Hugh Allen Meade (April 4, 1907–July 8, 1949) was a U.S. Congressman, representing the second district of Maryland from 1947 to 1949. Events 1581 - Francis Drake completes a circumnavigation of the world and is knighted by Elizabeth I. Year 1907 ( MCMVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Events 939 - The Major Occultation or Ghaybat el-Kubra of Muhammad al-Mahdi 1099 - First Crusade: 15000 Year 1949 ( MCMXLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The United States House of Representatives is one of the two chambers of the United States Congress; the other is the Senate. The Second Congressional District of Maryland elects a representative to the United States House of Representatives every two years
Born in Netcong, Morris County, New Jersey, Meade attended the public schools. Morris County is a County located in the US state of New Jersey, about 25 mi (40 km west of New York City. He moved to Baltimore, Maryland in 1923 and graduated from Loyola High School in 1925, and from Loyola College in Maryland in 1929. Loyola College in Maryland is a private Coeducational University in Baltimore, Maryland, United States, affiliated with the He later graduated from the University of Maryland Law School in 1932 and was admitted to the bar in 1933
Meade served as secretary to Albert Ritchie, Governor of Maryland, in 1934. University of Maryland Baltimore, (also known as UMB) was founded in 1807 Albert Cabell Ritchie ( August 29, 1876 - February 24, 1936) a member of the United States Democratic Party, was the 49th The Governor of Maryland heads the Executive branch of the government of the U He was later a member of the Maryland House of Delegates from 1934 to 1936, supervisor of assessments of the city of Baltimore from 1936 1938, and Assistant Attorney General of Maryland from 1938 to 1946. The Maryland House of Delegates is the lower house of the General Assembly, the state legislature of the U The Attorney General of Maryland is the chief legal officer of the State of Maryland in the United States and is elected by the people every four years with no term
During World War II, Meade served in the United States Navy as a lieutenant in 1944 and 1945. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including He resigned from the attorney general’s office in 1946 to enter the private practice of law. He was elected as a Democrat in 1946 to the Eightieth Congress, but was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1948, and served one full term from January 3, 1947 to January 3, 1949
After Congress, Meade was appointed general counsel of the Merchant Marine and Fisheries Committee of the United States House of Representatives in January 1949 and served until his death in Washington, D.C. He is interred in the New Cathedral Cemetery in Baltimore. The Democratic Party is one of two major Political parties in the United States, the other being the Republican Party. Events 1431 - Joan of Arc is handed over to the Bishop Pierre Cauchon. Year 1947 ( MCMXLVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1431 - Joan of Arc is handed over to the Bishop Pierre Cauchon. Year 1949 ( MCMXLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Washington DC ( formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, the District, or simply D
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| Preceded by H. Streett Baldwin |
U.S. Congressman from the 2nd district of Maryland 1947–1949 |
Succeeded by William P. Bolton |
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