John Henry Kyl

John Henry Kyl
John Henry Kyl
	Neal Edward Smith
	In office; December 15, 1959 – January 3, 1965
Preceded by	Steven V. Carter
Succeeded by	Bert Bandstra
Personal details
Born	May 9, 1919; Wisner, Nebraska, U.S.
Died	December 23, 2002 (aged 83); Phoenix, Arizona, U.S.
Political party	Republican
Spouse	Arlene Griffith
Children	3, including Jon

John Henry Kyl (May 9, 1919 – December 23, 2002) was an American politician who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives, representing Iowa's 4th congressional district from 1959 to 1965 and again from 1967 to 1973. He was a member of the Republican Party.^[1]^[2]

Early life and education

Kyl was born in

University of Nebraska

.

Career

Kyl was a teacher at Nebraska State Teachers College from 1940 to 1950. In the 1950s, he moved to

television journalist for KTVO in Ottumwa, Iowa.^[3]

Kyl ran for the U.S. House of Representatives in

1972 election

.

From 1973 to 1977, he served as Assistant Secretary for Congressional and Legislative Affairs in the United States Department of the Interior.^[4]

Personal life

Kyl was married to Arlene (née Griffith), with whom he had three children, including Jon Kyl. Jon went on to serve as a three-term U.S. Senator from Arizona, from 1995 to 2013 and briefly in 2018. He also served as Senate Minority Whip.^[5]

References

^ "JOHN HENRY KYL | C-SPAN.org". www.c-span.org. Retrieved 2020-04-11.
^ "Senator with roots in the Heartland will resign". KTVO. Associated Press. 2018-12-14. Retrieved 2020-04-11.
^ LOVERCHECK, JOSEPH (12 September 2018). "McCain's successor has ties to Northeast Nebraska". The Norfolk Daily News. Retrieved 2020-04-11.
^ Affairs, United States Congress Senate Committee on Interior and Insular (1973). Interior Nominations: Hearing, Ninety-third Congress, First Session, on the Nominations of John H. Kyl and Jack O. Horton to be Assistant Secretaries of the Interior. U.S. Government Printing Office.
^ "KYL, Jon Llewellyn | US House of Representatives: History, Art & Archives". history.house.gov. Retrieved 2020-04-11.

External links

United States Congress. "John Henry Kyl (id: K000351)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Steven V. Carter	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Iowa's 4th congressional district 1959–1965	Succeeded by Bert Bandstra
Preceded by Bert Bandstra	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Iowa's 4th congressional district 1967–1973	Succeeded by Neal E. Smith

[1] "JOHN HENRY KYL | C-SPAN.org". www.c-span.org. Retrieved 2020-04-11.

[2] "Senator with roots in the Heartland will resign". KTVO. Associated Press. 2018-12-14. Retrieved 2020-04-11.

[3] LOVERCHECK, JOSEPH (12 September 2018). "McCain's successor has ties to Northeast Nebraska". The Norfolk Daily News. Retrieved 2020-04-11.

[4] Affairs, United States Congress Senate Committee on Interior and Insular (1973). Interior Nominations: Hearing, Ninety-third Congress, First Session, on the Nominations of John H. Kyl and Jack O. Horton to be Assistant Secretaries of the Interior. U.S. Government Printing Office.

[5] "KYL, Jon Llewellyn | US House of Representatives: History, Art & Archives". history.house.gov. Retrieved 2020-04-11.

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v t e Members of the U.S. House of Representatives from Iowa
1st	W. Thompson Miller Henn A. Hall S. Curtis J. F. Wilson McCrary Stone McCoid B. Hall Gear Seerley Gear S. Clark Hedge Kennedy Kopp Eicher Martin Schwengel Schmidhauser Schwengel Mezvinsky Leach Nussle Braley Blum Finkenauer Hinson Miller-Meeks
2nd	Leffler L. Clark J. P. Cook Thorington Davis Vandever Price Smyth W. Wolf Cotton Tufts Price Farwell Murphy Hayes G. Curtis Lane Rumple Wade Dawson Pepper Vollmer Hull Letts B. Jacobsen W. Jacobsen Talle L. Wolf Bromwell Culver Blouin Tauke Nussle Leach Loebsack Miller-Meeks Hinson
3rd	Allison Donnan Ainsworth Burdick Updegraff Henderson Birdsall Pickett Connolly Sweet Robinson Willford Gwynne Gross Grassley Evans Nagle Lightfoot Boswell Latham Young Axne Nunn
4th	Grinnell Loughridge Walden Pratt Deering Weller Fuller Sweney Butler Updegraff Haugen Biermann Talle LeCompte Carter Kyl Bandstra Kyl N. Smith Ganske Latham King Feenstra
5th	Kasson G. Dodge Palmer J. Wilson R. Clark W. G. Thompson J. Wilson Frederick Kerr J. Hamilton Cousins Good Cole Thurston LeCompte Cunningham N. Smith Scherle Harkin Lightfoot Grandy Latham King
6th	A. Hubbard Pomeroy Orr Loughridge Sampson Weaver Cutts J. C. Cook Cutts J. C. Cook Weaver Lacey White Lacey D. Hamilton Kendall Kirkpatrick Ramseyer Dowell Utterback Dowell Goodwin Cunningham Gilchrist J. I. Dolliver Coad Hoeven Greigg Mayne Bedell Grandy
7th	Kasson Cummings E. Gillette Kasson H. Smith Conger Hays Hull Prouty Dowell Wearin Jensen Hansen Scherle
8th	McDill Sapp Hepburn Anderson Flick Hepburn Jamieson Towner Evans Thurston Gilchrist Hoeven
9th	Orr Oliver Carpenter Pusey Lyman Reed Bowman Hager McPherson W. Smith Green Vincent Swanson G. Gillette Harrington Narey
10th	Holmes J. P. Dolliver Conner Woods Dickinson Gilchrist
11th	Struble Perkins Thomas E. Hubbard Scott Steele Scott Boies Campbell
AL	Hastings Leffler
Terr	Chapman A. Dodge

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