THE MARYLAND MANUAL ZE^OI- IQQ^-Q. A COMPENDIUM OF KELATINO 'J'O THE PresentStale Government of Maryland, Published by the Authority of His Excellency, Lloyd Lowndes, Governor of Maryland. Compiled by ELIHU S. RILEY, M' lliber of the A iiiiapoli.i Hitr. What is News To-Day is History To-Morrow. AIYNAJ'OBIK, MI).: ADVERTISER PRINT. 1898. I to? Maryland Manual for 1897-8. 1. BIOGRAPHIC SKETCHES OF THE Governor, Secretary of State, Comptroller, Attorney General, ami Members of the General Assembly ol Maryland. EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT: Governor of Maryland: LLOYD LOWNDES, of Cum- berland, Allegany county. Lloyd Lowndes, of Maryland, was born in Clarksburg, West Virginia, February 21st, 1845. His father and grandfather before him were prominent men of this State, and the Lowndes family lias been identified with the interests, of Western Maryland almost from its settle- ment. Mr. Lowndes was educated in the academy at Clarksburg, in Washington College, Washington, Penn- sylvania, and in Alleghany College, Meadville, Pennsyl- vania, having graduated from the last-named institution in 1865. Shortly afterward he began the study of law in Philadelphia, and in 1867 was graduated from the law school of the University of Pennsylvania. Upon his graduation he settled in Cumberland, and soon acquired a large and lucrative practice. His thorough knowledge of the fundamental principles of constitutional law, and his great personal popularity made him a most desirable candidate for congressional honors, and, at the urgent request of the leaders of the Republican party, he ac- cepted the nomination for Congress, and went into the campaign of 1872, and was elected over the Hon. John Ritchie, of Frederick county, the Democratic nominee, by the majority of 1,700. In this light, Mr. Lowndes threw all that energetic and persistent application which had characterized his work at school, the college, the uni- versity, and while practicing at the bar, and the “forlorn hope ” led by him at that time was right gallantly won, and showed a reversal of 3,200 votes, his antagonist having been elected two years before by a majority of 4 MARYLAND MANUAL. 1,500. When he entered the Forty-third Congress, he was bnt twenty-eight years of age, and was the youngest member in the House, notwithstanding which he served ably on several of the most important committees. In 1874 Mr. Lowndes was a second-time candidate for a seat in Congress, but was defeated by William Walsh by the narrow majority of fifty votes. Since his retirement from Congress, Mr. Lowndes has several times been men- tioned in connection with the nomination, which at last became his in November, 1895. He was a member of the national convention that nominated James A. Garfield for the Presidency, and was one of the National World’s Fair Commissioners for Maryland. Mr. Lowndes was nominated by the Republican Convention, in Cambridge, after an exciting canvass in the State and city primaries, on Aug. 15th, 1895, and from that time to his election to the highest office in the gift of the State, his time was given unreservedly to the interests of the campaign. The family of the Governor include five sons and a daughter. He was married in 1869, his wife being a cousin, Miss Elizabeth, daughter of the late Richard T. Lowndes. Their two eldest sons, Lloyd and Richard, were graduated from Yale July, 1895, and the third, Charles, finished his education in Europe. As Executive of the State, Gov- ernor Lowndes has been attentive to the very closest details of his office, making a capable and dignified chief magistrate of the Commonwealth of Maryland. Gov- ernor Lowndes is a lineal descendant of Edward Lloyd, the first Commander of Anne Arundel county, in 1651. Secretary of State: RICHARD DALLAM, of Harford county. Mr. Dallam was born in Relair, Harford county, and is thirty-three years of age. He is the next youngest man who has ever occupied the position. He was educated at the Harford Academy, Relair, and entered the Maryland Law School, from which he graduated in 1888. During Colonel Webster’s term as collector of the port of Ralti- more, he received an appointment to a position in the Custom House, which he held until 1889, when he resigned to practice his profession. He is a member of the vestry of Emanuel Protestant Episcopal Church, Relair, and is president of the Harford County Fire Insurance Com- pany. He is married and has two daughters. He resides in Annapolis, and performs the duties of his office with MARYLAND MANUAL. 5 ability and promptness, not unmixed with genuine old Maryland courtesy. Assistant Secretary: GEORGE E. LOWEREE, of Prince George's county. Clerli: CARL HARDY, of Prince George’s county. Messenger : SAMUEL W. BROOKS, of Anne Arundel county. Stenographer and Typewriter: SARAH R. CARTER, of Annapolis. Comptroller of the Treasury : Robert P. Graham, Comp- troller, is the son of Col. S. A. Graham. He was born in Salisbury, April 7th, 1867, and is, therefore, in his 31st year. Mr. Graham received his early education in the public schools of Salisbury, and later passed through the Johns Hopkins University with credit. In 1888, Mr. Graham graduated from the Maryland University School of Law, and at once began the practice of his profession in Salisbury. His practice in the courts of the lower Eastern Shore counties is extensive. Mr. Graham held no public office before, but he has been actively identified with the Republican party. Comptroller-Meet: Phillips Lee Goldsborouoh. Mr. Goldsborough was born in Princess Anne, Somerset county, Maryland, in 1865. He is the son of Pay In- spector W. Goldsborough, U. S. N. Most of 31r. Golds- borough’s early life was spent in Princess Anne. His parents removed to Cambridge, taking him with them. He attended public school here for several years, and, after graduating, left Cambridge to attend school at the Episcopal High School, Alexandria, Ya. He only re- mained here a few months, however, owing to bad health. He returned to Cambridge, but was soon afterwards ap- pointed clerk to his father, who was then on duty at the League Island Navy Yard, Philadelphia. After "remain- ing in Philadelphia three years, he returned to Cam- bridge, where he entered the law office of Daniel 31. Henry and was soon afterwards admitted to the bar. He did not, however, take up his profession at once, but ac- cepted the position of chief clerk to his father, then stationed at the Navy Pay Office, San Francisco. He re- mained in San Francisco about two years, after which he returned to Cambridge to take up his profession. A year 6 MARYLAND MANUAL. afterwards lie was nominated by the Republicans for State’s Attorney for Dorchester, to which office he was elec- ted. In 1895, he was re-elected by an increased majority. Last September he was nominated by the Republican State Convention for Comptroller, and was elected in November. Since living in Cambridge he has started a newspaper, The Dorchester Standard, which is pronounced one of the best local papers in the State. Attorney-General : Harry M. Clabaugh, of West- minster, Carroll county. Harry M. Clabaugh, who was chosen in November, 1895, as Attorney-General, is well known in all parts of Maryland. He has gained a name for himself at the bar and in politics. He was born at Cumberland, July 16th, 1856, and lived there until 1862, when his father, the late G. W. Clabaugh, moved his family to Baltimore city, and then, in 1873, to Carroll county. Mr. Clabaugh was sent to the Pennsylvania College, at Gettysburg, and graduated from there in 1877. In the following year he graduated in law from the University of Maryland, having taken the two-year course in a year. He read law with Mr. Bernard Carter, in Baltimore, and entered upon the prac- tice of his profession in Baltimore, but, on the death of his father in 1880, he removed to Carroll county, where he has since lived a lawyer and a farmer. Mr. Clabaugh has been active and prominent on the Republican side of politics in Maryland. He was a delegate to the national convention at Chicago in 1884, which nominated James G. Blaine for the Presidency. A year or two later he was the nominee for the State Senate from Carroll county, but was defeated by Pinkney J. Bennett. After the se- lection of Hon. William J. Vannort as Republican candi- date for Governor in 1891, Mr. Clabaugh was unanimously chosen chairman of the Republican State Central Com- mittee of Maryland. He was re-elected four years ago, and had an active share in directing the movements of the party leading up to the nomination convention of 1895. Members of Congress. TERMS KX PI UK. 1899. Senators: Arthur P. Gorman, of Laurel, Howard county. 1903. George L. Wellington, of Cumberland, Allegany county. MAHYX.AND MANUAL. 7 Representatives : 1895. 1st District— Isaac A. Barber, Easton. « 2d Wm. B. Baker, Aberdeen, Harford co. 3d Milton S. Booze, Baltimore. “ 4tli Wm. W. Mclntire, Baltimore. “ 5 tk Sidney E. Mudd, Bryantown. “ 6 til John McDonald, Potomac. The Judiciary of the State.—Court of Appeals. 1902. 6th Circuit—James McSherry, Chief of the Supreme Bench of the State, Frederick. 1908. 1st “ Henry Page, Princess Anne. 1912. 2d u James Alfred Pearce, Chestertown. 1904. 3d “ David Fowler, Towson. 1908. 4th “ A. Hunter Boyd, Cumberland. 1908. 6th “ Charles B. Roberts, Westminster. 1906. 7th “ John P. Briscoe, Prince Frederick. 1898. 8th “ Wm. Shepherd Bryan, Baltimore. Supreme Bench of Baltimore City. 1904. Hy. D. Harlan, Chief.1912. George M. Sharp. 1908. Pere L. Wickes.