Born in Findlay, Ohio[1] on November 29, either in 1912[1][2] or 1913,[3][4][5] Guyer was educated in the public schools of Findlay, and performed as an aerialist at a young age with the Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus.[3][2] He lived with his uncle after his father was killed by a heart attack on July 22, 1926.[2]
He received a B.S. from Findlay College in 1934, and afterwards became an ordained minister.[4] Guyer served as mayor of Celina, Ohio, from 1940 to 1944,[4] and later became a member of the state central committee from 1954 to 1966.[3]
Guyer was the public affairs director for Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. in Findlay from 1950 to 1972, and was a member of the Ohio State Senate from 1959 to 1972.[3] He was also a delegate to the Ohio State Republican conventions each year from 1950 to 1957, and was a delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1956.[3]
Congress
He was elected as a Republican to the Ninety-third and to the four succeeding Congresses, serving Ohio's District 4 in the United States House of Representatives, and served from January 3, 1973, until his death from a heart attack on April 12, 1981, in Alexandria, Virginia.[6] While serving as Congressman in 1979, he led the Cocaine Task Force as chairman, committed to curbing the drug's use in the US.[7]
As a congressman, he was well known for traveling cross country and internationally to deliver speeches.[8]
Death
While inside his house in Alexandria, Virginia, he died in his sleep on April 12, 1981[4] while serving his fourth term in office.[5] A heart problem was suspected as the cause,[4] but was not confirmed immediately following the death.[5] Later sources state his cause of death as a heart attack.[2] He was interred in Maple Grove Cemetery in his hometown of Findlay, Ohio.[3]
