Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949

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Fallon, George Hyde

Fallon, George Hyde, a Representative from Maryland; born in Baltimore, Md., July 24, 1902; attended the public schools, Calvert Business College, and Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Md.; engaged in the advertising sign business;chairman of the Democratic State central committee of Baltimore, Md., in 1938; member of the Baltimore City Council 1939-1944; elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-ninth and Eightieth Congresses (January 3, 1945-January 3, 1949). Reelected to the Eighty-first Congress.

FARAN, James John, a Representative from Ohio; born in Cincinnati, Ohio, on December 29, 1808; attended the common schools, and was graduated from Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, in 1831; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1833 and commenced practice in Cincinnati; elected as a Democrat a member of the State House of representatives 1835-1839 and served as speaker in 1838 and 1839; served in the State senate 1839-1843, and was its presiding officer 1841-1843; associate editor and proprietor of the Cincinnati Enquirer 1844-1881; elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-ninth and Thirtieth Congresses (March 4, 1845-March 3, 1849); was not a candidate fur renomination in 1848; appointed by Governor Medill one of the commissioners to supervise the erection of the State capitol in 1854; mayor of Cincinnati 1855-1857; appointed by President Buchanan postmaster of Cincinnati June 4, 1855, and served until October 21, 1859; delegate to the Democratic National Convention at Baltimore in 1860; engaged in newspaper work until shortly before his death; died in Cincinnati, Ohio, December 12, 1892; interment in Spring Grove Cemetery.

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Chicago: U.S. Congress, "Fallon, George Hyde," Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949 in U.S. Congress, Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774–1949 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1950), P.1144 1145. Original Sources, accessed January 26, 2023, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=85EVU2A8A1NGNYC.

MLA: U.S. Congress. "Fallon, George Hyde." Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949, in U.S. Congress, Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774–1949 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1950), P.1144, page 1145. Original Sources. 26 Jan. 2023. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=85EVU2A8A1NGNYC.

Harvard: U.S. Congress, 'Fallon, George Hyde' in Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949. cited in , U.S. Congress, Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774–1949 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1950), P.1144, pp.1145. Original Sources, retrieved 26 January 2023, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=85EVU2A8A1NGNYC.