and at the expiration of that time he entered Dickinson
College, at Carlisle, Pa., where he graduated on the honor
list in 1888. Mr. Dryden returned to Crisfield, and in
1889 was elected to the House of Delegates. In 1895 lie
was nominated by his party for the State Senate, and was
elected by 250 majority. Since the adjournment of the
Legislature of 1898 Senator Dryden has been appointed
Deputy Collector of Customs at the port of Baltimore.

Talbot County—H. CLAY DODSON, Republican.

II. Clay Dodson was a member of the House of Delegates
in 1888 and also in 1896. He is slightly over fifty years of
age, was born and raised in St. Michael's, and is a promi-
nent drug merchant there. He was elected to the State
Senate in 1897.

Washington County—NORMAN B. SCOTT, JR., Republican.

Norman B. Scott, Jr., was born in Washington county.
He graduated at Mercersberg College, Pa., and also from
the law department of the University of Maryland. He
was admitted to the bar in 1881 and is a member of the
law firm of Armstrong & Scott, Hagerstown. He was
elected to the House of Delegates in 1893, and was elected
State Senator in 1895. Senator Scott 18 chairman of the
Republican State Central Committee. After the adjourn-
ment of the session of 1898 Senator Scott was appointed
by the President, Naval Officer at the port of Baltimore.

Wicomico County—ELIHU E. JACKSON, Democrat.

Elihu B. Jackson was born November 3,1837, in that
part of Somerset which now forms Wicomico county. In
1859 he engaged in mercantile business at Delmar. He
removed to Salisbury in 1863, where with his father he
built up a large grain and lumber business. He also had
large lumber interests in Suffolk, Va., in Baltimore city, in
Washington, D. C., and in Alabama. Senator Jackson was
elected a member of the House of Delegates in 1881 and
became State Senator in 1883. In 1886 Senator Jackson
was elected -President of the Senate. In 1887 he was