Myron Virgil George (January 6, 1900 – April 11, 1972) was a

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from

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. George was born in

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, the son of Frank E. and Elizabeth (née Kyle) George.p. 12
/ref> He attended grade schools and graduated from Labette County High School at

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. Enlisted in April 1917 and served in the

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with rank of corporal until discharged in May 1919. He learned the printing trade at the ''Altamont Journal'', published by his father. George married Hazel Eplee on April 2, 1923, in

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, and they had three children, Elaine, Don, and Richard. He was owner and publisher of the Edna Sun from 1924 to 1941. He was an officer with Kansas State Highway Commission from 1939 to 1950. George was elected as a Republican to the Eighty-first Congress on November 7, 1950, in a special election to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Herbert Alton Meyer and at the same time was elected to the Eighty-second Congress. He was reelected to the three succeeding Congresses, and served from November 7, 1950, to January 3, 1959. George voted in favor of the

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. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1958 to the Eighty-sixth Congress. He engaged in public relations in the transportation and construction fields. Resided in

, until his death there April 11, 1972. He was interred in Memorial Lawn Cemetery.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:George, Myron Virgil 1900 births 1972 deaths United States Army soldiers Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Kansas 20th-century American politicians People from Neosho County, Kansas Military personnel from Kansas Editors of Kansas newspapers