Jan Meyers

Infobox_Congressman
name = Jan Meyers


date of birth = birth date and age|1928|7|20
place of birth = Lincoln, Nebraska
state = Kansas
district = 3rd
term_start = January 3, 1985
term_end = January 3, 1997
preceded = Larry Winn
succeeded = Vince Snowbarger
party = Republican
spouse =
children =
religion =

Jan Meyers (born July 20, 1928 in Lincoln, Nebraska) is an American politician and a former member of the United States House of Representatives from Kansas. She was elected as a member of the Republican Party to the 99th United States Congress and to the five succeeding Congresses. She served from January 3, 1985 until January 3, 1997. During the 104th United States Congress, she was the chairwoman of the United States House Committee on Small Business. She was not a candidate for re-election to the 105th United States Congress. She was the first Republican woman elected to Congress from Kansas (aside from Senator Nancy Kassebaum).

She attended public schools in Superior, Nebraska and attended William Woods College in Fulton, Missouri. She graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Nebraska–Lincoln in 1951. From 1951 until 1954, she worked as an advertising and public relations assistant for a radio station in Omaha and a department store in Lincoln, Nebraska. From 1967 to 1972, she worked as a city councilwoman in Overland Park, Kansas. From 1972 until 1984, she had been a member of the Kansas Senate.

Her son, Phil Meyers, ran for a congressional seat in Hawaii in 2000 as a Republican against liberal Rep. Neil Abercrombie but was defeated overwhelmingly.

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