Goodloe Byron
| Goodloe Byron | |
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Maryland's 6th district |
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In office January 3, 1971 – October 11, 1978 |
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| Preceded by | John G. Beall, Jr. |
| Succeeded by | Beverly Byron |
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June 22, 1929 Williamsport, Maryland |
| Died | October 11, 1978 (aged 49) Hagerstown, Maryland |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Beverly Byron |
Goodloe Edgar Byron (June 22, 1929 – October 11, 1978), a Democrat, was a U.S. Congressman who represented the 6th congressional district of Maryland from January 3, 1971 until his death from a heart attack in Hagerstown, Maryland on October 11, 1978. He was replaced as 6th district representative by his widow, Beverly Byron, in 1979.
Prior to serving in Congress, Byron served as a member of the United States Army Judge Advocate General's Corps from 1953 to 1957, honorably discharged with the rank of captain. He earned his JD from The George Washington University He later was elected to the Maryland House of Delegates (1963–1967) and the Maryland State Senate (1967–1971).
His parents, William D. Byron and Katharine Byron, both served as 6th district representative, from 1939 to 1941 and 1941 to 1943, respectively. The Byron family were communicants of Saint John's Church, Hagerstown.
On October 11, 1978, Byron suffered a fatal heart attack while he was jogging with an aide alongside the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal in western Maryland. He was 49 years old. Byron was buried in the Antietam National Cemetery in Sharpsburg, Maryland.
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