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| Affiliation | Democratic |
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| Name | William H. Meyer |
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West Rupert, Vermont , United States |
| Email | None |
| Website | None |
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December 29, 1914
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| Died | December 16, 1983
(68 years)
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| Contributor | Mr. Techno |
| Last Modifed | E Pluribus Unum
Apr 28, 2019 12:05pm |
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| Info | By one measure Representative Meyer was the most left-wing member to serve in Congress during the 1937-2002 period.
MEYER, William Henry, a Representative from Vermont; born in Philadelphia, Pa., December 29, 1914; attended the public schools of Philadelphia; graduated from Pennsylvania State University in 1936; worked as a timber cruiser, State and Federal forester, Civilian Conservation Corps technician and supervisor in West Virginia, Maryland, Wisconsin, and New Jersey, 1936-1940; moved to a farm in Bennington County, Vt., in 1945; with Soil Conservation Service in Vermont, 1940-1950; in 1951 entered private practice as a consulting forester and became executive director of the Vermont Forest and Farmland Foundation; elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-sixth Congress (January 3, 1959-January 3, 1961); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1960 to the Eighty-seventh Congress; appointed as a consultant, Technical Review Staff, Department of the Interior, in May 1961, and served until December 1963; unsuccessful candidate for Democratic nomination as United States Senator in 1962, 1964, and 1970; delegate to Vermont State Democratic conventions, 1956, 1960, 1964, and 1968; unsuccessful candidate for election in 1972 to the Ninety-third Congress; was a resident of West Rupert, Vt. until his death there December 16, 1983; cremated; ashes interred at his home in West Rupert, Vt.
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