John Schiller WOLD, Congress, WY (1916)

WOLD John Schiller , a Representative from Wyoming; born in East Orange, Essex County, N.J., August 31, 1916; graduated from Taft High School, Watertown, Conn., 1934; attended St. Andrews University, Scotland; A.B., Union College, Schenectady, N.Y., 1938; M.S., Cornell University, 1939; consulting physicist, Bureau of Ordnance, Department of the Navy, 1941-1942; gunnery and executive officer, destroyer escort duty, Atlantic and Pacific Theaters, during the Second World War; member of the Wyoming house of representatives, 1957-1959; Wyoming Republican State chairman, 1960-1964; chairman, Western States Republican State Chairmen's Association; member, Republican National Committee, 1960-1964; executive committee, Republican National Committee, 1962-1964; Republican nominee United States Senate from Wyoming in 1964; geologist, specializing in oil, gas, coal, and uranium exploration, 1939-1968; elected as a Republican to the Ninety-first Congress (January 3, 1969-January 3, 1971); was not a candidate for reelection, but was an unsuccessful nominee to the United States Senate in 1970; business executive; died on February 19, 2017, in Casper, Wyo.

Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present