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| In office March 5, 1927 – January 3, 1951 |
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| In office March 4, 1923 – March, 1927 |
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| Preceded by | Albert Blakeney |
| Succeeded by | William Purington Cole, Jr. |
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| In office January 1920 – September 1920 |
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| Preceded by | Herbert R. The United States Senate is the Upper house of the bicameral United States Congress, the Lower house being the House of Representatives Events 363 - Roman Emperor Julian moves from Antioch with an army of 90000 to attack the Sassanid Empire, in a Year 1927 ( MCMXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1431 - Joan of Arc is handed over to the Bishop Pierre Cauchon. Year 1951 ( MCMLI) was a Common year starting on Monday. Events of 1951 January Ovington Eugene Weller ( January 23, 1862 - January 5, 1947) was a Republican member of the United States Senate, representing John Marshall Butler ( July 21, 1897 &ndash March 14, 1978) was a Republican member of the United States Senate, representing 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 Events 51 - Nero, later to become Roman Emperor, is given the title Princeps iuventutis (head of the youth Year 1923 ( MCMXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events in March American Red Cross Month Fire Prevention month ( The Philippines) Women's History Month ( United Year 1927 ( MCMXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Albert Alexander Blakeney ( September 28, 1850 &ndash October 15, 1924) was a U William Purington Cole Jr ( May 11, 1889 &ndash September 22, 1957) was an American Jurist and politician The Speaker of the Maryland House of Delegates presides as speaker over the House of Delegates in the state of Maryland in the United States. Events in January Holidays New Year's Day - January 1 Coptic Christmas - January 7 Year 1920 ( MCMXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display 1920 of the Gregorian calendar Events in September It is the start of the academic year in many countries in the Northern Hemisphere. Year 1920 ( MCMXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display 1920 of the Gregorian calendar Wooden |
| Succeeded by | John L. G. Lee |
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| Born | April 6, 1890 Havre de Grace, Maryland |
| Died | February 9, 1961 (aged 70) near Havre de Grace, Maryland |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Profession | Civil engineer, lawyer, politician, author |
| Religion | Anglican/Episcopalian |
Millard Evelyn Tydings (April 6, 1890–February 9, 1961) was an attorney, author, soldier, state legislator, and served as a Democratic Representative and Senator in the United States Congress from Maryland. Events 46 BC - Julius Caesar defeats Caecilius Metellus Scipio and Marcus Porcius Cato in the Battle of Thapsus Year 1890 ( MDCCCXC) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Havre de Grace ( HDG) is a city in Harford County Maryland, United States. Events 474 - Zeno crowned as co-emperor of the Byzantine Empire. Year 1961 ( MCMLXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Havre de Grace ( HDG) is a city in Harford County Maryland, United States. The Democratic Party is one of two major Political parties in the United States, the other being the Republican Party. A civil engineer is a person who practices Civil engineering, one of the many engineering professions A lawyer, according to Black's Law Dictionary, is "a person learned in the law as an attorney, Counsel or Solicitor; a person A politician (from Greek " Polis " is an individual who is involved in influencing public decision making through the influence of Politics or a person An author is defined both as "the person who originates or gives existence to anything" and that authorship determines responsibility for what is created Anglicanism is a tradition of Christian faith Churches in this tradition either have historical connections to the Church of England or have similar beliefs Events 46 BC - Julius Caesar defeats Caecilius Metellus Scipio and Marcus Porcius Cato in the Battle of Thapsus Year 1890 ( MDCCCXC) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 474 - Zeno crowned as co-emperor of the Byzantine Empire. Year 1961 ( MCMLXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. An attorney at law (or attorney-at-law) in the United States is a practitioner in a court of law who is legally qualified to prosecute An author is defined both as "the person who originates or gives existence to anything" and that authorship determines responsibility for what is created A soldier is a general English term that refers to a member of a land component of National Armed forces. In the United States of America, a state legislature is a generic term referring to the legislative body of any of the country's 50 states. The Democratic Party is one of two major Political parties in the United States, the other being the Republican Party. The United States House of Representatives is one of the two chambers of the United States Congress; the other is the Senate. The United States Senate is the Upper house of the bicameral United States Congress, the Lower house being the House of Representatives The United States Congress is the bicameral Legislature of the federal government of the United States of America, consisting of two houses
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Early life
Tydings was born in Havre de Grace, located in Harford County. Havre de Grace ( HDG) is a city in Harford County Maryland, United States. Harford County is a County in the US state of Maryland. In 2004 its Population was estimated to be 233340 He attended the public schools of Harford County and graduated from Maryland Agricultural College (now the University of Maryland, College Park) in 1910. The University of Maryland College Park (often referred to as The University of Maryland UMD, UMCP or simply Maryland) is a public research Year 1910 ( MCMX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting He engaged in civil engineering with the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad in West Virginia in 1911. A civil engineer is a person who practices Civil engineering, one of the many engineering professions The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad ( B&O) was one of the Oldest railroads in the United States and the first Common carrier railroad West Virginia ( is a state in the Appalachian Upland South, and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States, bordered by He studied law at the University of Maryland School of Law, in Baltimore, and was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Havre de Grace in 1913. The University of Maryland School of Law is the third-oldest Law school in the United States by date of first classes and second-oldest by date of establishment but its A bar association is a Professional body of Lawyers Some bar associations are responsible for the regulation of the legal profession in their Jurisdiction Year 1913 ( MCMXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common
Tydings was elected to the Maryland House of Delegates in 1916, and was Speaker of the House from 1920-1922. The Maryland House of Delegates is the lower house of the General Assembly, the state legislature of the U Year 1920 ( MCMXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display 1920 of the Gregorian calendar Year 1922 ( MCMXXII) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. He served in the Maryland State Senate during 1922-1923. Maryland State Senate is the Upper house of the General Assembly, the state legislature of the U Year 1922 ( MCMXXII) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1923 ( MCMXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.
Tydings served in the U.S. Army during World War I and was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel and Division Machine-gun Officer in 1918. The United States Army is a military organization whose primary mission is to "provide necessary forces and capabilities. World War I (abbreviated WWI; also known as the First World War, the Great War, and the War to End All Lieutenant Colonel ( Lieutenant-Colonel in English from the French grade 's spelling is a rank of Commissioned officer in the armies For other uses of the phrase see Machine Gun (disambiguation. Year 1918 ( MCMXVIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common He served in Germany with the Army of Occupation and was discharged from the service in 1919. Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. The Army of Occupation was the name of the US Army commanded by Zachary Taylor during the Mexican-American War. Year 1919 ( MCMXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common
House and Senate career
Tydings was elected as a Democrat to the 68th and 69th sessions of the U. The Democratic Party is one of two major Political parties in the United States, the other being the Republican Party. S. Congress from the second district of Maryland (March 4, 1923-March 3, 1927), but was not a candidate for renomination in 1926, having become a candidate for the United States Senate. The Second Congressional District of Maryland elects a representative to the United States House of Representatives every two years Events 51 - Nero, later to become Roman Emperor, is given the title Princeps iuventutis (head of the youth Year 1923 ( MCMXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1284 - Statute of Rhuddlan incorporated the Principality of Wales into England 1575 - Indian Year 1927 ( MCMXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The United States Senate is the Upper house of the bicameral United States Congress, the Lower house being the House of Representatives He was elected to the Senate in 1926, 1932, 1938 and 1944 and served from March 4, 1927, to January 3, 1951. Year 1926 ( MCMXXVI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1932 ( MCMXXXII) was a Leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1938 ( MCMXXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1944 ( MCMXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1927 ( MCMXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1431 - Joan of Arc is handed over to the Bishop Pierre Cauchon. Year 1951 ( MCMLI) was a Common year starting on Monday. Events of 1951 January He co-sponsored the Philippine Independence Act, commonly known as the Tydings-McDuffie Act, which established an autonomous 10-year Commonwealth status for The Philippines, which would then culminate in the withdrawal of American sovereignty and the recognition of Philippine Independence. In January 1934, Tydings introduced a resolution "condemning Nazi oppression of Jews in Germany, and asking President Roosevelt to inform the Hitler government that this country was profoundly distressed about its antisemitic measures. . . it remained bottled up in the Senate Foreign Relations Committee"[1]
In 1950, he headed a committee, generally known as the Tydings Committee, to investigate the early claims of Joseph McCarthy and the penetration of the federal government and military by communism. The Subcommittee on the Investigation of Loyalty of State Department Employees, more commonly referred to as the Tydings Committee, was a subcommittee authorized by in February Joseph Raymond McCarthy (November 14 1908 – May 2 1957 was an American politician who served as a Republican U Communism is a Socioeconomic structure that promotes the establishment of an egalitarian, classless, stateless Society based Specifically the hearings revolved around McCarthy’s charge that the fall of the Kuomintang regime in China had been caused by the actions of alleged Soviet spies in the State Department, and whether Sinologist Owen Lattimore was a “top Russian agent” as McCarthy claimed. China ( Wade-Giles ( Mandarin) Chung¹kuo² is a cultural region, an ancient Civilization, and depending on perspective a National Sinology in general use is the study of China and things related to China but especially in the American academic context refers more strictly to the study of classical language Owen Lattimore ( July 29, 1900 &ndash May 31, 1989) was a distinguished U The hearings, held from March to July in 1950, were extremely stormy as charge was met with counter-charge; they attracted much media attention, especially after Louis F. Budenz entered the proceedings as a surprise witness supporting McCarthy's charges. Louis Francis Budenz ( July 17, 1891 &ndash April 27, 1972) was an American activist and writer as well as a Soviet The committee published a report denouncing Joseph McCarthy and his claims as a hoax.
When Tydings ran for re-election in 1950, McCarthy's staff distributed a composite picture of Tydings with Earl Browder, the former leader of the American Communist Party, whom Tydings had never met before Browder testified before his committee in July 1950. Year 1950 ( MCML) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Communist Party of the United States of America ( CPUSA) is a Marxist-Leninist Political party in the United States. The composite photo merged a 1938 photo of Tydings listening to the radio and a 1940 photo of Browder delivering a speech; the text under the composite photo stated that when Browder had testified before Tydings's committee, Tydings had stated in reply "Thank you, sir". Alhough the quote was technically accurate, it was generally held to be misleading as it implied a degree of amity between Browder and Tydings that did not in fact exist. Browder had been subpoenaed to appear before the committee and had been most reluctant to answer questions about allegations of Communist infiltration of the U. S. government. As a result, Tydings and Browder had clashed a number of times, and Tydings's thank-you remark had come after a lengthy exchange in which Browder had initially refused to answer a question about whether two diplomats had been members of the American Communist Party. In the 1950 election, Tydings was defeated by John Marshall Butler. John Marshall Butler ( July 21, 1897 &ndash March 14, 1978) was a Republican member of the United States Senate, representing He was again nominated in 1956 as Democratic candidate for the Senate, but withdrew before the election for health reasons. Year 1956 ( MCMLVI) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.
During his congressional service, Tydings was chairman of the United States Senate Committee on Territories and Insular Affairs (73rd through 79th Congresses), the Subcommittee on the Investigation of Loyalty of State Department Employees ("Tydings Subcommittee") (81st Congress), and the U.S. Senate Committee on Armed Services (81st Congress). The United States Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources has jurisdiction over matters related to energy and nuclear waste policy territorial policy native Hawaiian The Subcommittee on the Investigation of Loyalty of State Department Employees, more commonly referred to as the Tydings Committee, was a subcommittee authorized by in February The Committee on Armed Services is a Committee of the United States Senate empowered with legislative oversight of the nation's military, including the
Death and legacy
Millard E. Tydings died at his farm, "Oakington," near Havre de Grace, Maryland. He was buried in Angel Hill Cemetery.
The Millard E. Tydings Memorial Bridge, which carries Interstate 95 across the Susquehanna River, is named in his honor, as is the Millard E. The Millard E Tydings Memorial Bridge is located on the John F Interstate 95 in Maryland is a major highway that runs diagonally from northeast to southwest from Maryland's border with Delaware, to the Woodrow The Susquehanna River (originally "Sasquesahanough" per the 1612 John Smith map is a River located in the northeastern United States. Tydings Hall at the University of Maryland, College Park, which houses the departments of Government & Politics and Economics. The University of Maryland College Park (often referred to as The University of Maryland UMD, UMCP or simply Maryland) is a public research Political science is a branch of Social sciences that deals with the theory and practice of Politics and the description and analysis of Political systems Economics is the social science that studies the production distribution, and consumption of goods and services.
His son, Joe Tydings, was also a Senator from Maryland from 1965-1971. Joseph Davies Tydings (born May 4, 1928) was a Democratic member of the United States Senate, representing the state of Maryland Year 1965 ( MCMLXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar.
He is the grandfather of actress Alexandra Tydings. Alexandra Tydings Luzzatto (born Alexandra Huntingdon Tydings on December 15, 1972 in Washington DC) is an American actress
Notes
- ^ "Legitimating Nazism: Harvard University and the Hitler Regime, 1933–1937". American Jewish History 92. 2 (2004) 189-223
References
- Millard Tydings at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress Retrieved on 2008-01-25
- Millard E. Tydings Papers at the University of Maryland Libraries
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| Preceded by Herbert R. The Biographical Directory of the United States Congress is a Biographical dictionary of all present and former members of the United States Congress as 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 41 - After a night of negotiation Claudius is accepted as Roman Emperor by the Senate Wooden |
Speaker of the Maryland House of Delegates 1920 |
Succeeded by John L. The Speaker of the Maryland House of Delegates presides as speaker over the House of Delegates in the state of Maryland in the United States. G. Lee |
| Preceded by Chan Gurney |
Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee 1949 – 1951 |
Succeeded by Richard B. Russell, Jr. |
| United States House of Representatives | ||
| Preceded by Albert Blakeney |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Maryland's 2nd congressional district 1923–1927 |
Succeeded by William Purington Cole, Jr. |
| United States Senate | ||
| Preceded by Ovington Weller |
United States Senator (Class 3) from Maryland 1927 – 1951 Served alongside: William Cabell Bruce, Phillips Lee Goldsborough, George L. P. Radcliffe, Herbert O'Conor |
Succeeded by John Marshall Butler |
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