page_title: Joseph Tydings
hierarchical_section_title: Joseph Tydings
caption_attribution_description: English: Joseph D. Tydings, former member of the United States Senate from Maryland.
context_page_description: Joseph Davies Tydings was a Democratic member of the United States Senate, representing the state of Maryland from 1965 to 1971.
  Tydings was born in Asheville, North Carolina. Tydings moved to Maryland after he was adopted by Millard Tydings, U.S. Senator from Maryland. After serving in the military, he got his law degree at the University of Maryland and entered into practice.
  He served in the Maryland House of Delegates from 1955 to 1961, and as United States Attorney from 1961 until his resignation in 1963 to run for Senate.
  Tydings won election to the Senate in 1964. However, his controversial stances on gun control and crime in the District of Columbia cost him re-election in 1970. He made another attempt at his old seat in 1976, but was defeated in the Democratic primary election by Paul Sarbanes.
  He later served as a member of the Board of Regents of the University of Maryland, College Park and the University System of Maryland.
  Tydings died in Washington, D.C., from cancer on October 8, 2018, aged 90.
context_section_description: Joseph Davies Tydings (May 4, 1928 – October 8, 2018) was a Democratic member of the United States Senate, representing the state of Maryland from 1965 to 1971.
  Tydings was born in Asheville, North Carolina. Tydings moved to Maryland after he was adopted by Millard Tydings, U.S. Senator from Maryland. After serving in the military, he got his law degree at the University of Maryland and entered into practice. 
  He served in the Maryland House of Delegates from 1955 to 1961, and as United States Attorney from 1961 until his resignation in 1963 to run for Senate.
  Tydings won election to the Senate in 1964. However, his controversial stances on gun control and crime in the District of Columbia cost him re-election in 1970. He made another attempt at his old seat in 1976, but was defeated in the Democratic primary election by Paul Sarbanes. 
  He later served as a member of the Board of Regents of the University of Maryland, College Park and the University System of Maryland.
  Tydings died in Washington, D.C., from cancer on October 8, 2018, aged 90.
caption: Tydings in the 1960s
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