Lyle Williams
Lyle Williams (August 23, 1942 – November 7, 2008) was an American politician who served three terms as a U.S. Representative from Ohio from 1979 to 1985.[1][2] Williams began his political career as a member of the Bloomfield school board from 1970 to 1972, before he was elected a Trumbull County Commissioner, serving from 1972 to 1976.[1] After leaving Congress, Williams worked on the external affairs staff of the Office of Surface Mining in the U.S. Department of the Interior, beginning in 1987.In 1992, he ran for Ohio's 19th congressional district despite living outside its boundaries,[3] but lost the Republican primary to Lake County Commissioner Robert Gardner.In Williams's final run for office, he ran for Ohio's 6th congressional district in 2002, intending to challenge Democratic Congressman Ted Strickland.