George Fallon | |
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| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromMaryland's4th district | |
| In office January 3, 1945 – January 3, 1971 | |
| Preceded by | Daniel Ellison |
| Succeeded by | Paul Sarbanes |
| Personal details | |
| Born | George Hyde Fallon (1902-07-24)July 24, 1902 |
| Died | March 21, 1980(1980-03-21) (aged 77) Baltimore, Maryland, U.S. |
| Party | Democratic |
| Education | Calvert Business College Johns Hopkins University |
George Hyde Fallon (July 24, 1902 – March 21, 1980), aDemocrat, was aU.S. Congressman who represented the4th congressional district ofMaryland from January 3, 1945, to January 3, 1971. UntilSteny Hoyer's reelection in 2007, Fallon held the position's longevity record.[1]
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 from the third council district, serving from May 1939 to December 1944 when he resigned to take office as a Congressman. In 1944, he won election as a Democrat to theSeventy-ninth and to the twelve succeeding congresses, serving from January 3, 1945, to January 3, 1971. While in congress, Fallon was chairman of theCommittee on Public Works from the 89th through 91st Congresses. Fallon was also one of the congressmen wounded during the1954 United States Capitol shooting. Fallon did not sign the 1956Southern Manifesto, and voted in favor of theCivil Rights Acts of 1957,[2]1960,[3]1964,[4] and1968,[5] as well as the24th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution and theVoting Rights Act of 1965.[6][7]
Fallon was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1970 to theNinety-second Congress after being labeled by conservationists as one of the dirty dozen for his record as the twelfth most anti-environmental congressman at that time. Fallon retired to Baltimore, where he died in 1980. He is interred inGreen Mount Cemetery.
He was also the primary sponsor of theFederal Aid Highway Act of 1956.
In January 1971,Public Law 91-653 officially designated the Federal building in Baltimore as the "George H. Fallon Federal Office Building."
| U.S. House of Representatives | ||
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| Preceded by | Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromMaryland's 4th congressional district 1945–1971 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Chair of theHouse Public Works Committee 1965–1971 | Succeeded by |
| Public Buildings and Grounds (1837–1947) |  | |
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| Rivers and Harbors (1883–1947) | ||
| Roads (1913–1947) | ||
| Flood Control (1916–1947) | ||
| Transportation and Infrastructure* (1947–) | ||
| Note | * Alternately namedPublic Works in 80th through 93rd Congresses andPublic Works and Transportation in 94th through 103rd Congresses. | |
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