1. Lyle Williams was an American politician who served three terms as a US Representative from Ohio from 1979 to 1985.
11 Facts About Lyle Williams
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Lyle Williams attended the public schools of North Bloomfield, Ohio, graduating from Bloomfield High School in 1960.
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Lyle Williams served in the United States Army Reserve from 1960 to 1968, and worked as a barber.
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Lyle Williams married Nancie Peterson in 1964 and had four children.
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Lyle Williams began his political career as a member of the Bloomfield school board from 1970 to 1972, before he was elected a Trumbull County Commissioner, serving from 1972 to 1976.
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Lyle Williams was elected a Republican to the Ninety-sixth Congress in 1978, narrowly defeating incumbent Democrat Charles J Carney in a heavily Democratic working class district that included the industrial cities of Youngstown and Warren.
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Lyle Williams was reelected in 1980, defeating state Senator Harry Meshel, and in 1982 over George D Tablack.
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Lyle Williams was defeated for reelection in 1984 by Mahoning County Sheriff James Traficant.
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In 2000, Lyle Williams attempted a rematch against Traficant in the 17th District, but narrowly lost the Republican primary to Paul Alberty, Traficant's 1998 opponent.
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In Lyle Williams's final run for office, he ran for Ohio's 6th congressional district in 2002, intending to challenge Democratic Congressman Ted Strickland.
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Lyle Williams died of a heart attack in Lordstown, Ohio, on November 7,2008.