Homer L. Lyon

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Homer L. Lyon

Homer Le Grand Lyon (born March 1, 1879 in Elizabethtown , Bladen County , North Carolina , †  May 31, 1956 in Whiteville , North Carolina) was an American politician . Between 1921 and 1929 he represented the state of North Carolina in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Homer Lyon attended the public schools of his home country and then the Davis Military School in Winston-Salem . After a subsequent law degree at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and his admission as a lawyer in 1900, he began to work in Whiteville in this profession. At the same time he embarked on a political career as a member of the Democratic Party . Between 1901 and 1921 he was a delegate to all regional Democratic party conventions in North Carolina. In 1904 and 1940 he also took part in the Democratic National Conventions . From 1913 to 1920 he was a prosecutor in the eighth judicial district of his state.

In the congressional elections of 1920 he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the sixth constituency of North Carolina , where he succeeded Hannibal Lafayette Godwin on March 4, 1921 . After three re-elections, he was able to complete four legislative terms in Congress by March 3, 1929 . In 1928, Lyon renounced another congressional candidacy. Until 1950 he practiced as a lawyer again; then he retired. Homer Lyon died in Whiteville on May 31, 1956.

Web links

  • Homer L. Lyon in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)