Goodloe Edgar Byron (1929 - 1978)

Born 22 Jun 1929 in Williamsport, Washington, Maryland, United States

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Died 11 Oct 1978 at age 49 in Williamsport, Washington, Maryland, United States

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Biography

Goodloe Edgar Byron was born in Appalachia, in Maryland.

Goodloe Edgar Byron (June 22, 1929 – October 11, 1978), a Democrat, was a U.S. Congressman who represented the 6th congressional district of Maryland from January 3, 1971, until his death from a heart attack on October 11, 1978. He was replaced as 6th district representative by his widow, Beverly Byron, in 1979.

US Congressman. He earned degrees from University of Virginia in 1951, the George Washington University, Washington, D.C. and was admitted to the Maryland Bar in 1953. He then was commissioned an officer in the US Army Judge Advocate's Corps, serving as Captain in the 3rd Armored Division Germany, (1953-57). After he was discharged from the Army, he commenced to practice law in Frederick, Maryland in 1958, was Frederick County Attorney (1959-61), chairman of the Maryland State Planning and Zoning Law Study Commission (1966-70), member of the Maryland House of Delegates (1963-67) and a member of the Maryland Senate, (1967-71). In 1971, he was elected as a Democrat to the Ninety-second Congress and to the next three succeeding Congresses, serving until his death. He died of a heart attack at age 57. ^[1]

His parents, William Devereux Byron and Katharine Edgar, both served as 6th district representative, from 1939 to 1941 and 1941 to 1943, respectively. The Byron family were communicants of Saint John's Church, Hagerstown.

Sources

• Find A Grave: Memorial #7129197
• Wikipedia contributors. "Goodloe Edgar Byron." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Accessed 13 March 2020.
• United States Congress. "Goodloe Edgar Byron (id: B001221)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

1. ↑ (bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith).

Notes

Byron-201 was created by Kimberly Whetsell through the import of Jonas Cramer's family Tree by KW 2014_2015-01-13_01.ged on Jan 13, 2015.