What is Dick Nichols?
{{Infobox Congressman | name= Dick Nichols | image=Dick Nichols.jpg | image_size=180px | state =[[Kansas]] | district =[[U.S. Congressional Delegations from Kansas|5th]] |predecessor=[[Bob Whittaker|Robert Russell Whittaker]] |successor=District eliminated in [[United States congressional apportionment|reapportionment]] following the [[United States Census, 1990|1990 Census]] | birth_date ={{Birth date|1926|4|29}} | birth_place = [[Fort Scott, Kansas]], U.S. | death_date={{death date and age|2019|3|7|1926|4|29}} | death_place=[[McPherson, Kansas]], U.S. | party = Republican | term_start =January 3, 1991 | term_end = January 3, 1993 | resting_place = | alma_mater = [[Kansas State University]] | profession = banker }} '''Richard Nichols''' (April 29, 1926 &ndash; March 7, 2019) was an American politician. He was a one-term [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. Representative]] from [[Kansas]] serving from 1991 to 1993 as a [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]. In 1986, Nichols was stabbed by a man aboard the [[Staten Island]] Ferry while a tourist with his wife in New York City. He fully recovered from his wounds and was visited by Mayor [[Ed Koch]] in the hospital.<ref>[http://www.mcphersonsentinel.com/article/20111024/NEWS/310249974] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303235942/http://www.mcphersonsentinel.com/article/20111024/NEWS/310249974 |date=2016-03-03 }} [https://www.nytimes.com/1986/07/08/nyregion/man-with-sword-kills-2-and-wounds-9-on-si-ferry.html?pagewanted=all]</ref> Nichols was elected as a [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] to the [[102nd United States Congress|One Hundred Second Congress]] (January 3, 1991–January 3, 1993), representing [[Kansas's 5th congressional district]]. He narrowly beat future [[Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation|FDIC]] Chairwoman [[Sheila Bair]] in the Republican primary. Nichols died at his home in [[McPherson, Kansas]]