Clyde Doyle
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Clyde Gilman Doyle | |
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William Ward Johnson | |
Succeeded by | Willis W. Bradley |
Constituency | 18th district |
In office January 3, 1949 – March 14, 1963 | |
Preceded by | Willis W. Bradley |
Succeeded by | Del M. Clawson |
Constituency | 18th district (1949–53) 23rd district (1953–63) |
Personal details | |
Born | Arlington, Virginia | July 11, 1887
Political party | Democratic |
Clyde Gilman Doyle (July 11, 1887 – March 14, 1963) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a
Biography
Clyde Doyle was born in Oakland, Alameda County, California and attended public schools in Oakland, Seattle, Washington, Los Angeles and Long Beach, California. Graduated from the College of Law of the University of Southern California at Los Angeles in 1917, he was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Long Beach, California. He was a member and president of the Board of Freeholders, Long Beach, California in 1921 and 1922.
Doyle was a member of the
Doyle also served on the House Un-American Activities Committee from 1951 until his death in 1963. His role on the committee is recalled unflatteringly in Beat Generation poet and fellow Californian Lawrence Ferlinghetti's 1958 poem "Dog" (published in his celebrated collection A Coney Island of the Mind):
- But he has his own free world to live in
- His own fleas to eat
- He will not be muzzled
- Congressman Doyle is just another
- fire hydrant
- to him
See also
- List of United States Congress members who died in office (1950–99)
References
- United States Congress. "Clyde Doyle (id: D000481)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.