Wendell Wyatt

Wendell Wyatt (June 15, 1917 – January 28, 2009) was an American attorney and Republican United States Representative from Oregon's 1st congressional district who served in the United States House of Representatives from 1964 until 1975.

Life before Congress

Born in Eugene, Oregon, Wyatt's family later moved to Portland where he graduated from Jefferson High School in 1935. He received his Bachelor of Laws degree from the University of Oregon in 1941. In World War II, he served in the United States Marine Corps from 1942 until 1946.

Following the war, Wyatt moved to Astoria, where he joined the law firm of former Oregon governor A. W. Norblad. He was Chairman of the Oregon State Republican Central committee from 1955 until 1957. and the Civil Rights Act of 1968.

Conviction Following his retirement from Congress, Wyatt was found guilty and fined $750 on one count of failing to report outlays from a secret cash fund he controlled while heading the Richard Nixon campaign in Oregon.

Afterwards He became a partner at the law firm of Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt.

The Edith Green - Wendell Wyatt Federal Building in downtown Portland is named in honor of Wyatt and Congresswoman Edith Green, alongside whom he served during all but three days of his tenure in Congress.

Wyatt died in Portland in 2009 at the age of 91.