Herbert A. Meyer

Herbert Alton Meyer
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Kansas's 3rd district
In office January 3, 1947 – October 2, 1950
Preceded by	Thomas Daniel Winter
Succeeded by	Myron V. George
Personal details
Born	(1886-08-30)August 30, 1886 Chillicothe, Ohio
Died	October 2, 1950(1950-10-02) (aged 64) Bethesda, Maryland
Party	Republican
Military service
Allegiance	United States of America
Branch/service	United States Army Air Service
Rank	Captain
Battles/wars	World War I

Herbert Alton Meyer (August 30, 1886 – October 2, 1950) was a U.S. representative from Kansas.

Born in Chillicothe, Ohio, Meyer attended the grade schools, Washington, D.C., the Staunton Military Academy, Staunton, Virginia from 1900 to 1904, the George Washington University, Washington, D.C. from 1905 to 1908, and was graduated from National University Law School, Washington, D.C., in 1910. He was admitted to the bar in 1910.

During the First World War served as a captain in the United States Army Air Service. He served as assistant to the Secretary of the Interior 1915-1917. He was an executive of an oil marketing company from 1919 to 1937. In 1940, Meyer became publisher of the Independence Daily Reporter.

Death

Meyer defeated the incumbent in the Republican primary and was elected to the Eightieth and, after winning the nomination again over Winter, the Eighty-first Congresses. Meyer won renomination over a new challenger for a third term. He served from January 3, 1947, until his death from a heart attack at the Bethesda Naval Hospital in Bethesda, Maryland, October 2, 1950. He was interred in Mount Hope Cemetery, Independence, Kansas.

See also

• List of members of the United States Congress who died in office (1950–1999)

References

• United States Congress. "Herbert A. Meyer (id: M000680)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
• Memorial services held in the House of Representatives together with remarks presented in eulogy of Herbert Alton Meyer, late a representative from Kansas

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