John Joseph McIntyre (December 17, 1904 – November 30, 1974) was a lawyer, politician,

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from

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and a justice of the

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Early years

McIntyre was born on a farm in

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, attended grade schools at

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, and graduated from the high school at

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, and from the law department of the

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in 1928.

Legal career

He was admitted to the

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in 1929 and commenced practice in

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. He moved to

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in 1931 and continued the

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. He served as county and prosecuting attorney of

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from 1933 to 1936 and was special attorney for the

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from 1936 to 1938. He was an associate attorney in the

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's office of the

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in Washington, 1938. He was a member of the

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with the rank of captain from 1935 to 1941.

Politics

McIntyre was elected as a member of the Democratic party to the 77th Congress, serving from January 3, 1941, to January 3, 1943. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1942 to the 78th Congress. He was deputy attorney general of Wyoming in 1943 and 1944, and served as a

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in Headquarters Battery, Six Hundred and Sixtieth Field Artillery, from February 9, 1944, to August 22, 1945; he was decorated with the French

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. He was State

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for Wyoming in 1946, and was an unsuccessful candidate for election in 1946 to the

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. He was Democratic nominee for

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in 1950, and was elected in 1960 as a justice of the

for a four-year term; he was reelected in 1964 and served continuously until his death, November 30, 1974, in

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. Interment was in Memorial Gardens.

References

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