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Tydings was elected to the United States Senate in 1926<ref>[https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=27424 MD US Senate Race - Nov 02, 1926]. ''Our Campaigns''. Retrieved June 6, 2021.</ref> and re-elected in 1932 by a landslide.<ref>[https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=27422 MD US Senate Race - Nov 08, 1932]. ''Our Campaigns''. Retrieved June 6, 2021.</ref> | Tydings was elected to the United States Senate in 1926<ref>[https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=27424 MD US Senate Race - Nov 02, 1926]. ''Our Campaigns''. Retrieved June 6, 2021.</ref> and re-elected in 1932 by a landslide.<ref>[https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=27422 MD US Senate Race - Nov 08, 1932]. ''Our Campaigns''. Retrieved June 6, 2021.</ref> | ||
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| Millard Evelyn Tydings | |||
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| Former U.S. Senator from Maryland From: March 4, 1927 – January 3, 1951 | |||
| Predecessor | Ovington Weller | ||
| Successor | John Marshall Butler | ||
| Former U.S. Representative from Maryland's 2nd Congressional District From: March 4, 1923 – March 3, 1927 | |||
| Predecessor | Albert Blakeney | ||
| Successor | William Purington Cole, Jr. | ||
| Former State Senator from Maryland From: 1922–1923 | |||
| Predecessor | ??? | ||
| Successor | ??? | ||
| Former Speaker of the Maryland House of Delegates From: January 1920 – September 1920 | |||
| Predecessor | Herbert R. Wooden | ||
| Successor | John L. G. Lee | ||
| Former State Representative from Maryland From: ??? | |||
| Predecessor | ??? | ||
| Successor | ??? | ||
| Information | |||
| Party | Democrat | ||
| Spouse(s) | Eleanor Tydings Ditzen | ||
| Military Service | |||
| Allegiance | United States | ||
| Service/branch | United States Army | ||
| Service Years | 1917–1919 | ||
| Rank | Lieutenant Colonel | ||
| Battles/wars | World War I | ||
Millard Evelyn Tydings (April 6, 1890 – February 9, 1961) was a Democrat from Maryland who served as the state's U.S. senator from the 1920s to the 1950s. Tydings previously was a U.S. representative, and was a member of the state legislature prior to that. The head of the Tydings Committee, he was an ardent opponent of Wisconsin Republican Joseph McCarthy, who exposed communist infiltration of the State Department and the United States Army.
He was the stepfather of progressive Joseph Tydings.[1]
Political career
U.S. Senate
Tydings was elected to the United States Senate in 1926[2] and re-elected in 1932 by a landslide.[3]
While having backed some New Deal programs,[4] Tydings was a bitter opponent of Franklin D. Roosevelt. He dubbed the Roosevelt Administration as being a dictatorship and personally held a strong distaste for the president.[5] Along with Republicans and several conservative Democrats, Tydings helped write the Conservative Manifesto,[6] which was drafted in response to Roosevelt's liberal policies. He also helped defeat the 1937 court packing scheme.[7]
In 1938, Tydings was among the Democrats who Roosevelt sought to purge and replace with adamant New Dealers.[5] He faced a 1938 primary challenge by the liberal David J. Lewis, who the president backed.[8][9] However, Tydings emerged victorious in the Democrat primary by a significant margin[10] and proceeded to win the general election.[11]
He missed a quarter of all roll call votes throughout his congressional career.[12]
References
- ↑ Barnes, Bart (October 9, 2018). Joseph Tydings, progressive one-term Maryland senator, dies at 90. Washington Post. Retrieved June 6, 2021.
- ↑ MD US Senate Race - Nov 02, 1926. Our Campaigns. Retrieved June 6, 2021.
- ↑ MD US Senate Race - Nov 08, 1932. Our Campaigns. Retrieved June 6, 2021.
- ↑ Jay, Peter A. (May 3, 1992). Millard Tydings is Remebered in His Home Town. The Baltimore Sun. Retrieved June 6, 2021.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 The Purge – FDR Edition. Mad Politics: The Bizarre, Fascinating, and Unknown of American Political History. Retrieved June 6, 2021.
- ↑ The Other Senate Manifesto. Mad Politics: The Bizarre, Fascinating, and Unknown of American Political History. Retrieved June 6, 2021.
- ↑ Tucker, Garland S. (October 27, 2020). TUCKER: The 1937 court-packing failure. The North State Journal. Retrieved June 6, 2021.
- ↑ TYDINGS RULED OUT; Fought New Deal, Lewis Aided It President Tells Marylanders DEFENDS RIGHT TO SPEAK But Executive Says Choice of Voters Between Reaction and Progress Is Free Assertion of Right to Come Appeal for National Unity PRESIDENT PLEDGES A LIBERAL PARTY Lewis Commended to Country Contestants Defined by Symbol Tydings Silent on Address. The New York Times. Retrieved June 6, 2021.
- ↑ The Fathers of Social Security: Robert F. Wagner and David J. Lewis. Mad Politics: The Bizarre, Fascinating, and Unknown of American Political History. Retrieved June 6, 2021.
- ↑ MD US Senate Race - D Primary Race - Sep 12, 1938. Our Campaigns. Retrieved June 6, 2021.
- ↑ MD US Senate Race - Nov 08, 1938. Our Campaigns. Retrieved June 6, 2021.
- ↑ Sen. Millard Tydings. GovTrack.us. Retrieved June 6, 2021.
