Byron, Beverly B. (Beverly Barton), 1932-

Beverly Barton Butcher Byron (born July 27, 1932) is an American politician and member of the Democratic Party who served as the U.S. Congresswoman representing the 6th congressional district of Maryland from January 3, 1979, to January 3, 1993.

Born Beverly Barton Butcher in Baltimore, she grew up in Washington, D.C., graduating from the National Cathedral School in Washington, DC, in 1950 and earned a two-year degree from Hood College in Frederick, Maryland in 1962. She married Goodloe Edgar Byron in 1952, participating in his successful campaigns for the Maryland legislature, where he served in the house of delegates from 1963 to 1967 and the senate from 1967 to 1971. In 1970 she helped Goodloe Byron run a successful campaign for a U.S. House seat that encompassed western Maryland. During her husband’s tenure as a Representative, she worked closely with him, even debating his opponents on occasion when his official duties prevented district visits. After his death a month before the general election in 1978, Beverly Byron was pressured by local Democratic leaders to replace her husband on the ballot.

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