It was just one month before the general election in 1978, and Beverly Byron was like a “house afire — on a mission,” her son ...

Vaulted to Congress when she was elected in 1978 to succeed her late husband, she quickly established herself as a House member in her own right.

Beverly Byron, part of a powerful and durable Western Democratic family and one of only 11 women elected to represent in Congress, died Sunday of heart failure at her home in Frederick, surrounded by ...