He was elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-sixth Congress (January 3, 1959 – January 3, 1961), defeating the Republican candidate, former GovernorHarold Arthur. He became the first Democrat to win a statewide or Congressional election in Vermont since the 1850s. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1960 to the Eighty-seventh Congress, when he was defeated by Republican Governor Robert Stafford. He served as a consultant for the Technical Review Staff of the Department of the Interior from May 1961 to December 1963.
Meyer was an unsuccessful candidate for the Democratic nomination for United States Senator in 1962, 1964 and 1970. He was a delegate to the Vermont State Democratic conventions of 1956, 1960, 1964 and 1968.
By one measure, Meyer was the most left-wing member to serve in Congress from 1937 to 2002.[1] He was one of the leading founders of the nonviolent socialistLiberty Union Party of Vermont in June 1970. He was their party's nominee for United States Senator after failing to obtain the Democratic nomination that year, receiving 0.91% of the vote.[2] He was an unsuccessful candidate for election in 1972 to the Ninety-third Congress.
He was a resident of West Rupert, Vermont until his death there. He was cremated and had his ashes interred at his home in West Rupert.[3]
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