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  Meyer, John A.
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AffiliationDemocratic   
NameJohn A. Meyer
Address2903 Guilford Ave.
Baltimore, Maryland , United States
EmailNone
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Born May 15, 1899
DiedOctober 02, 1969 (70 years)
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Infoa Representative from Maryland; born in Baltimore, Md., May 15, 1899; attended the grade schools and Loyola High School; during the First World War enlisted as a private in the Students� Army Training Corps at Georgetown University, Washington, D.C., and served until honorably discharged from the United States Army; was graduated from Lola College, Baltimore, Md., in 1921 and from the law department of the University of Maryland at Baltimore in 1922; was admitted to the bar in 1921 and commenced practice in Baltimore; associate judge of the traffic court of Baltimore 1929-1935; special assistant city solicitor in 1939 and 1940; elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-seventh Congress (January 3, 1941-January 3, 1943); was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1942; served as district rent attorney for the Office of Price Administration during the Second World War; engaged in the general practice of law in Baltimore, Md., until his death there on October 2, 1969; interment in Holy Cross Cemetery.


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  09/18/1950 MD US Senate - D Primary Lost 15.37% (-50.92%)
  09/08/1942 MD District 4 - D Primary Lost 26.51% (-1.58%)
  11/05/1940 MD District 4 Won 56.59% (+13.18%)
  05/06/1940 MD District 4 - D Primary Won 39.56% (+0.24%)
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