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While having backed some [[New Deal]] programs,<ref>Jay, Peter A. (May 3, 1992). [https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-1992-05-03-1992124134-story.html Millard Tydings is Remebered in His Home Town]. ''The Baltimore Sun''. Retrieved June 6, 2021.</ref> 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.<ref name=fdrpurgeattempts>[https://fascinatingpolitics.com/2018/05/13/the-purge-roosevelt-edition/ The Purge – FDR Edition]. ''Mad Politics: The Bizarre, Fascinating, and Unknown of American Political History''. Retrieved June 6, 2021.</ref> Along with Republicans and several [[conservative Democrat]]s, Tydings helped write the [[Conservative Manifesto]],<ref>[https://fascinatingpolitics.com/2018/06/05/the-other-senate-manifesto/ The Other Senate Manifesto]. ''Mad Politics: The Bizarre, Fascinating, and Unknown of American Political History''. Retrieved June 6, 2021.</ref> which was drafted in response to Roosevelt's liberal policies. He also helped defeat the 1937 [[court packing]] scheme.<ref>Tucker, Garland S. (October 27, 2020). [https://nsjonline.com/article/2020/10/tucker-the-1937-court-packing-failure/ TUCKER: The 1937 court-packing failure]. ''The North State Journal''. Retrieved June 6, 2021.</ref> | While having backed some [[New Deal]] programs,<ref>Jay, Peter A. (May 3, 1992). [https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-1992-05-03-1992124134-story.html Millard Tydings is Remebered in His Home Town]. ''The Baltimore Sun''. Retrieved June 6, 2021.</ref> 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.<ref name=fdrpurgeattempts>[https://fascinatingpolitics.com/2018/05/13/the-purge-roosevelt-edition/ The Purge – FDR Edition]. ''Mad Politics: The Bizarre, Fascinating, and Unknown of American Political History''. Retrieved June 6, 2021.</ref> Along with Republicans and several [[conservative Democrat]]s, Tydings helped write the [[Conservative Manifesto]],<ref>[https://fascinatingpolitics.com/2018/06/05/the-other-senate-manifesto/ The Other Senate Manifesto]. ''Mad Politics: The Bizarre, Fascinating, and Unknown of American Political History''. Retrieved June 6, 2021.</ref> which was drafted in response to Roosevelt's liberal policies. He also helped defeat the 1937 [[court packing]] scheme.<ref>Tucker, Garland S. (October 27, 2020). [https://nsjonline.com/article/2020/10/tucker-the-1937-court-packing-failure/ TUCKER: The 1937 court-packing failure]. ''The North State Journal''. Retrieved June 6, 2021.</ref> | ||
| − | In July 1935, Tydings accused Secretary of the Interior Harold L. Ickes of lying, asserting:<ref>[https://idnc.library.illinois.edu/?a=d&d=TUC19350711.2.7&e=-------en-20--1--img-txIN--------- Urbana Daily Courier, 11 July 1935]. ''Illinois Digital Newspapers Collections''. Retrieved June 6, 2021.</ref> | + | In July 1935, Tydings accused [[Secretary of the Interior]] [[Harold L. Ickes]] of lying, asserting:<ref>[https://idnc.library.illinois.edu/?a=d&d=TUC19350711.2.7&e=-------en-20--1--img-txIN--------- Urbana Daily Courier, 11 July 1935]. ''Illinois Digital Newspapers Collections''. Retrieved June 6, 2021.</ref> |
[[File:Millard Tydings 1939.png|thumb|left|215px|Tydings in 1939.]] | [[File:Millard Tydings 1939.png|thumb|left|215px|Tydings in 1939.]] | ||
{{cquote|I make this statement to you, sir, that we do not need the executive branch of this government, through your department, to tell the United States Senate — The legislative branch elected by the people how to conduct its affairs, and If you will just run your department as it should be run and let us run our department as we think it should be run, it will conduce to orderly business.}} | {{cquote|I make this statement to you, sir, that we do not need the executive branch of this government, through your department, to tell the United States Senate — The legislative branch elected by the people how to conduct its affairs, and If you will just run your department as it should be run and let us run our department as we think it should be run, it will conduce to orderly business.}} | ||
In 1938, Tydings was among the Democrats who Roosevelt sought to purge and replace with adamant New Dealers.<ref name=fdrpurgeattempts/> He faced a 1938 primary challenge by the liberal David J. Lewis, who the president backed.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1938/09/06/archives/tydings-ruled-out-fought-new-deal-lewis-aided-it-president-tells.html 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.</ref><ref>[https://fascinatingpolitics.com/2018/08/11/the-fathers-of-social-security-robert-f-wagner-and-david-j-lewis/ 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.</ref> However, Tydings emerged victorious in the Democrat primary by a significant margin<ref>[https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=440007 MD US Senate Race - D Primary Race - Sep 12, 1938]. ''Our Campaigns''. Retrieved June 6, 2021.</ref> and proceeded to win the general election.<ref>[https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=25360 MD US Senate Race - Nov 08, 1938]. ''Our Campaigns''. Retrieved June 6, 2021.</ref> | In 1938, Tydings was among the Democrats who Roosevelt sought to purge and replace with adamant New Dealers.<ref name=fdrpurgeattempts/> He faced a 1938 primary challenge by the liberal David J. Lewis, who the president backed.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1938/09/06/archives/tydings-ruled-out-fought-new-deal-lewis-aided-it-president-tells.html 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.</ref><ref>[https://fascinatingpolitics.com/2018/08/11/the-fathers-of-social-security-robert-f-wagner-and-david-j-lewis/ 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.</ref> However, Tydings emerged victorious in the Democrat primary by a significant margin<ref>[https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=440007 MD US Senate Race - D Primary Race - Sep 12, 1938]. ''Our Campaigns''. Retrieved June 6, 2021.</ref> and proceeded to win the general election.<ref>[https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=25360 MD US Senate Race - Nov 08, 1938]. ''Our Campaigns''. Retrieved June 6, 2021.</ref> | ||
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| + | Tydings voted in 1950 to undermine President [[Harry S. Truman]]'s army desegregation, though supported cloture for [[Robert A. Taft]]'s "voluntary FEPC" legislation against a Southern filibuster.<ref>FascinatingPolitics (January 6, 2019). [https://fascinatingpolitics.com/2019/01/06/ideology-and-civil-rights-1950-edition/ Ideology and Civil Rights, 1950 Edition]. ''Mad Politics: The Bizarre, Fascinating, and Unknown of American Political History''. Retrieved August 12, 2021.</ref> | ||
He missed a quarter of all roll call votes throughout his congressional career.<ref>[https://www.govtrack.us/congress/members/millard_tydings/411014 Sen. Millard Tydings]. ''GovTrack.us''. Retrieved June 6, 2021.</ref> | He missed a quarter of all roll call votes throughout his congressional career.<ref>[https://www.govtrack.us/congress/members/millard_tydings/411014 Sen. Millard Tydings]. ''GovTrack.us''. Retrieved June 6, 2021.</ref> | ||
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====Tydings Committee==== | ====Tydings Committee==== | ||
| − | When he chaired the Subcommittee on the Investigation of Loyalty of State Department Employees, it was known as the '''Tydings Committee'''. Although tasked with investigating and identifying subversion in the U.S. government, the committee instead cleared everyone on a list complied by [[Joseph McCarthy]] who allegedly colluded with communists.<ref name=thenewamerican>Drummey, James J. (September 2, 1996). [https://thenewamerican.com/the-real-mccarthy-record/ The Real McCarthy Record]. ''The New American''. Retrieved June 6, 2021.</ref> | + | When he chaired the Subcommittee on the Investigation of Loyalty of State Department Employees, it was known as the '''Tydings Committee'''. Although tasked with investigating and identifying subversion in the U.S. government, the committee instead cleared everyone on a list complied by [[Joseph McCarthy]] who allegedly colluded with [[communists]].<ref name=thenewamerican>Drummey, James J. (September 2, 1996). [https://thenewamerican.com/the-real-mccarthy-record/ The Real McCarthy Record]. ''The New American''. Retrieved June 6, 2021.</ref> |
| − | Despite [[historical revisionism]] by liberals who treat Tydings as an innocent victim of McCarthyism, it was the Maryland Democrat who engaged in deceptive smears against the McCarthy; the latter sought to present his information in a closed session only for Tydings to insist on open sessions; during the first hearing, Tydings then falsely told McCarthy that the information could be presented in an executive session, which the subcommittee refused; McCarthy then announced his intent to proceed with the open session.<ref name=thenewamerican/> This situation was exploited to perpetrate the narrative that the public hearings were insisted upon by McCarthy despite the fact that it was Tydings who prevented closed hearings. | + | Despite [[historical revisionism]] by liberals who treat Tydings as an innocent victim of [[McCarthyism]], it was the Maryland Democrat who engaged in deceptive smears against the McCarthy; the latter sought to present his information in a closed session only for Tydings to insist on open sessions; during the first hearing, Tydings then falsely told McCarthy that the information could be presented in an executive session, which the subcommittee refused; McCarthy then announced his intent to proceed with the open session.<ref name=thenewamerican/> This situation was exploited to perpetrate the narrative that the public hearings were insisted upon by McCarthy despite the fact that it was Tydings who prevented closed hearings. |
| + | [[File:Tydings and McCarthy.jpg|thumb|left|300px|Tydings (left) and McCarthy (right).]] | ||
Tydings was subsequently accused by Indiana conservative Republican [[William E. Jenner]], an ally of the Wisconsin senator, of having conducted:<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1950/07/22/archives/hideous-coverup-is-laid-to-tydings-in-reply-by-jenner-committee.html 'HIDEOUS' COVER-UP IS LAID TO TYDINGS IN REPLY BY JENNER; Committee Attack on McCarthy a 'Blasphemous Perversion,' Indiana Republican Says IVES ALSO HITS MAJORITY Lodge Renews Plea in Senate for Full Bipartisan Inquiry Into the State Department]. ''The New York Times''. Retrieved June 6, 2021.</ref> | Tydings was subsequently accused by Indiana conservative Republican [[William E. Jenner]], an ally of the Wisconsin senator, of having conducted:<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1950/07/22/archives/hideous-coverup-is-laid-to-tydings-in-reply-by-jenner-committee.html 'HIDEOUS' COVER-UP IS LAID TO TYDINGS IN REPLY BY JENNER; Committee Attack on McCarthy a 'Blasphemous Perversion,' Indiana Republican Says IVES ALSO HITS MAJORITY Lodge Renews Plea in Senate for Full Bipartisan Inquiry Into the State Department]. ''The New York Times''. Retrieved June 6, 2021.</ref> | ||
{{cquote|...the most scandalous and brazen whitewash of treasonable conspiracy in our history.}} | {{cquote|...the most scandalous and brazen whitewash of treasonable conspiracy in our history.}} | ||
| − | Among the names provided by McCarthy was John Stewart Service, who was substantially proven to have had ties with communists, namely having passed classified information to an [[Amerasia]] editor;<ref name=thenewamerican/><ref>Irvine, Reed; Kincaid, Cliff (February 22, 2000). [https://www.aim.org/media-monitor/joe-mccarthy-was-right/ Joe McCarthy Was Right]. ''Accuracy in Media''. Retrieved June 6, 2021.</ref> the Tydings Committee falsely insisted that Service was supposedly innocent.<ref name=thenewamerican/> After being cleared multiple times, Service was ultimately removed from the State Department. | + | Two members of the committee, [[Bourke Hickenlooper]] (R–IA) and [[Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr.]] (R–MA), did not sign the final report.<ref>Kilburg, Diann M. [http://uipress.lib.uiowa.edu/bdi/DetailsPage.aspx?id=172 Hickenlooper, Bourke Blakemore]. ''The Biographical Dictionary of Iowa''. Retrieved August 12, 2021.</ref> Even McCarthy opponent [[Margaret Chase Smith]], a Moderate Republican from [[Maine]], said that the Tydings Committee:<ref>Schapsmeier, Edward L.; Schapsmeier, Frederick H. [https://ir.uiowa.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=9018&context=annals-of-iowa A Strong Voice for Keeping America Strong]. ''State Historical Society of Iowa''. Retrieved August 12, 2021.</ref> |
| + | {{quotebox-float|...made the fatal error of subjectively attempting to discredit McCarthy rather than objectively investigating and evaluating his charges.}} | ||
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| + | Among the names provided by McCarthy was [[John Stewart Service]], who was substantially proven to have had ties with communists, namely having passed classified information to an [[Amerasia]] editor;<ref name=thenewamerican/><ref>Irvine, Reed; Kincaid, Cliff (February 22, 2000). [https://www.aim.org/media-monitor/joe-mccarthy-was-right/ Joe McCarthy Was Right]. ''Accuracy in Media''. Retrieved June 6, 2021.</ref> the Tydings Committee falsely insisted that Service was supposedly innocent.<ref name=thenewamerican/> After being cleared multiple times, Service was ultimately removed from the State Department. | ||
====1950 defeat==== | ====1950 defeat==== | ||
| − | In the 1950 midterms, McCarthy strongly sought to have Tydings defeated for re-election.<ref>Tye, Larry (September 16, 2020). [https://www.tampabay.com/opinion/2020/09/16/joe-mccarthys-long-familiar-shadow-column/ Joe McCarthy’s long, familiar shadow | Column]. ''Tampa Bay Times''. Retrieved June 6, 2021.</ref> The Wisconsin Republican backed John Marshall Butler,<ref name=1950electionchallenge>[https://www.senate.gov/about/origins-foundations/electing-appointing-senators/contested-senate-elections/130Tydings_Butler.htm The Election Case of Millard Tydings v. John M. Butler of Maryland (1951)]. ''United States Senate''. Retrieved June 6, 2021.</ref><ref>Tye, Larry (October 30, 2020). [https://www.baltimoresun.com/opinion/op-ed/bs-ed-op-1101-tydings-mccarthy-election-20201030-uj2oh5rw6nadpdfirhagp5v43a-story.html When Sen. McCarthy took on Millard Tydings and won | COMMENTARY]. ''The Baltimore Sun''. Retrieved June 6, 2021.</ref> a staunch conservative who ultimately prevailed in the general election by seven percentage points against the incumbent Democrat;<ref>[https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=25357 MD US Senate Race - Nov 07, 1950]. ''Our Campaigns''. Retrieved June 6, 2021.</ref> Tydings' apparent alienation of black voters, liberals, and union supporters in Maryland contributed to his defeat. | + | In the 1950 midterms, McCarthy strongly sought to have Tydings defeated for re-election.<ref>Tye, Larry (September 16, 2020). [https://www.tampabay.com/opinion/2020/09/16/joe-mccarthys-long-familiar-shadow-column/ Joe McCarthy’s long, familiar shadow | Column]. ''Tampa Bay Times''. Retrieved June 6, 2021.</ref> The Wisconsin Republican backed John Marshall Butler,<ref name=1950electionchallenge>[https://www.senate.gov/about/origins-foundations/electing-appointing-senators/contested-senate-elections/130Tydings_Butler.htm The Election Case of Millard Tydings v. John M. Butler of Maryland (1951)]. ''United States Senate''. Retrieved June 6, 2021.</ref><ref>Tye, Larry (October 30, 2020). [https://www.baltimoresun.com/opinion/op-ed/bs-ed-op-1101-tydings-mccarthy-election-20201030-uj2oh5rw6nadpdfirhagp5v43a-story.html When Sen. McCarthy took on Millard Tydings and won | COMMENTARY]. ''The Baltimore Sun''. Retrieved June 6, 2021.</ref> a staunch conservative who ultimately prevailed in the general election by seven percentage points against the incumbent Democrat;<ref>[https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=25357 MD US Senate Race - Nov 07, 1950]. ''Our Campaigns''. Retrieved June 6, 2021.</ref> Tydings' apparent alienation of black voters, liberals, and union supporters in Maryland contributed to his defeat. |
| − | Tydings challenged the election results on the grounds that campaign tactics employed by McCarthy gave Butler an unfair advantage; the latter ultimately kept the Senate seat.<ref name=1950electionchallenge/> | + | Tydings challenged the election results on the grounds that campaign tactics employed by McCarthy gave Butler an unfair advantage; the latter ultimately kept the Senate seat.<ref name=1950electionchallenge/> The Maryland Democrat would run for the same Senate seat again in 1956, though narrowly lost in the primary to George P. Mahoney.<ref>[https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=113577 MD US Senate - D Primary Race - May 07, 1956]. ''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 | ||
| Religion | Episcopalian[1] | ||
| 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.[2]
Contents
Political career
U.S. Senate
Tydings was elected to the United States Senate in 1926[3] and re-elected in 1932 by a landslide.[4]
While having backed some New Deal programs,[5] 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.[6] Along with Republicans and several conservative Democrats, Tydings helped write the Conservative Manifesto,[7] which was drafted in response to Roosevelt's liberal policies. He also helped defeat the 1937 court packing scheme.[8]
In July 1935, Tydings accused Secretary of the Interior Harold L. Ickes of lying, asserting:[9]
| “ | I make this statement to you, sir, that we do not need the executive branch of this government, through your department, to tell the United States Senate — The legislative branch elected by the people how to conduct its affairs, and If you will just run your department as it should be run and let us run our department as we think it should be run, it will conduce to orderly business. | ” |
In 1938, Tydings was among the Democrats who Roosevelt sought to purge and replace with adamant New Dealers.[6] He faced a 1938 primary challenge by the liberal David J. Lewis, who the president backed.[10][11] However, Tydings emerged victorious in the Democrat primary by a significant margin[12] and proceeded to win the general election.[13]
Tydings voted in 1950 to undermine President Harry S. Truman's army desegregation, though supported cloture for Robert A. Taft's "voluntary FEPC" legislation against a Southern filibuster.[14]
He missed a quarter of all roll call votes throughout his congressional career.[15]
Tydings Committee
When he chaired the Subcommittee on the Investigation of Loyalty of State Department Employees, it was known as the Tydings Committee. Although tasked with investigating and identifying subversion in the U.S. government, the committee instead cleared everyone on a list complied by Joseph McCarthy who allegedly colluded with communists.[16]
Despite historical revisionism by liberals who treat Tydings as an innocent victim of McCarthyism, it was the Maryland Democrat who engaged in deceptive smears against the McCarthy; the latter sought to present his information in a closed session only for Tydings to insist on open sessions; during the first hearing, Tydings then falsely told McCarthy that the information could be presented in an executive session, which the subcommittee refused; McCarthy then announced his intent to proceed with the open session.[16] This situation was exploited to perpetrate the narrative that the public hearings were insisted upon by McCarthy despite the fact that it was Tydings who prevented closed hearings.
Tydings was subsequently accused by Indiana conservative Republican William E. Jenner, an ally of the Wisconsin senator, of having conducted:[17]
| “ | ...the most scandalous and brazen whitewash of treasonable conspiracy in our history. | ” |
Two members of the committee, Bourke Hickenlooper (R–IA) and Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. (R–MA), did not sign the final report.[18] Even McCarthy opponent Margaret Chase Smith, a Moderate Republican from Maine, said that the Tydings Committee:[19]
| ...made the fatal error of subjectively attempting to discredit McCarthy rather than objectively investigating and evaluating his charges. |
Among the names provided by McCarthy was John Stewart Service, who was substantially proven to have had ties with communists, namely having passed classified information to an Amerasia editor;[16][20] the Tydings Committee falsely insisted that Service was supposedly innocent.[16] After being cleared multiple times, Service was ultimately removed from the State Department.
1950 defeat
In the 1950 midterms, McCarthy strongly sought to have Tydings defeated for re-election.[21] The Wisconsin Republican backed John Marshall Butler,[22][23] a staunch conservative who ultimately prevailed in the general election by seven percentage points against the incumbent Democrat;[24] Tydings' apparent alienation of black voters, liberals, and union supporters in Maryland contributed to his defeat.
Tydings challenged the election results on the grounds that campaign tactics employed by McCarthy gave Butler an unfair advantage; the latter ultimately kept the Senate seat.[22] The Maryland Democrat would run for the same Senate seat again in 1956, though narrowly lost in the primary to George P. Mahoney.[25]
References
- ↑ Tutton to Tylee. The Political Graveyard. Retrieved August 12, 2021.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 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.
- ↑ Urbana Daily Courier, 11 July 1935. Illinois Digital Newspapers Collections. 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.
- ↑ FascinatingPolitics (January 6, 2019). Ideology and Civil Rights, 1950 Edition. Mad Politics: The Bizarre, Fascinating, and Unknown of American Political History. Retrieved August 12, 2021.
- ↑ Sen. Millard Tydings. GovTrack.us. Retrieved June 6, 2021.
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 16.3 Drummey, James J. (September 2, 1996). The Real McCarthy Record. The New American. Retrieved June 6, 2021.
- ↑ 'HIDEOUS' COVER-UP IS LAID TO TYDINGS IN REPLY BY JENNER; Committee Attack on McCarthy a 'Blasphemous Perversion,' Indiana Republican Says IVES ALSO HITS MAJORITY Lodge Renews Plea in Senate for Full Bipartisan Inquiry Into the State Department. The New York Times. Retrieved June 6, 2021.
- ↑ Kilburg, Diann M. Hickenlooper, Bourke Blakemore. The Biographical Dictionary of Iowa. Retrieved August 12, 2021.
- ↑ Schapsmeier, Edward L.; Schapsmeier, Frederick H. A Strong Voice for Keeping America Strong. State Historical Society of Iowa. Retrieved August 12, 2021.
- ↑ Irvine, Reed; Kincaid, Cliff (February 22, 2000). Joe McCarthy Was Right. Accuracy in Media. Retrieved June 6, 2021.
- ↑ Tye, Larry (September 16, 2020). Joe McCarthy’s long, familiar shadow | Column. Tampa Bay Times. Retrieved June 6, 2021.
- ↑ 22.0 22.1 The Election Case of Millard Tydings v. John M. Butler of Maryland (1951). United States Senate. Retrieved June 6, 2021.
- ↑ Tye, Larry (October 30, 2020). When Sen. McCarthy took on Millard Tydings and won | COMMENTARY. The Baltimore Sun. Retrieved June 6, 2021.
- ↑ MD US Senate Race - Nov 07, 1950. Our Campaigns. Retrieved June 6, 2021.
- ↑ MD US Senate - D Primary Race - May 07, 1956. Our Campaigns. Retrieved June 6, 2021.
External links
- Profile at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
- Profile at United States Senate
- Profile at Find a Grave
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