What is Bill Bunten?
'''William Wallace Bunten''' (April 5, 1930 – February 29, 2020) was an American politician. He was [[List of Topeka Mayors|mayor]] of [[Topeka, Kansas]] from 2005 to 2013. Before being elected mayor, he was in the [[Kansas House of Representatives]] from 1962 to 1990 and in the [[Kansas Senate]] from 2002 to 2004. Bunten was a member of the [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]]. Bunten died of [[pneumonia]]-related problems on February 29, 2020 in [[Topeka, Kansas]] at the age of 89.<ref>[http://www.penwellgabeltopeka.com/Obituary/181949/William-Bunten/Topeka-KS William Wallace Bunten-obituary]</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20130404234158/http://www.topeka.org/mayor/ Mayor website] {{small|(Archived)}} *{{cite web|url=http://www.cjonline.com/stories/040605/loc_mayor.shtml |title=The Capital-Journal article about the election, April 2004 |access-date=2013-09-28 }} * [http://www.helenair.com/articles/2005/12/31/national/a06123105_02.txt ''Mayor looks to repeal law making snowball throwing a crime'' by the Associated Press] * [http://www.cjonline.com/stories/071806/loc_buntenpicket.shtml ''Bunten seeks picket resolution'' by Tim Hrenchir of The Capital-Journal, July 2006] {{DEFAULTSORT:Bunten, Bill}} [[Category:1930 births]] [[Category:2020 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from pneumonia]] [[Category:State legislators of the United States]] [[Category:American mayors]] [[Category:Politicians from Topeka, Kansas]] [[Category:Republican Party (United States) politicians]] {{US-bio-stub}}