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Theodore McKeldin (Theodore Roosevelt McKeldin) was born on 20 November, 1900 in Baltimore, Maryland, U.S., is a 53rd Governor of Maryland (1900-1974). Discover Theodore McKeldin's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 73 years old?

Popular As Theodore Roosevelt McKeldin
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Age 73 years old
Zodiac Sign Scorpio
Born 20 November 1900
Birthday 20 November
Birthplace Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
Date of death 10 August, 1974
Died Place Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
Nationality United States

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1900

Theodore Roosevelt McKeldin (November 20, 1900 – August 10, 1974) was an American politician.

1924

McKeldin married Honolulu Claire Manzer on October 17, 1924.

They had two children.

1934

In 1934, he co-founded the charity Santa Claus Anonymous.

1939

McKeldin challenged Democratic mayor of Baltimore Howard W. Jackson in the 1939 election, but was defeated.

1942

He subsequently challenged the incumbent governor of Maryland, Democrat Herbert R. O'Conor, in 1942, but lost by five points.

1943

A member of the Republican Party, McKeldin served as mayor of Baltimore twice, from 1943 to 1947 and again from 1963 to 1967, and as Governor of Maryland from 1951 to 1959.

McKeldin was born in Baltimore as one of eleven children.

His father had worked as a stonecutter and later was a Baltimore City police officer.

McKeldin attended high school at Baltimore City College in the evenings while working as a bank clerk during the day.

He later graduated from the University of Maryland Law School at the University of Maryland, Baltimore, and was admitted to the Maryland bar.

Two years later, he began his political ascent when worked as a secretary to Mayor William F. Broening, one of few Republican mayors of the predominantly Democratic city.

McKeldin also served as vice president of the local chapter of the U.S. Junior Chamber of Commerce.

McKeldin would ultimately be elected mayor of Baltimore in 1943 on his second attempt.

During his first term, he oversaw the construction of Friendship Airport, now Baltimore-Washington International Airport, in Anne Arundel County.

1946

McKeldin ran for governor again in 1946, challenging William Preston Lane Jr., but was defeated again by a wider margin than in 1942.

1950

McKeldin ran for governor a third time in 1950, defeating Lane in a rematch.

As governor, McKeldin endeavored to improve the state highway system by establishing the Baltimore Beltway (now Interstate 695), the Capital Beltway (Interstate 495), and the John Hanson Highway portion of U.S. Route 50.

He was a staunch supporter of interstate cooperation, saying once: "I rode by train over several state borders. I carried no passports. No one asked me to identify myself. No one had the right to. This is America."

He was also an advocate for civil rights for African Americans, and received the Sidney Hollander Award for his pro-civil rights efforts.

He was also a supporter of Israel.

1952

In 1952, McKeldin was a major figure among moderate Republicans who campaigned for Dwight D. Eisenhower to receive the Republican nomination for President, and would deliver the principal nominating speech for Eisenhower at the 1952 Republican National Convention in Chicago.

1954

In 1954, McKeldin was re-elected governor against president of the University of Maryland, College Park Harry C. "Curley" Byrd, who had controversially resisted desegregating the university.

After his second term in Government House, McKeldin returned to his law practice in Baltimore; he was succeeded as Governor by Democrat J. Millard Tawes.

1963

In 1963, McKeldin returned to public service after being narrowly elected to a second non-consecutive term as mayor of Baltimore.

In his second term, his administration focused on the urban renewal of the city's Inner Harbor.

1964

In 1964, he decided to support Democratic candidate Lyndon B. Johnson over Republican Barry M. Goldwater in the presidential election, due to Goldwater's opposition to the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

1966

In 1966, the city council voted to condemn and demolish 700 homes in the Rosemont neighborhood to build the Interstate 170 "highway to nowhere" that McKeldin had conceived with urban planner Robert Moses in 1941.

1967

McKeldin's second term as mayor ended in 1967, and he did not seek re-election.

McKeldin remains the last Republican mayor of Baltimore to date; indeed, he is the last Republican mayoral candidate to win even one quarter of the vote in the city.

1974

McKeldin died on August 10, 1974, and is buried in Green Mount Cemetery in Baltimore.

2018

He was the first Republican governor of Maryland to be re-elected, and the only one until Larry Hogan was re-elected in 2018.