Hugh Allen Meade

Hugh Allen Meade (April 4, 1907 – July 8, 1949) was an American politician and lawyer from Maryland. He served as a member of the Maryland House of Delegates from 1935 to 1936. He would later serve as a U.S. Congressman, representing the second district of Maryland from 1947 to 1949.

Early life Hugh Allen Meade was born on April 4, 1907, in Netcong, Morris County, New Jersey, to Jeremiah P. Meade. He attended public schools in Netcong. He moved to Baltimore, Maryland in 1923 to live with his aunt and uncle, Mr. and Mrs. Francis X. Donnelly. He also played football in college. He was admitted to the bar in 1933. He resigned his seat to become supervisor of assessments of the city of Baltimore. He advocated for an investigation into the American occupational conditions in Germany. He also appealed to President Harry S. Truman to appoint a nonpartisan committee to investigate food prices and introduced a bill to embargo shipments to Russia.

Personal life Meade married Isabel Muth, daughter of Charles Muth, in 1931. They had six children, Mary Isabel, Hugh A. Jr., Charles Philip, Margaret Alice, James, and John.

Meade died of a heart attack on July 8, 1949, at his hotel room at Willard Hotel in Washington, D.C. He is interred in the New Cathedral Cemetery in Baltimore.