Joseph Tydings

Joseph Tydings

Joseph Davies Tydings (born May 4, 1928 in Asheville , North Carolina , † October 8, 2018 in Washington, DC ) was an American politician . Between 1965 and 1971 he represented the state of Maryland in the US Senate .

Career

Joseph Tydings was the adopted son of Millard Tydings (1890–1961), who represented the State of Maryland in both houses of Congress . His maternal grandfather was the diplomat Joseph E. Davies (1876-1958).

Tydings attended public schools in Aberdeen and the McDonogh School . After the end of World War II , he was a soldier in the United States Army for some time and was one of the occupation forces in Germany . In 1950 he graduated from the University of Maryland at College Park . After a subsequent law degree at the University of Maryland School of Law and his license to practice law in 1952, he began to work in this profession.

Politically, Tydings joined the Democratic Party . Between 1955 and 1961 he was a member of the Maryland House of Representatives . He was then from 1961 to 1963 federal attorney for the District of Maryland. During this time he represented the United States at two Interpol conferences . In the elections of 1964 he was elected to the US Senate, where he succeeded James Glenn Beall on January 3, 1965 , whom he had defeated in the election. Since he was not re-elected in 1970, he left the Senate on January 3, 1971. There he was a member of the District of Columbia Administration Committee , which he temporarily chaired. One reason he was voted out of office was opposition to his firearm registration policy.

After leaving Congress, Tydings practiced law again. In 1976 he failed in his party's primary election while attempting to return to the US Senate. He continued to practice law and served on the board of directors of the University of Maryland from 1974 to 1984 . Since 1982 he was chairman of this body. He also served on the board of the University System of Maryland from 2000 to 2005 . In September 2008, he was appointed to the board of directors of the University of Maryland Medical System .

Individual proof

1. ^ Tributes Roll in for Sen. Joe Tydings

Web links

• Joseph Tydings in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
• Joseph Tydings at The Political Graveyard