DeWitt Hyde | |
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| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromMaryland's6th district | |
| In office January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1959 | |
| Preceded by | James Glenn Beall |
| Succeeded by | John R. Foley |
| Member of theMaryland Senate | |
| In office 1951–1952 | |
| Member of theMaryland House of Delegates | |
| In office 1947–1950 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | DeWitt Stephen Hyde (1909-03-21)March 21, 1909 |
| Died | April 25, 1986(1986-04-25) (aged 77) Bethesda, Maryland, U.S. |
| Resting place | Arlington National Cemetery |
| Party | Republican |
| Spouse | Mildred Ruth Sullivan |
| Education | George Washington University (JD) |
| Profession | Attorney |
| Military service | |
| Branch/service |  United States Navy |
| Battles/wars | World War II |
DeWitt Stephen Hyde (March 21, 1909 – April 25, 1986) was an American attorney and politician who served as a member of theUnited States House of Representatives forMaryland's 6th congressional district from 1953 to 1959.
Born inWashington, D.C., Hyde attended the public schools as a youth. He went on toGeorge Washington University, where he received hisJuris Doctor in 1935.
Hyde was admitted to theDistrict of Columbia Bar the same year he graduated and commenced the practice of law in Washington, D.C. He worked with theFarm Credit Administration for three years before moving to Maryland in 1938, where he continued law work.
In March 1943, duringWorld War II, Hyde entered theUnited States Navy as alieutenant, junior grade. He served in theSouth Pacific, and was separated from the service as alieutenant commander in May 1946. After the war, he served as an instructor of law atBenjamin Franklin University in Washington, D.C. from 1946 to 1951.
Hyde began his political career with service in theMaryland House of Delegates from 1947 to 1950. He was later a member of theMaryland Senate in 1951 and 1952. In 1952, Hyde was elected as aRepublican 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 1956Southern Manifesto and voted in favor of theCivil 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 theSuperior Court of the District of Columbia in 1971. Hyde served until 1979, when he retired.[2]
He was a resident ofBethesda, Maryland, where he died in 1986. he was buried atArlington National Cemetery.
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| Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromMaryland's 6th congressional district 1953–1959 | Succeeded by |
