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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—OklahomaLyle H. BOREN
(1909-1992)
BOREN, Lyle H., (father of
David Lyle Boren and grandfather of Daniel Boren), a Representative
from Oklahoma; born near Waxahachie, Ellis County, Tex., May 11,
1909; moved to Lawton, Okla., in 1917; attended the public schools;
was graduated from the East Central College at Ada, Okla., in 1930
and from Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical College at
Stillwater; teacher in the schools at Wolf, Okla., 1930-1935;
served as a deputy procurement officer of the United States
Treasury Department; engaged in agricultural pursuits and also was
interested in the mercantile business; author; lieutenant commander
in the United States Naval Reserve; elected as a Democrat to the
Seventy-fifth and to the four succeeding Congresses (January 3,
1937-January 3, 1947); unsuccessful candidate for renomination in
1946; resumed former mercantile business and agricultural pursuits;
president of a petroleum corporation; representative of the
Association of Western Railroads, 1954-1970; assistant to the
Insurance Commissioner, State of Oklahoma; was a resident of
Oklahoma City, Okla., until his death there on July 2, 1992.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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