John McCuish

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34^th Governor of Kansas
John McCuish
In office January 3, 1957 – January 14, 1957
Lieutenant	none
Preceded by	Fred Hall
Succeeded by	George Docking

Born	June 22, 1906 Leadville, Colorado
Died	March 12, 1962 Newton, Kansas
Political party	Republican
Spouse	Cora Hedrick
Profession	advertising salesman, newspaper editor, politician
Religion	Presbyterian

John Berridge McCuish (June 22, 1906 - March 12, 1962) was thirty-fourth Governor of Kansas.

McCuish was born in Leadville, Colorado and attended school in Missouri before graduating from Washburn University in Topeka, Kansas in 1925. After running several Harvey County newspapers, McCuish entered the military to serve in World War II. After returning from Germany, McCuish held several jobs with the Kansas Republican Party from 1939 to 1948. McCuish began his term as lieutenant governor of Kansas in 1954 under Governor Fred Hall. Governor Hall resigned a little more than a week before the inauguration of his successor on January 3, 1957. McCuish became governor of Kansas, an office he held for eleven days, making it the shortest administration in the history of the state. His one official act as governor was to appoint Hall to the State Supreme Court, in what is known as "the triple play of 1956," as a way of depriving Docking the opportunity to appoint the new chief justice. After leaving office, McCuish returned to the newspaper business. He died after having a stroke and was interred in Greenwood Cemetery in Newton, Kansas. No mention of his service of governor is inscribed on his tombstone.