Background
Fallon, George H. was born on July 24, 1902 in Baltimore. Son of Lawrence, Senior, and Mary (Dempsey) F.
United States representative politician
Fallon, George H. was born on July 24, 1902 in Baltimore. Son of Lawrence, Senior, and Mary (Dempsey) F.
Growing up, Fallon attended public schools, Calvert Business College, and Johns Hopkins University.
He engaged in the advertising sign business and made his entry into politics by becoming chairman of the Democratic state central committee of Baltimore, Maryland, in 1938. While in congress, Fallon was chairman of the Committee on Public Works from the 89th through 91st congresses. Fallon was also one of the congressmen wounded during the capitol shooting incident in 1954.
Fallon was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1970 to the Ninety-second Congress after being labeled by conservationists as one the dirty dozen for his record as one of the twelfth most anti-environmental congressman at that time.
Fallon retired to Baltimore, where he died in 1980. He is interred in Greenmount Cemetery.
Member Democratic; member 79th-91st Congresses 4th District, Maryland.
Married Willa Virginia Thomas, 1929.