Wendell Wyatt | |
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| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromOregon's1st district | |
| In office November 3, 1964 – January 3, 1975 | |
| Preceded by | A. Walter Norblad |
| Succeeded by | Les AuCoin |
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| Born | (1917-06-15)June 15, 1917 Eugene, Oregon, U.S. |
| Died | January 28, 2009(2009-01-28) (aged 91) Portland, Oregon, U.S. |
| Party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | (1) Anne Buchanan (divorced) (2) Faye Hill |
Wendell Wyatt (June 15, 1917 – January 28, 2009) was an American attorney andRepublicanUnited States Representative fromOregon's 1st congressional district who served in theUnited States House of Representatives from 1964 until 1975.
Born inEugene, Oregon, Wyatt's family later moved toPortland where he graduated fromJefferson High School in 1935. He received hisBachelor of Laws degree from theUniversity of Oregon in 1941. InWorld War II, he served in theUnited States Marine Corps from 1942 until 1946.[1]
Following the war, Wyatt moved toAstoria, where he joined the law firm of former Oregon governorA. W. Norblad.[2] He was Chairman of the Oregon State Republican Central committee from 1955 until 1957.[1] In 1962, Wyatt married Faye Hill; he had previously married and divorced Anne Buchanan.[2]
In1964, he won a special election to fill the vacancy caused by the death ofA. Walter Norblad, the son of Wyatt's law partner.[1][2] Wyatt was reelected to the four succeeding Congresses. In Congress, Wyatt served on theInterior Committee and theAppropriations Committee, where he helped pass bills that created Oregon'sScoggins Dam onScoggins Creek, established a 40-foot shipping channel in theColumbia River from Astoria to Portland, created theCascade Head Scenic Area, and purchased ranch land to be converted to public recreation areas along theSnake River.[2] Wyatt voted in favor of theVoting Rights Act of 1965[3] and theCivil Rights Act of 1968.[4]
Following his retirement from Congress, Wyatt was found guilty and fined $750 on one count of failing to report outlays from a secret cash fund he controlled while heading theRichard Nixon campaign in Oregon.[5][6][7]
He became a partner at the law firm ofSchwabe, Williamson & Wyatt.
TheEdith Green - Wendell Wyatt Federal Building in downtown Portland is named in honor of Wyatt and CongresswomanEdith Green, alongside whom he served during all but three days of his tenure in Congress.[8]
Wyatt died in Portland in 2009 at the age of 91.[2]
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