Editing Sam Brownback (section)

==Early life and education==
Sam Brownback was born on September 12, 1956, in [[Garnett, Kansas]], to Nancy (Cowden) and Glen Robert Brownback.<ref>{{cite web|title=Partial Genealogy of the Brownbacks (of Kansas)|url=http://www.politicalfamilytree.com/samples%20content/members/PDF%20Content/Brownback-KS-1.pdf|website=Political Family Tree|publisher=CLP Research|access-date=June 11, 2017|archive-date=February 13, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170213190104/http://www.politicalfamilytree.com/samples%20content/members/PDF%20Content/Brownback-KS-1.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=RootsWeb - Samuel Dale Brownback |url=http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~battle/senators/brownback.htm |website=Learning Centers at Ancestry.com |access-date=June 11, 2017 |archive-date=November 9, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121109042622/http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~battle/senators/brownback.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> He was raised in a farming family in [[Parker, Kansas]]. Some of Brownback's [[German-American]] ancestors settled in Kansas after leaving [[Pennsylvania]] following the [[American Civil War|Civil War]].<ref name="Weekly">{{cite news |url=http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/012/511umjoo.asp|author=Eastland, Terry|pages=1–3|title=Mr. Compassionate Conservative|work=The Weekly Standard|volume=011|issue=44|date=August 7, 2006 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120703153805/http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/012/511umjoo.asp|archive-date=July 3, 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Throughout his youth, Brownback was involved with the [[National FFA Organization|FFA]] (formerly the Future Farmers of America), serving as president of his local and state FFA chapters, and as national FFA vice president from 1976 to 1977.<ref>{{cite web|website=National FFA Organization |url=http://www.ffa.org/about_ffa/html/ffa_formermembers.html |title=Prominent Former Members |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060829035509/http://www.ffa.org/about_ffa/html/ffa_formermembers.html |archive-date=August 29, 2006}}</ref>

After graduating from Prairie View High School, Brownback attended [[Kansas State University]],<ref>{{cite news|website=K-State Media Relations|publisher=Kansas State University|url=http://www.k-state.edu/media/newsreleases/landonlect/brownbacktext206.html|title=Sam Brownback, U.S. Senator, Kansas, Landon Lecture|date=February 22, 2006|access-date=December 28, 2008|archive-date=July 3, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170703145022/http://www.k-state.edu/media/newsreleases/landonlect/brownbacktext206.html|url-status=live}}</ref> where was elected student body president and became a member of the [[Alpha Gamma Rho]] agricultural fraternity. After graduating from college in 1978 with a degree in Agricultural Economics in 1978,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.brownback.com/|title=Sam Brownback|publisher=brownback.com|access-date=October 7, 2018|archive-date=October 8, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181008062716/http://www.brownback.com/|url-status=usurped}}</ref> he spent about a year working as a [[radio broadcaster]] for the now-defunct [[KKSU (AM)|KSAC]] farm department, hosting a weekly half-hour show.<ref name="Weekly"/><ref>{{cite news|last1=Kapochunas|first1=Rachel|title=Brownback, Set to Launch GOP White House Bid, Will Fight from the Right|url=https://www.nytimes.com/cq/2007/01/18/cq_2142.html|access-date=June 11, 2017|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=January 18, 2007|archive-date=February 22, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170222195525/http://www.nytimes.com/cq/2007/01/18/cq_2142.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Brownback received his [[Juris Doctor|J.D.]] from the [[University of Kansas]] in 1982.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Rhodes|first1=Carla|title=Candidate Profile Sam Brownback|url=http://www.cbsnews.com/news/candidate-profile-sam-brownback/|website=[[CBS News]]|date=August 22, 2007|access-date=June 10, 2017|archive-date=July 3, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170703014536/http://www.cbsnews.com/news/candidate-profile-sam-brownback/|url-status=live}}</ref>