Joseph P. Wyatt, Jr.

Joseph Peyton Wyatt Jr. ( born October 12, 1941 in Victoria, Texas) is an American politician. Between 1979 and 1981 he represented the state of Texas in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Joseph Wyatt attended the public schools of his home and then to 1964 the Victoria College. Subsequently, he studied until 1968 at the University of Texas. This was followed up in 1970 to study law at the University of Houston. In the years 1966 to 1970 Wyatt was a member of the Reserve of the United States Marine Corps. He also worked on the staff of State Senator and later Congressman William Neff Patman and the deputies Clark W. Thompson. In addition, he worked for President Lyndon B. Johnson. Later he acted as auditor of the State of Texas Alcohol Commission. At times, he also worked at a private company. At the same time he began a political career as a member of the Democratic Party. From 1971 to 1979 he was a deputy in the Texas House of Representatives. Between 1968 and 1978 he participated as a delegate to the regional party days of the Democrats in Texas; in August 1964 he was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in Atlantic City, was nominated to the President Johnson for re-election.

In the congressional elections of 1978, Wyatt was in the 14th electoral district of Texas in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of John Andrew Young on January 3, 1979. Since he resigned in 1980 to another candidacy, he was able to complete only a legislative sessions in Congress until January 3, 1981. After the end of his time in the U.S. House of Representatives Joseph Wyatt worked as a consultant for special projects ( Special Projects Consultant). He now lives in Victoria.