Ulysses Samuel Guyer
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Kansas's 2nd district
In office
March 4, 1927 – June 5, 1943
Preceded byChauncey B. Little
Succeeded byErrett P. Scrivner
In office
November 4, 1924 – March 3, 1925
Preceded byEdward C. Little
Succeeded byChauncey B. Little
Mayor of Kansas City, Kansas
In office
1909–1910
Preceded byDudley E. Cornell
Succeeded byJames E. Porter
Personal details
Born
Ulysses Samuel Guyer

(1868-12-13)December 13, 1868
Paw Paw, Illinois, U.S.
DiedJune 5, 1943(1943-06-05) (aged 74)
Bethesda, Maryland, U.S.
Political partyRepublican

Ulysses Samuel Guyer (December 13, 1868 – June 5, 1943) was a U.S. Representative from Kansas.

Born near Paw Paw, Illinois, Guyer attended the public schools, Lane University at Lecompton, Kansas, and the University of Kansas School of Law at Lawrence, Kansas. He was admitted to the bar in 1902 and commenced practice in Kansas City, Kansas. He served as judge of the first division city court of Kansas City from 1907-09. He served as mayor of Kansas City, Kansas from 1909 to 1910.

Guyer with Emanuel Celler, and Hatton W. Sumners.

Guyer was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-eighth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Edward C. Little and served from November 4, 1924, to March 3, 1925. He was not a candidate for election for the full term in 1924. He resumed the practice of law in Kansas City.

He was re-elected to the Seventieth and to the eight succeeding Congresses and served from March 4, 1927, until his death. He was one of the managers appointed by the United States House of Representatives in 1933 to conduct the impeachment proceedings against Harold Louderback, judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. He died in Bethesda, Maryland on June 5, 1943. Among the items in his estate was a 40-volume personal diary he had kept for many years.[1]

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References

  1. ↑ "A 40-Volume Diary Part of Guyer's Estate". The Iola Register. Kansas. 11 June 1943. p. 6.

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