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Ulysses Samuel Guyer (December 13, 1868 – June 5, 1943) was a 
Guyer was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-eighth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Edward C. Little and served from November 4, 1924, to March 3, 1925. He was not a candidate for election for the full term in 1924. He resumed the practice of law in Kansas City.
He was re-elected to the Seventieth and to the eight succeeding Congresses and served from March 4, 1927, until his death. He was one of the managers appointed by the
U.S. Representative
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from Kansas
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.
Born near Paw Paw, Illinois, Guyer attended the public schools, Lane University at Lecompton, Kansas
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, and the University of Kansas School of Law
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at Lawrence, Kansas
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. He was admitted to the bar
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in 1902 and commenced practice in Kansas City, Kansas
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. He served as judge of the first division city court of Kansas City from 1907-09. He served as mayor of Kansas City, Kansas
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from 1909 to 1910.
Guyer was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-eighth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Edward C. Little and served from November 4, 1924, to March 3, 1925. He was not a candidate for election for the full term in 1924. He resumed the practice of law in Kansas City.
He was re-elected to the Seventieth and to the eight succeeding Congresses and served from March 4, 1927, until his death. He was one of the managers appointed by the United States House of Representatives
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in 1933 to conduct the impeachment proceedings against Harold Louderback, judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California
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. He died in Bethesda, Maryland
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on June 5, 1943. Among the items in his estate was a 40-volume personal diary he had kept for many years.
See also
*List of United States Congress members who died in office (1900–49)
There are several lists of United States Congress members who died in office. These include:
*List of United States Congress members who died in office (1790–1899)
*List of United States Congress members who died in office (1900–1949)
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References
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