William H. Meyer

William Henry Meyer ( born December 29, 1914 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, † December 16, 1983 in Rupert, Vermont ) was an American politician. Between 1959 and 1961 he represented the state of Vermont in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

William Meyer attended the public schools in Philadelphia and thereafter until 1936, the Pennsylvania State University. After that he worked in the lumber business, he was temporarily employed 1936-1940 as a forester a civilian environmental protection authority for Federal and temporarily at the state level in various states. In 1945 he moved to a farm in Bennington County in Vermont. Between 1940 and 1950 he also worked for the Soil Conversation Service, a body responsible for the ground Environmental Protection Agency in Vermont. In 1951 he started his own business as a consultant to forestry issues. He was also director of the Foundation for forest and farmland in Vermont (Vermont Forest and Farmland Foundation).

Politically, Meyer member of the Democratic Party. In 1958 he became as their candidate in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Winston L. Prouty of the Republican Party on January 3, 1959. This was one of only eight Meyer Democrats who were elected to the U.S. House of Representatives for this state to this day. In the elections of 1960, Meyer then defeated Republican Robert Stafford. He was able to complete only one term in Congress until January 3, 1961.

Between 1961 and 1963 William Meyer was an advisor to the U.S. Department of the Interior. In the years 1962, 1964 and 1970 he applied unsuccessfully to each his party's nomination for election to the Senate of the United States. In 1972 he failed in a renewed bid for the U.S. House of Representatives. In the years 1956, 1960 and 1964 he was a delegate to the party days of the Democrats in Vermont. Until his death in December 1983, William Meyer lived in Rupert.