Henry Hyde - Early Life

Early Life

Hyde was born in Chicago to an English father and an Irish Catholic mother, in a family that supported the Democratic Party. He attended Duke University where he joined the Sigma Chi Fraternity, graduated from Georgetown University and obtained his law degree from Loyola University. Hyde played basketball for the Georgetown Hoyas where he helped take the team to the 1943 championship game. He served in the Navy during World War II. He remained in the Naval Reserve from 1946 to 1968, as an officer in charge of the U.S. Naval Intelligence Reserve Unit in Chicago. He retired at the rank of Commander.

He was married to Jeanne Simpson Hyde from 1947 until her death in 1992; he had four children and four grandchildren. By 1952 Hyde had switched party affiliation and supported Dwight D. Eisenhower.

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