Kan 1st District Associated Press Archived from the original on July 12 2014 a b c Isquith Elias September 3 2014 I just found it really embarrassing The despicable antics of a Tea Party hero Salon Clarkin Mary September 9 2014 Moderate Republicans endorse Democrat Sherow over Huelskamp The Hutchinson News Clarkin Mary August 22 2014 Sherow splits with Dems in Senate race to back Orman The Hutchinson News a b Judis John B Beutler Brian September 5 2014 Democrats Just Put a GOP Senate Seat in Jeopardy And Republicans Want to Suppress the Vote to Save It New Republic a b Congressional Races in 2014 Kansas OpenSecrets Retrieved July 15 2014 Hancock Peter September 9 2014 Moderate Republicans endorse Democrat Jim Sherow in 1st District congressional race The Lawrence Journal Kaberline Carolyn December 3 2011 Couple restores historic Manhattan home The Capital Journal Curriculum Vitae Kansas State University Jim Sherow Retrieved September 9 2014 External links editInternet Archive page of November 14 2014 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Jim Sherow amp oldid 1177179205, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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