Joseph P. Wyatt

Joseph P. Wyatt

Joseph Peyton Wyatt Jr. (born October 12, 1941 in Victoria , Texas ) is an American politician . Between 1979 and 1981 he represented the state of Texas in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Joseph Wyatt attended the public schools of his home country and then Victoria College until 1964 . He then studied until 1968 at the University of Texas . This was followed by a law degree at the University of Houston until 1970 . From 1966 to 1970, Wyatt was a member of the United States Marine Corps reserves . He also served on the staff of State Senator and later Congressman William Neff Patman and of Congressman Clark W. Thompson . He also served for President Lyndon B. Johnson . He later served as the auditor for the Texas State Alcohol Commission. At times he also worked for a private company. At the same time he began a political career as a member of the Democratic Party . From 1971 to 1979 he was an MP in the Texas House of Representatives . Between 1968 and 1978 he took part as a delegate at the regional party conventions of the Democrats in Texas; in August 1964 he was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in Atlantic City , on which President Johnson was nominated for re-election.

In the 1978 congressional election , Wyatt was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the 14th  constituency of Texas , where he succeeded John Andrew Young on January 3, 1979 . Since he renounced another candidacy in 1980, he could only complete one term in Congress until January 3, 1981 . After his time in the US House of Representatives, Joseph Wyatt worked as a Special Projects Consultant . Today he lives in Victoria.

Web links

• Joseph P. Wyatt in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)