Background
Hildreth, Melvin Davis was born on September 18, 1890 in Fargo, North Dakota, United States. Son of Melvin Andrew and Luella (Davis) Hildreth.
Hildreth, Melvin Davis was born on September 18, 1890 in Fargo, North Dakota, United States. Son of Melvin Andrew and Luella (Davis) Hildreth.
Bachelor of Arts, Fargo College, 1913. Bachelor of Laws, Columbia, 1916.
Admitted to the North Dakota bar, January 6, 1917. Former general counsel, President’s War Relief Control Board. Past president of Robert H. Terrell Law School.
Private, corporal, sergeant, Lieutenant Field Artillery, American Expeditionary Force, 1918-1919. In charge of entire North Dakota campaign for Wilson, 1916. Executive secretary National Progressive League during 1932, 36, and 40 campaigns.
Director of Organisation National Indiana Committee for Roosevelt and Truman. District of Columbia delegate Democratic National Convention, 1936, 40, 44, 48, 52, 56. Chairman committee grandstands and arrangements, Roosevelt inaugurals, 1933, 37, 41.
Chairman Truman-Barkley Inaugural Committee, 1949. Democratic National Committeeman for District of Columbia. Member board directors American Association for United Nations.
Member of the board of directors Chinese Community Church. Member unofficial American delegation to the League of Nations, 1938, Commission to Study the Organisation of Peace, District of Columbia, American bar associations, American Legion, Phi Delta Theta. National Capital Sesquicentennial Commission (executive vice chairman), Past president Circus Fans Association America.
Member Comite l’Honneur de St. Die.
Married Jean Calvert Tighe, November 30, 1922. Children: Jean Calvert, David Melvin, Richard, Robert Andrew.