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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—MarylandGoodloe Edgar BYRON
(1929-1978)
BYRON, Goodloe Edgar,
(husband of Beverly Barton Butcher Byron, son of Katharine Edgar
Byron and William Devereux Byron, and great grandson of Louis Emery
McComas), a Representative from Maryland; born in Williamsport,
Washington County, Md., June 22, 1929; attended the Williamsport
public schools and St. Albans School of Washington, D.C.; B.A.,
University of Virginia at Charlottesville, 1951; J.D., George
Washington University, Washington, D.C., 1953; commissioned first
lieutenant, United States Army, with judge advocate general’s
office, 1954, serving as legal officer with Third Armored Division
in Germany; discharged with rank of captain, 1957; subsequently
joined Maryland National Guard, serving as aide-de-camp to Maj.
Gen. William Purnell, commander, Twenty-ninth Infantry Division;
admitted to the Maryland Bar in 1953 and commenced practice in
Frederick, 1958; Frederick County attorney, 1959-1961; chairman,
Maryland State Planning and Zoning Law Study commission, 1966-1970;
member, Maryland house of delegates, 1963-1967; member, Maryland
senate, 1967-1971; elected as a Democrat to the Ninety-second and
to the three succeeding Congresses; served from January 3, 1971,
until his death October 11, 1978, in Hagerstown, Md.; was a
successful candidate for renomination to the Ninety-sixth Congress;
interment in Antietam National Cemetery, Sharpsburg, Md.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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