William Ayres | |
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| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromOhio's14th district | |
| In office January 3, 1951 – January 3, 1971 | |
| Preceded by | Walter B. Huber |
| Succeeded by | John F. Seiberling |
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| Born | William Hanes Ayres (1916-02-05)February 5, 1916 Eagle Rock, Virginia, U.S. |
| Died | December 27, 2000(2000-12-27) (aged 84) Columbia, Maryland, U.S. |
| Resting place | Arlington National Cemetery |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse | Mary Helen Coventry |
| Children | 3 |
| Alma mater | Western Reserve University |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | United States |
| Branch/service | United States Army |
| Years of service | 1944–1945 |
| Rank | Private |
| Battles/wars | World War II |
William Hanes Ayres (February 5, 1916 – December 27, 2000) was an AmericanWorld War II veteran and politician who served as aRepublican member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromOhio from 1951 to 1971.
William H. Ayres was born inEagle Rock, Virginia. He moved with his parents toWest Virginia and later toLorain County, Ohio. He attended the Weller Township High School, and graduated fromWestern Reserve University inCleveland, Ohio, in 1936. He worked as a salesman for heating equipment inAkron, Ohio, from 1936 to 1944.
He was president of the Ayres Heating & Insulation Co., Akron, Ohio, since 1946.
During theSecond World War he served as a private in theUnited States Army until being discharged December 17, 1945.
Ayres was elected as a Republican to theEighty-second and to the nine succeeding Congresses. Ayres was well regarded by House members of both parties. He usually did not list his party affiliation on his campaign literature instead listing himself as "Your Congressman."[citation needed]
He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in1970 to theNinety-second Congress defeated byJohn Seiberling, an Akron Democrat and scion.
Ayres voted in favor of theCivil Rights Acts of 1957,[1]1960,[2]1964,[3] and1968,[4] and theVoting Rights Act of 1965,[5] as well as being one of six Ohio Republicans in the House of Representatives to supportMedicare.[6]
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He died of heart and kidney ailments on December 27, 2000, inColumbia, Maryland. Interment atArlington National Cemetery.
Representative Ayres's wife of 61 years, Mary Helen Coventry Ayres, died in 1999.
He had two daughters, Virginia Mount Ayres of Alexandria, Virginia, and Judith Elizabeth Ayres Burke of Middleburg, Virginia. A son, Frank Hanes Ayres, died in 1991.
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