registration of firearms; and from the left for his support of a crime bill for the District of Columbia, which was perceived as repressive against African Americans. After a divisive campaign, Tydings beat Mahoney by 53% to 37%. Tydings went on to lose the general election to Beall's son, freshman Congressman J. Glenn Beall Jr., by 50.7% to 48.1%. References George Mahoney, 87, Maryland Candidate - The New York Times obituary. 1901 births 1989 deaths 20th-century far-right politicians in the United States American construction businesspeople American Independent Party politicians American people of Irish descent American white supremacists Businesspeople from Baltimore Catholics from Maryland Maryland Democrats Politicians from Baltimore 20th-century Roman Catholics 20th-century American businesspeople