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

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 ...

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.