district state_senate succeeded death_place death_date birth_place party preceded birth_date term residence article_title state name occupation alma_mater
4th 2nd ohio mike oxley walter white alexandria , virginia 12 april 1981 findlay , ohio republican william m. mcculloch '' district created '' 29 november 1912 january january 3 , 1967-december 31 , 1972 3 , 1973 -- april 12 , 1981 findlay , ohio tennyson guyer
 ohio ohio tennyson guyer public affairs director findlay college
tennyson guyer

tennyson guyer -lrb- november 29 , 1912 -- april 12 , 1981 -rrb- was a member of the united states house of representatives .
he was a republican from ohio .
born in findlay , ohio , guyer was educated in the public schools of findlay , and performed at a young age with the hagenbeck-wallace circus .
he received a b.s. from findlay college in 1934 , and afterwards became an ordained minister .
guyer served as mayor of celina , ohio from 1940 to 1944 , and later became a member of the state central committee from 1954 to 1966 .
guyer was the public affairs director for cooper tire & rubber co. in findlay from 1950 to 1972 , and was a member of the ohio state senate from 1959 to 1972 .
he was also a delegate to the ohio state republican conventions each year from 1950 to 1957 , and was a delegate to the republican national convention in 1956 .
he was elected as a republican to the ninety-third and to the four succeeding congresses , serving ohio 's district 4 in the united states house of representatives , and served from january 3 , 1973 until his death from a heart attack on april 12 , 1981 in alexandria , virginia .
while serving as congressman in 1979 , he led the cocaine task force , committed to curbing the drug 's use in the usa .
he was interred in maple grove cemetery in his hometown of findlay , ohio and was survived by his wife edith mae -lrb- reuter -rrb- guyer , daughters sharon guyer and rose benedict , son-in-law richard benedict and granddaughter jennifer benedict .
