Gilbert Gude

Gilbert Gude

Gilbert Gude (March 9, 1923 – June 7, 2007) was a U.S. Congressman who represented the Maryland's 8th congressional district from January 3, 1967, to January 3, 1977.

Gude was born in Washington, D.C., and was educated in the public schools of Rockville, Maryland and Washington. He attended the University of Maryland, obtained his B.S. degree from Cornell University in 1948, and his M.S. degree from George Washington University in 1958. During World War II, Gude served in the Pacific Theater as a part of the United States Army Medical Department from 1943 to 1946.

After the war, Gude was appointed to the Maryland House of Delegates in January 1953, and was later elected to the House of Delegates in 1954, serving until 1958. He was elected to the Republican State Central Committee in 1958, and elected to the Maryland State Senate in 1962, serving until 1967. He was a delegate to the Republican State convention in 1952, and a delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1968.

Gude was elected as a Republican to the 90th Congress and to the four succeeding Congresses, serving from January 3, 1967, until January 3, 1977, and was not a candidate for reelection in 1976 to the 95th Congress. Gude was a congressional observer at the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment in Stockholm, Sweden in 1972, and later as director of the Library of Congress’ Congressional Research Service from 1977 to 1985. Gude served as a member and is former chairman of the Consultative Committee of Experts, International Centre for Parliamentary Documentation of the Inter-Parliamentary Union of Geneva.

Gude died on June 7, 2007 from congestive heart failure in Washington, DC. He was survived by his widow, Jane, five children and three grandchildren. [ [http://www.latimes.com/news/local/politics/cal/la-me-passings11.1jun11,1,5723708.story?coll=la-news-politics-california Los Angeles Times "Gilbert Gude, 84; Republican congressman advocated for environment" June 11 2007] ]

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*CongBio|G000513 Retrieved on 2008-04-28
* [http://www.wjz.com/topstories/local_story_159160435.html Obituary]


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