Gary A. Myers

Gary Arthur Myers (Born August 16, 1937) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.

Gary Myers was born in Toronto, Ohio, and grew up in Evans City, Pennsylvania. He graduated from the University of Cincinnati in 1960, and received his M.B.A. from the University of Pittsburgh in 1964. He pursued a professional career in mechanical and industrial engineering as a steel mill turn foreman. He served in the United States Air Force Reserve from 1961 to 1968. He was an unsuccessful candidate in 1972 for election to Congress.

He was elected as a Republican to the 94th Congress in 1974, defeating incumbent Democratic Congressman Frank M. Clark, and re-elected to the 95th Congress from a very Democratic district. His victory in the Watergate year of 1974 over an incumbent Democrat was a huge upset. He shocked many when he was not a candidate for reelection in 1978 and declared he wished to work again as a steel foreman.

Sources

• Gary A. Myers at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress