He is the husband of former United States Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius and also served as the First Gentleman of Kansas from 2003 to 2009, while his wife was governor.
[1] Sebelius earned a bachelor's degree magna cum laude from Kansas State University in 1971 and a J.D.
[5][6][7] On June 6, 2000, President Bill Clinton nominated Sebelius to be a judge on the United States District Court for the District of Kansas to fill the vacancy created by the decision by Judge George Thomas Van Bebber to take senior status.
[8] However, with the United States Senate controlled by Republicans, many of Clinton's judicial nominations languished.
[9] President George W. Bush later successfully appointed Julie A. Robinson to the seat to which Sebelius had been nominated.