George Fallon (politician)

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George Hyde Fallon (July 24, 1902—March 21, 1980), a democrat, was a U.S. Congressman who represented the 4^th congressional district of Maryland from January 3, 1945 to January 3, 1971.

Growing up, Fallon attended public schools, Calvert Business College, and Johns Hopkins University. He engaged in the advertising sign business and made his entry into politics by becoming chairman of the Democratic State central committee of Baltimore, Maryland in 1938. He was elected to the Baltimore 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 from January 3, 1945 to January 3, 1971. While in Congress, Fallon was chairman of the Committee on Public Works from the 89^th through 91^st 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.

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• Biography at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

Preceded by Daniel Ellison

Representative of the Fourth Congressional District of Maryland 1945—1971

Succeeded by Paul Sarbanes