Chalmers Pangburn Wylie (November 23, 1920 – August 14, 1998) was an American politician and lawyer from Ohio, who served in various public offices in that state before serving thirteen terms as a member of the

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from 1967 to 1993.

Biography

Wylie was born in

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, and grew up in Pataskala, a small community east of

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. He attended

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in Westerville and

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in Columbus. He earned his

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in 1948. Wylie enlisted in the

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as a

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, and eventually attaining the rank of

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while serving with the 30th Infantry Division in

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during

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. He remained in the U.S. Army Reserve after the war, attaining the rank of

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. He was: * assistant

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of Ohio from 1951 to 1954 * assistant city attorney of

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, from 1949 to 1950 * elected city attorney of Columbus, Ohio, from 1953 to 1956 * administrator of the Bureau of Workman's Compensation for the State of Ohio in 1957 * appointed first assistant to the Governor of Ohio in 1957 * elected president o
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* elected to three terms in the State Legislature of Ohio, 1961–1967 * elected as a Republican for 13 terms to the

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(January 3, 1967 – January 3, 1993) In addition to his public service, Wylie worked in private practice as an attorney from 1957 until 1968, which he resumed in Columbus after leaving Congress until his death ther

The Chalmers P. Wylie VA Ambulatory Care Center in Columbus is named in his honor.

References

* * 1920 births 1998 deaths Republican Party members of the Ohio House of Representatives American prosecutors American cooperative organizers Harvard Law School alumni Ohio State University alumni Otterbein University alumni United States Army colonels United States Army personnel of World War II Politicians from Columbus, Ohio People from Muskingum County, Ohio People from Licking County, Ohio 20th-century American lawyers 20th-century American politicians Lawyers from Columbus, Ohio Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Ohio {{Ohio-Representative-stub