DeWitt Hyde explained

State:Maryland
District:6th
Term Start:January 3, 1953
Term End:January 3, 1959
Predecessor:James Glenn Beall
Successor:John R. Foley
Office1:Member of the Maryland Senate
Term Start1:1951
Term End1:1952
Office2:Member of the Maryland House of Delegates
Term Start2:1947
Term End2:1950
Birth Name:DeWitt Stephen Hyde
Birth Date:21 March 1909
Birth Place:Washington, District of Columbia, U.S.
Death Place:Bethesda, Maryland, U.S.
Restingplace:Arlington National Cemetery
Spouse:Mildred Ruth Sullivan
Education:George Washington University (JD)
Profession:Attorney
Party:Republican
Battles:World War II

DeWitt Stephen Hyde (March 21, 1909 – April 25, 1986) was an American attorney and politician who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives for Maryland's 6th congressional district from 1953 to 1959.

Early life and education

Born in Washington, D.C., Hyde attended the public schools as a youth. He went on to George Washington University, where he received his Juris Doctor in 1935.

Career

Hyde was admitted to the District of Columbia Bar the same year he graduated and commenced the practice of law in Washington, D.C. He worked with the Farm Credit Administration for three years before moving to Maryland in 1938, where he continued law work.

Military service

In March 1943, during World War II, Hyde entered the United States Navy as a lieutenant, junior grade. He served in the South Pacific, and was separated from the service as a lieutenant commander in May 1946. After the war, he served as an instructor of law at Benjamin Franklin University in Washington, D.C. from 1946 to 1951.

Political career

Hyde began his political career with service in the Maryland House of Delegates from 1947 to 1950. He was later a member of the Maryland Senate in 1951 and 1952. In 1952, Hyde was elected as a Republican to the Eighty-third, Eighty-fourth, and Eighty-fifth Congresses, where he served from January 3, 1953, to January 3, 1959.

Hyde did not sign the 1956 Southern Manifesto and voted in favor of the Civil Rights Act of 1957.[1] He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1958 to the Eighty-sixth Congress, and returned to the practice of law. In 1959, he was appointed as an associate judge of the District of Columbia Court of General Sessions, which became the Superior Court of the District of Columbia in 1971. Hyde served until 1979, when he retired.[2]

Personal life

He was a resident of Bethesda, Maryland, where he died in 1986. he was buried at Arlington National Cemetery.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: HR 6127. CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1957.. GovTrack.us.
  2. http://jnc.dc.gov/sites/default/files/dc/sites/jnc/publication/attachments/Record-JNC-Recs-Desigs-Oct13.pdf Report of District of Columbia Judicial Nomination Commission