- George Hyde Fallon
George Hyde Fallon (
July 24 ,1902 —March 21 ,1980 ), a democrat, was a U.S. Congressman who represented the 4th congressional district ofMaryland fromJanuary 3 ,1945 toJanuary 3 ,1971 .Growing up, Fallon attended public schools,
Calvert Business College , andJohns Hopkins University . He engaged in the advertising sign business and made his entry into politics by becoming chairman of the Democratic State central committee ofBaltimore, Maryland , in 1938. He was elected to theBaltimore City Council , where he served from 1939 to 1944, at which point he won election as a Democrat to the Seventy-ninth the twelve succeeding Congresses, serving fromJanuary 3 ,1945 toJanuary 3 ,1971 . While in Congress, Fallon was chairman of the Committee on Public Works from the 89th through 91st congresses. Fallon was also one of the congressmen wounded during the Capitol shooting incident in 1954.Fallon was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1970 to the Ninety-second Congress. Fallon retired to Baltimore, where he died in 1980. He is interred in
Greenmount Cemetery .References
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