Millard Tydings
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United States Senator from Maryland |
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In office March 4, 1927 – January 3, 1951 |
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| Preceded by | Ovington Weller |
| Succeeded by | John Marshall Butler |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Maryland's 2nd district | |
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In office March 4, 1923 – March 3, 1927 |
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| Preceded by | Albert Blakeney |
| Succeeded by | William Purington Cole, Jr. |
| 87th Speaker of the Maryland House of Delegates | |
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In office January 1920 – September 1920 |
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| Preceded by | Herbert R. Wooden |
| Succeeded by | John L. G. Lee |
| Member of the Maryland Senate | |
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In office 1922–1923 |
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Millard Evelyn Tydings April 6, 1890 Havre de Grace, Maryland |
| Died | February 9, 1961 (aged 70) near Havre de Grace, Maryland |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Education | University of Maryland |
| Profession | Civil engineer, lawyer, politician, author |
| Religion | Anglican/Episcopalian |
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| Service/branch | United States Army |
| Years of service | 1917–1919 |
| Rank | Lieutenant Colonel |
| Battles/wars | World War I |
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, serving in the House from 1923 to 1927 and in the Senate from 1927 to 1951.
Tydings was born in Havre de Grace, located in Harford County. He attended the public schools of Harford County and graduated from Maryland Agricultural College (now the University of Maryland, College Park) in 1910. He engaged in civil engineering with the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad in West Virginia in 1911. He 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.
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. He served in the Maryland State Senate during 1922-1923.
Tydings served in the U.S. Army during World War I and was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel and Division Machine-gun Officer in 1918. He 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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