Millard Evelyn Tydings was an American attorney, author, soldier, state legislator, and served as a Democratic Representative and Senator in the United States Congress from Maryland, serving in the House from 1923 to 1927 and in the Senate from 1927 to 1951.
22 Facts About Millard Tydings
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Millard Tydings attended the public schools of Harford County and graduated from Maryland Agricultural College in 1910.
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Millard Tydings engaged in civil engineering with the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad in West Virginia in 1911.
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Millard Tydings studied law at the University of Maryland School of Law, in Baltimore, and was admitted to the bar; he started practice in Havre de Grace in 1913.
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In 1916 Tydings was elected to the Maryland House of Delegates; he was elected as Speaker of the House by his colleagues from 1920 to 1922.
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Millard Tydings served in the US Army during World War I and was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel and Division Machine-gun Officer in 1918.
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Millard Tydings served on the Western Front with the American Expeditionary Forces and received the Distinguished Service Cross and Army Distinguished Service Medal.
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In 1922, Millard Tydings was elected as a Democrat to the 68th session of the US Congress, and was re-elected to the 69th session, representing the second district of Maryland in the House of Representatives.
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Millard Tydings was not a candidate for renomination in 1926, having become a candidate for the United States Senate.
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Millard Tydings was elected to the Senate in 1926,1932,1938 and 1944, and served from March 4,1927, to January 3,1951.
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In 1936, Senator Millard Tydings introduced a bill in Congress calling for independence for Puerto Rico, but it was opposed by Luis Munoz Marin, an influential leader of Puerto Rico's pro-independence Liberal Party.
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In March 1950, Millard Tydings was appointed to head a committee, generally known as the Millard Tydings Committee, to investigate Joseph McCarthy's early claims of Communist penetration of the federal government and military.
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In McCarthy's first 250 minutes on the stand, Millard Tydings interrupted him 85 times with questions and demands for substantiation, enraging McCarthy who condemned Millard Tydings as an "egg-sucking liberal".
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Millard Tydings had never met him before Browder testified in July 1950.
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In 1935, Millard Tydings, who was opposed to the flexibility which the US Treasury had accrued with respect to debt management, proposed a constitutional amendment which would have prohibited appropriations in excess of revenues in the absence of a new debt authorization and would required that any new debt be liquidated over a 15-year period.
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Millard Tydings was a strong critic of Prohibition prior to its repeal in 1933.
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The state's newspapers overwhelmingly supported Millard Tydings and denounced Roosevelt's interference.
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Millard Tydings won on his own record and merits, and the impact of the President's politicking was probably negligible.
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Millard E Tydings died on February 9,1961, at his farm, "Oakington", near Havre de Grace, Maryland.
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Millard Tydings' adopted son, Joe Millard Tydings, was elected to a term as a US Senator from Maryland in 1964, but was defeated for re-election in 1970, serving from 1965 to 1971.
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Millard Tydings's father was Joseph E Davies, who served as US Ambassador to the USSR, Belgium and Luxembourg.
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The law firm which Millard Tydings formed with Morris Rosenberg continues its law practice today in Baltimore, Maryland.