Joseph Peyton Wyatt Jr. (October 12, 1941 – April 4, 2022) served as a

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from

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Biography

Born in Victoria, Texas, Wyatt attended the Victoria County public schools. He attended Victoria College, 1964. B.A.,

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, 1968. Graduate work,

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, 1970. Wyatt served in the

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Reserve from 1966 to 1970. He served on the staffs of Texas State Senator William Neff "Bill" Patman,

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Clark W. Thompson, and Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson. Auditor, Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission,

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. Wyatt served as director of community affairs, private firm, Victoria, Texas. He served as member of the

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from 1971 to 1979. Wyatt served on the

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and

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. He served as delegate, Texas State Democratic conventions from 1968 to 1978, and as a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1964. Wyatt was elected as a

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to the Ninety-sixth Congress (January 3, 1979 – January 3, 1981). Wyatt served as special projects consultant. He was a resident of Victoria, Texas. Wyatt died on April 4, 2022. He ran for his former seat in 1982 as a Republican, but was defeated. The New York Times reported rumors that Wyatt had been involved in a homosexual scandal, charges which Patman used against him during the campaign.

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