Hervey Gilbert Machen represented the fifth district

Maryland's 5th congressional district

Maryland's 5th congressional district comprises all of Charles, St. Mary's, and Calvert Counties, as well as portions of Prince George's and Anne Arundel Counties. The district is currently represented by Democrat Steny Hoyer, the House Minority Whip....

 of the state of Maryland

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 in the United States House of Representatives

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 for two terms from 1965 to 1969.

Machen was born in Washington, D.C.

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, and graduated from Hyattsville, Maryland

Hyattsville, Maryland

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, High School. He received his B.A.

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 degree from the University of Maryland, College Park

University of Maryland, College Park

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, his LL.B. degree and LL.M. degree from Southeastern University

Southeastern University

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 in 1939 and 1941 respectively.

During World War II

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, Machen served in the United States Army

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 from 1941 to 1946. After the War, he became a banker and a lawyer, later serving as a member of the Maryland House of Delegates

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 from 1954 to 1962. He served as assistant attorney in the Office of the Maryland State’s Attorney of Prince Georges County, Maryland from 1947 to 1951. He was city attorney for Cheverly, Maryland

Cheverly, Maryland

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 and Hyattsville from 1949 to 1958.

Machen was elected as a Democrat

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 to the U.S. Congress in 1964, serving two terms from January 3, 1965 to January 3, 1969. He was an unsuccessful candidate for re-election in 1968, and an unsuccessful candidate for nomination to Congress again in 1970. He died in Annapolis, Maryland

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, and is interred in St. Barnabas Episcopal Church Cemetery of Upper Marlboro, Maryland

Upper Marlboro, Maryland

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