Education
Born in Washington, District of Columbia, Hyde attended the public schools as a youth. Hyde was admitted to the bar the same year he graduated and commenced the practice of law in Washington, District of Columbia
Born in Washington, District of Columbia, Hyde attended the public schools as a youth. Hyde was admitted to the bar the same year he graduated and commenced the practice of law in Washington, District of Columbia
He went on to George Washington University, where he received his Juris Doctor in 1935. He worked with the Farm Cr Administration for three years before moving to Maryland in 1938, where he continued law work. In March 1943, during World World War II, Hyde entered the United States Navy as a lieutenant, junior grade.
He served in the South Pacific, and was separated from the service as a lieutenant commander in May 1946.
After the war, he served as an instructor of law at Benjamin Franklin University in Washington, District of Columbia from 1946 to 1951. Hyde began his political career with service in the Maryland House of Delegates from 1947 to 1950.
In 1952, Hyde was elected as a Republican to the Eighty-third, Eighty-fourth, and Eighty-fifth Congresses, where he served from January 3, 1953 to January 3, 1959. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1958 to the Eighty-sixth Congress, and returned to the practice of law.
In 1959, he was appointed as an associate judge of the District of Columbia Court of General Sessions.
He was a resident of Bethesda, Maryland, where he died in 1986.
He was later a member of the Maryland Senate in 1951 and 1952.