Tennyson Guyer

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Tennyson Guyer
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Ohio's 4th district
In office
January 3, 1973 – April 12, 1981
Preceded byWilliam M. McCulloch
Succeeded byMike Oxley
Member of the Ohio Senate
from the 2nd district
In office
January 3, 1967 – December 31, 1972
Preceded byDistrict created
Succeeded byWalter White
Personal details
Born(1912-11-29)November 29, 1912
Findlay, Ohio, U.S.
DiedApril 12, 1981(1981-04-12) (aged 68)
Alexandria, Virginia, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
Alma materFindlay College
OccupationCongressman, public affairs director, minister, mayor
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Tennyson Guyer (November 29, 1912[disputed – discuss] – April 12, 1981) was a member of the United States House of Representatives. He was a Republican from Ohio for four terms from 1973 to 1981.

Early life and career[edit]

Born in Findlay, Ohio[1] on November 29, either in 1912[1][2] or 1913,[3][4][5] Guyer was educated in the public schools of Findlay, and performed as an aerialist at a young age with the Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus.[3][2] He lived with his uncle after his father was killed by a heart attack on July 22, 1926.[2]

He received a B.S. from Findlay College in 1934, and afterwards became an ordained minister.[4] Guyer served as mayor of Celina, Ohio, from 1940 to 1944,[4] and later became a member of the state central committee from 1954 to 1966.[3]

Guyer was the public affairs director for Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. in Findlay from 1950 to 1972, and was a member of the Ohio State Senate from 1959 to 1972.[3] He was also a delegate to the Ohio State Republican conventions each year from 1950 to 1957, and was a delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1956.[3]

Congress[edit]

He was elected as a Republican to the Ninety-third and to the four succeeding Congresses, serving Ohio's District 4 in the United States House of Representatives, and served from January 3, 1973, until his death from a heart attack on April 12, 1981, in Alexandria, Virginia.[6] While serving as Congressman in 1979, he led the Cocaine Task Force as chairman, committed to curbing the drug's use in the US.[7]

As a congressman, he was well known for traveling cross country and internationally to deliver speeches.[8]

Death[edit]

While inside his house in Alexandria, Virginia, he died in his sleep on April 12, 1981[4] while serving his fifth term in office.[5] A heart problem was suspected as the cause,[4] but was not confirmed immediately following the death.[5] Later sources state his cause of death as a heart attack.[2] He was interred in Maple Grove Cemetery in his hometown of Findlay, Ohio.[3]

See also[edit]

Sources[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Tennyson Guyer: Ohio's ambassador of good will". The Lima News. 11 July 2017. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
  2. ^ a b c d "President-Guyer". www.findlay.edu. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
  3. ^ a b c d e f "GUYER, Tennyson | US House of Representatives: History, Art & Archives". history.house.gov. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
  4. ^ a b c d e Pearson, Richard (14 April 1981). "Congressman Tennyson Guyer Dies". Washington Post. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
  5. ^ a b c Clark, Alfred E. (13 April 1981). "REP. TENNYSON GUYER, 67, OF OHIO". The New York Times. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
  6. ^ Congressman Guyer dies in sleep at home
  7. ^ Meyers, Robert (11 October 1979). "Cocaine Use Linked to Area's Affluence". Washington Post. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
  8. ^ Maxa, Rudy (20 July 1980). "CHAMPION TALKER GUYER GUSHES BUT NOT ON HILL". Washington Post. Retrieved 30 January 2022.

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from Ohio's 4th congressional district
1973–1981 		Succeeded by
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