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Clyde Gilman Doyle (July 11, 1887 – March 14, 1963) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a
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from California in the mid-20th century.


Biography

Clyde Doyle was born in Oakland,
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and attended public schools in Oakland,
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, Washington, Los Angeles and
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. Graduated from the College of Law of the
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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
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. Elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-ninth Congress (January 3, 1945 – January 3, 1947), he failed to gain reelection to the Eightieth Congress in 1946 but successfully regained his seat for the Eighty-first—and to seven succeeding Congresses. He thus served continuously from January 3, 1949, until his death in
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on March 14, 1963. Doyle also served on the
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from 1951 until his death in 1963. His role on the committee is recalled unflatteringly in
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poet and fellow Californian
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'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

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References

1887 births 1963 deaths Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from California USC Gould School of Law alumni American Congregationalists People from Oakland, California School board members in California 20th-century American politicians American anti-communists {{California-Representative-stub