Hugh Meade

Hugh Allen Meade (born April 4, 1907 in Netcong , Morris County , New Jersey , †  July 8, 1949 in Washington, DC ) was an American politician . Between 1947 and 1949 he represented the state of Maryland in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Hugh Meade attended public schools in his home country. In 1923 he moved to Baltimore , Maryland. There he attended Loyola High School until 1925 and then Loyola College until 1929 . After a subsequent law degree at the University of Maryland and his admission to the bar in 1933, he began to work in this profession in Baltimore. At the same time he embarked on a political career as a member of the Democratic Party . In 1934 he was on the staff of Governor Albert Ritchie . Meade served in the Maryland House of Representatives from 1934 to 1936 ; between 1938 and 1946 he was deputyAttorney General of that state. This period was interrupted in 1944 and 1945 by his military service in World War II, in which he participated as an officer in the US Navy .

In the 1946 congressional election , Meade was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington in the second constituency of Maryland, where he succeeded Harry Streett Baldwin on January 3, 1947 . Since he was not nominated for re-election by his party in 1948, he could only serve one term in Congress until January 3, 1949 . After his tenure in the US House of Representatives, Hugh Meade was an advisor to the Congressional Committee dealing with fisheries and the merchant marine. He died on July 8, 1949 in the federal capital Washington and was buried in Baltimore.

Web links

• Hugh Meade in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Hugh Meade in the database of Find a Grave (English)