Beverly Byron

Beverly Byron, Roscoe Bartlett's predecessor as U.S. Representative from Maryland's 6th Congressional District, is still younger than Roscoe Bartlett. Born six years after Roscoe, Byron began serving in Congress 14 years before Bartlett. She was sworn into office on January 3, 1979 at the age of 46. She lost a hotly contested primary battle in 1992, sufficiently splitting the party to allow Roscoe to win the General election 16 years ago.