William C. Wampler

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William Creed Wampler (born April 21, 1926) was a United States Representative from Virginia.

Born in Pennington Gap, Lee County, Virginia, Wampler attended the public schools in Bristol, Virginia and on May 21, 1943, enlisted in the United States Navy. He served as a seaman for twenty-seven months until discharged on September 29, 1945; he then was a member of the Naval Reserve, V-6. He resumed his education and was graduated from Virginia Polytechnic Institute in Blacksburg, Virginia in 1948 he studied law at the University of Virginia from 1948 to 1950. Wampler was a reporter for The Tennessean in 1950 and 1951 and was a reporter and editorial writer for Big Stone Gap (Virginia) Post in 1951. Wampler also worked as reporter and copy editor for the Bristol Herald Courier in 1951 and 1952.

Wampler was member of board of visitors of Emory and Henry College in Emory, Virginia and was Republican assistant campaign manager for Ninth Congressional District elections in 1948. He was also the president of the Young Republican Federation of Virginia in 1950 and served as keynote speaker and permanent chairman of the Ninth District Republican Convention the same year. He was elected as a Republican to the Eighty-third Congress (January 3, 1953-January 3, 1955) and was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1954 to the Eighty-fourth Congress; he went to work for the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission from January 1955 to March 1956. Wampler was again an unsuccessful candidate for election in 1956 to the Eighty-fifth Congress, and served as vice president and general manager of Wampler Brothers Furniture Company in Bristol, Virginia from 1957 to 1960 and the vice president and general manager of Wampler Carpet Company from 1961 to 1966.

Wampler was later elected to the Ninetieth and to the seven succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1967 - January 3, 1983). An unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1982, he is currently a resident of Bristol, Virginia. His son, William C. Wampler, Jr, a Republican from Bristol, has served in the Virginia State Senate since 1988.

This article incorporates facts obtained from the public domain Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

[edit] References

• Biography at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
• http://www.vpap.org/cands/cand_index.cfm?ToKey=COM00262

Preceded by Thomas B. Fugate	U.S. Representative Virginia 9th District 1953–1955	Succeeded by W. Pat Jennings
Preceded by W. Pat Jennings	U.S. Representative Virginia 9th District 1967–1983	Succeeded by Rick Boucher