Chalmers Wylie

Who was Chalmers Wylie?

Chalmers Pangburn Wylie was an American politician and lawyer from Ohio, who served in various public offices in that state before serving thirteen terms as a member of the United States House of Representatives.

Wylie was born in Norwich, Ohio, and grew up in Pataskala, a small community east of Columbus. He attended Otterbein College in Westerville and Ohio State University in Columbus. He earned his Juris Doctor at Harvard Law School in 1948.

Wylie enlisted in the United States Army as a private, and eventually attaining the rank of first lieutenant while serving with the 30th Infantry Division in Europe during World War II. He remained in the U.S. Army Reserve after the war, attaining the rank of lieutenant colonel.

He was:

assistant attorney general of Ohio from 1951 to 1954

assistant city attorney of Columbus, Ohio from 1949 to 1950

elected city attorney of Columbus, Ohio from 1953 to 1956

administrator of the Bureau of Workman's Compensation for the State of Ohio in 1957

appointed first assistant to the Governor of Ohio in 1957

elected president of Ohio Municipal League

served three terms in State Legislature of Ohio, 1961–1967

elected as a Republican for 13 terms to the United States Congress