Biographies 995 Relations, 1959-1973; elected as a Republican to the Eighty- ty in 1775; retired from public life in 1793; died in fifth and to the seven succeeding Congresses (January 3, Windham, Conn., May 13, 1807; interment in Windham 1957-January 3, 1973); was not a candidate for reelection Cemetery. in 1972 to the Ninety-third Congress; retired and resided Bibliography: Willingham, William F. Connecticut Revolutionary: in Elizabeth, N.J., where she died February 29, 1976; inter- Eliphalet Dyer. Hartford: American Revolutionary Bicentennial Commission ment in St. Gertrude’s Cemetery, Colonia, N.J. of Connecticut, 1977. DYAL, Kenneth Warren, a Representative from Cali- DYER, Leonidas Carstarphen (nephew of David Patter- fornia; born in Bisbee, Cochise County, Ariz., July 9, 1910; son Dyer), a Representative from Missouri; born near attended the public schools of San Bernardino and Colton, Warrenton, Warren County, Mo., June 11, 1871; attended Calif.; moved to San Bernardino, Calif., in 1917; secretary the common schools, Central Wesleyan College, Warrenton, to San Bernardino, County Board of Supervisors, 1941-1943; Mo., and Washington University, St. Louis, Mo.; studied served as a lieutenant commander in the United States law; was admitted to the bar in 1893 and commenced prac- Naval Reserve, 1943-1946; postmaster of San Bernardino, tice in St. Louis, Mo.; served in the Spanish-American War; 1947-1954; insurance company executive, 1954-1961; mem- was a member of the staff of Governor Hadley of Missouri, ber of board of directors of Los Angeles Airways, Inc., 1956- with the rank of colonel; commander in chief of the Spanish 1964; elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-ninth Congress War Veterans in 1915 and 1916; elected as a Republican (January 3, 1965-January 3, 1967); unsuccessful candidate to the Sixty-second Congress (March 4, 1911-March 3, 1913); for reelection in 1966 to the Ninetieth Congress; regional presented credentials as a Member-elect to the Sixty-third director, San Francisco, Calif., Post Office Department, Congress and served from March 4, 1913, to June 19, 1914, 1966-1969; Regional Programs Coordinator, United States when he was succeeded by Michael J. Gill, who contested Post Office Department, 1969-1971; resided in Oakland, his election; elected to the Sixty-fourth and to the eight Calif., until his death there May 12, 1978; interment in succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1915-March 3, 1933); un- Montecito Cemetery, Colton, Calif. successful candidate for reelection in 1932 to the Seventy- third Congress and for election in 1934 to the Seventy- DYER, David Patterson (uncle of Leonidas Carstarphen fourth Congress and in 1936 to the Seventy-fifth Congress; Dyer), a Representative from Missouri; born in Henry Coun- resumed the practice of law; died in St. Louis, Mo., Decem- ty, Va., February 12, 1838; moved with his parents to Lin- ber 15, 1957; interment in Oak Grove Cemetery. coln County, Mo., in 1841; completed preparatory studies; studied law in Bowling Green, Pike County, Mo., and was DYMALLY, Mervyn Malcolm, a Representative from admitted to the bar in March 1859; elected prosecuting at- California; born in Cedros, Trinidad, British West Indies, torney for the third judicial circuit in 1860; during the Civil May 12, 1926; attended Cedros Government School, Trini- War served as a private in Captain Hardin’s company, Pike dad; graduated from St. Benedict and Naparima Secondary, County Regiment, Missouri Home Guard, and as lieutenant San Fernando, Trinidad, 1944; B.A., California State Univer- colonel and colonel in the Forty-ninth Regiment, Missouri sity, Los Angeles, 1954; M.A., California State University, Volunteer Infantry; member of the State house of represent- Sacramento, 1969; Ph.D., United States International Uni- atives 1862-1865; secretary of the State senate in 1866; dele- versity, San Diego, 1978; president, Mervyn M. Dymally Co., gate to the Republican National Convention in 1868; elected Inc., 1979-1981; teacher; lecturer; served in the California as a Republican to the Forty-first Congress (March 4, 1869- State legislature, 1963-1966; State senator, 1967-1975; Lieu- March 3, 1871); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1870 tenant Governor, California, 1975-1979; elected as a Demo- to the Forty-second Congress; resumed the practice of his crat to the Ninety-seventh and to the five succeeding Con- profession in St. Louis, Mo.; unsuccessful Republican can- gresses (January 3, 1981-January 3, 1993); was not a can- didate for Governor in 1880; appointed by President Theo- didate for renomination in 1992 to the One Hundred Third dore Roosevelt United States attorney for the eastern dis- Congress; member of the California state assembly, 2002 trict of Missouri and served from March 9, 1902, to March to present. 31, 1907; served as United States judge for the eastern district of Missouri from April 1, 1907, to November 3, 1919, DYSON, Royden Patrick, a Representative from Mary- when he retired; died in St. Louis, Mo., April 29, 1924; land; born in Great Mills, St. Mary’s County, Md., November interment in Bellefontaine Cemetery. 15, 1948; attended private schools; graduated from Great Mills High School, 1966; attended the University of Mary- DYER, Eliphalet, a Delegate from Connecticut; born in land, College Park, and the University of Baltimore, 1968, Windham, Conn., September 14, 1721; pursued preparatory 1969, and 1970; legislative assistant, United States House studies, and was graduated from Yale College in 1740; of Representatives, 1973-1974; elected to the Maryland served as town clerk; appointed captain in the militia in house of delegates, 1975-1980; delegate, 1978 Democratic 1745; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1746 and National Issues Conference; unsuccessful candidate for elec- commenced practice in Windham; justice of the peace in tion in 1976 to the Ninety-fifth Congress; elected as a Demo- 1746; elected a deputy to the general assembly in 1747, crat to the Ninety-seventh and to the four succeeding Con- 1749, 1752, and 1753; was active in the project of estab- gresses (January 3, 1981-January 3, 1991); unsuccessful can- lishing a Connecticut colony in the Susquehanna Valley, didate for reelection in 1990 to the One Hundred Second and served as agent of the Susquehanna Co. in London Congress; is a resident of Great Mills, Md. in 1763; in 1755, during the French and Indian War, was appointed a lieutenant colonel in the Connecticut Regiment; again a member of the general assembly 1756-1784, serving E as deputy from 1756 to 1762 and as assistant from 1762 to 1784; appointed comptroller of the port of New London EAGAN, John Joseph, a Representative from New Jer- in 1764; delegate to the Stamp-Act Congress in 1765; judge sey; born in Hoboken, N.J., January 22, 1872; was graduated of the superior court 1766-1793, and served as chief judge from public, parochial, and private schools; in 1894 founded from 1789 until 1793; Member of the Continental Congress and was president of the Eagan Schools of Business in Hobo- 1774-1779 and 1782-1783; member of the committee of safe- ken, Union Hill, and Hackensack, N.J., and Brooklyn, N.Y.; 996 Biographical Directory first vice president of the Merchants & Manufacturers’ Trust presidential candidate 1972; lawyer; is a resident of St. Co.; collector of taxes of Union, N.J., 1896-1899; elected as Louis, Mo. a Democrat to the Sixty-third and to the three succeeding Bibliography: Eagleton, Thomas. Our Constitution and What It Means. Congresses (March 4, 1913-March 3, 1921); delegate to the New York: McGraw-Hill, 1987; Eagleton, Thomas. War and Presidential Democratic National Convention at San Francisco in 1920; Power. New York: Liveright, 1974. unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1920 to the Sixty- EAMES, Benjamin Tucker, a Representative from seventh Congress; again elected to the Sixty-eighth Congress Rhode Island; born in Dedham, Norfolk County, Mass., June (March 4, 1923-March 3, 1925); unsuccessful candidate for 4, 1818; attended the common schools of Providence, R.I., renomination in 1924; resumed his former business pursuits; and academies in Massachusetts and Connecticut; employed member and president of the Board of Education, as a bookkeeper for several years; was graduated from Yale Weehawken, N.J., 1932-1940; appointed collector of taxes College in 1843; engaged as a teacher in the academy at and custodian of school moneys of Weehawken in 1940; col- North Attleboro, studying law at the same time; was admit- lector of taxes 1941-1955; resided in Weehawken, N.J., until ted to the bar in 1845 and commenced practice in Provi- his death in Paramus, N.J., June 13, 1956; interment in dence, R.I.; recording and reading clerk of the State house Rosendale Cemetery, Tillson, N.Y. of representatives 1845-1850; member of the State senate EAGER, Samuel Watkins, a Representative from New 1854-1857, 1863, and again in 1864; one of the commis- York; born in Neelytown, Orange County, N.Y., on April sioners on the revision of the public laws of the State of 8, 1789; attended Montgomery Academy, Montgomery, N.Y., Rhode Island in 1857; served in the State house of rep- and was graduated from Princeton College in 1809; studied resentatives in 1859, 1860, 1868, and 1869; elected as a law; was admitted to the bar in 1811 and commenced prac- Republican to the Forty-second and to the three succeeding tice in Newburgh, N.Y.; moved to Montgomery, N.Y., in Congresses (March 4, 1871-March 3, 1879); chairman, Com- 1826, and continued the practice of his profession; elected mittee on Private Land Claims (Forty-third Congress); was to the Twenty-first Congress to fill the vacancy caused by not a candidate for renomination; again a member of the the resignation of Hector Craig and served from November State house of representatives 1879-1881; again served in 2, 1830, to March 3, 1831; was not a candidate at the elec- the State senate in 1884 and 1885; died in East Greenwich, tion held the same day for the Twenty-second Congress; R.I., October 6, 1901; interment in Swan Point Cemetery, returned to Newburgh in 1836 and engaged in literary pur- Providence, R.I.