“Maryland Senator” Joseph Tydings Hand Signed 3X5 Card Todd Mueller COA

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“Maryland Senator” Joseph Tydings Hand Signed 3X5 Card.
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Joseph Davies Tydings
(né
Cheesborough
; May 4, 1928 – October 8, 2018) was an American lawyer and politician. He was most notable for his service as a
Democratic
member of the
United States Senate
representing
Maryland
from 1965 to 1971. Born in
North Carolina
, Tydings moved to Maryland as a youth after he was adopted by his mother's husband,
Millard Tydings
, who also served as a U.S. Senator from Maryland. After serving in the military, he obtained his law degree and entered into practice. He served in the
Maryland House of Delegates
from 1955 to 1961, and as
United States Attorney
for Maryland from 1961 until his resignation in 1963 to run for Senate. Tydings easily won election to the Senate in 1964. However, his controversial stances on
gun control
and crime in the
District of Columbia
cost him re-election in 1970. He made another attempt at his old seat in 1976, but was defeated in the Democratic
primary election
by
Congressman
Paul Sarbanes
. He later served as a member of the Board of Regents of the
University of Maryland, College Park
and the
University System of Maryland
, and continued to practice law. Tydings also argued
Eisenstadt v. Baird
, in which the
Supreme Court of the United States
legalized birth control for single persons in 1972, something that had been prohibited in many states. The
Eisenstadt
decision has been described as among the most influential Supreme Court decisions of the 20th century.