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Tydings, Joseph D. (Joseph Davies), 1928-2018

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Personal name headingTydings, Joseph D. (Joseph Davies), 1928-2018
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Variant(s)Tydings, Joseph D., 1928-
LocatedHarford County (Md.)
Birth date1928-05-04
Death date2018-10-08
Place of birthAsheville (N.C.)
AffiliationUniversity of Maryland, College Park
University of Maryland, College Park. School of Law
United States. Army
United States. Attorney (Maryland)
Maryland. General Assembly. House of Delegates
United States. Congress. Senate
University of Maryland, College Park. Board of Regents
University of Maryland Medical System
Democratic Party (U.S.)
Profession or occupationAuthors Legislators Lawyers Public prosecutors
Found inNUCMC data from Univ. of Virginia Lib. for Scott, H. Papers, 1925-1977 (Tydings, Joseph Davies, 1928- )
LC data base, 4-28-88 (hdg.: Tydings, Joseph D., 1928- )
Biog. dir. of the U.S. Congress website, viewed October 10, 2018 (Tydings, Joseph Davies, (son of Millard Evelyn Tydings), a Senator from Maryland; born in Asheville, Buncombe County, N.C., May 4, 1928; attended the public schools of Aberdeen, Md.; graduated from McDonogh School in 1946, the University of Maryland in 1950, and the University of Maryland Law School in 1953; served in Army of Occupation, European Theater of Operations after the Second World War, corporal, Sixth Constabulary Regiment; admitted to the bar in 1952 and commenced the practice of law; member, Maryland house of delegates 1955-1961; United States attorney for Maryland 1961-1963; United States representative at the Interpol Conference in Helsinki, Finland, and at the International Penal Conference in Bellagio, Italy, in 1963; elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate in 1964, and served from January 3, 1965, to January 3, 1971; chairman, Committee on the District of Columbia (Ninety-first Congress); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1970; member, Board of Regents of the University of Maryland 1974-1984, serving as chairman 1982-1984; member, Board of Regents of the University System of Maryland 2000-2005; senior counsel, law firm of Dickstein, Shapiro, Morin and Oshinsky, Washington, D.C.; was a resident of Harford County, Md.; died on October 8, 2018)
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