John Thomas Myers was a Republican

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 Congressman from Indiana's 7th congressional district

Indiana's 7th congressional district

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 in the United States House of Representatives

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 from 1967 to 1997. His son-in-law, Brian D. Kerns

Brian D. Kerns

Brian Douglas Kerns served as a Republican Representative from Indiana's 7th Congressional District from January 3, 2001 to January 3, 2003....

, represented the same district from 2001 to 2003. John T. Myers is married and has 2 kids and 5 grandkids.

Born in Covington, Indiana

Covington, Indiana

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, Myers graduated from Covington High School in 1945 and earned his B.S. at Indiana State University

Indiana State University

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 in 1951. He served in the United States Army

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 from 1945 to 1946, was a cashier and trust officer with the Fountain Trust Company from 1952 to 1966 and worked as a farmer in Fountain County

Fountain County, Indiana

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. He was first elected to congress in 1966 and was reelected fourteen more times, serving from 1967 until his retirement in 1997.