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BOREN, Lyle H., (father of David Lyle Boren and grandfather of Daniel Boren),
a Representative from Oklahoma; born near Waxahachie, Ellis County,
Tex., May 11, 1909; moved to Lawton, Okla., in 1917; attended the public
schools; was graduated from the East Central College at Ada, Okla., in 1930 and
from Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical College at Stillwater; teacher in the
schools at Wolf, Okla., 1930-1935; served as a deputy procurement officer of
the United States Treasury Department; engaged in agricultural pursuits and
also was interested in the mercantile business; author; lieutenant commander in
the United States Naval Reserve; elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-fifth and
to the four succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1937-January 3, 1947);
unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1946; resumed former mercantile
business and agricultural pursuits; president of a petroleum corporation;
representative of the Association of Western Railroads, 1954-1970; assistant to
the Insurance Commissioner, State of Oklahoma; was a resident of Oklahoma City,
Okla., until his death there on July 2, 1992.
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