Republican, Clyde M Reed won the 1928 Kansas gubernatorial election, shortly after he took office, the Great Depression began, and he was defeated in his 1930 bid for renomination.
Clyde M. Reed 1928 Clyde M. Reed
October 19, 1871  November 8, 1949
(aged 81) Republican Governors of the State of Kansas Shortly after he moved into the governor's mansion, the Great Depression began. Reed was defeated in his bid for renomination in 1930, and returned to newspaper editing. 
