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ton and attended the National University Law School of the
District of Columbia, graduating in 1888. He has ever since
practiced his profession.
JOHN P. SELLMAN, Democrat.
Mr. Sellman is a son of the late Capt. Wm. O. Sellman
who served a term in the Maryland Senate. In May, 1861,
he enlisted in the Confederate Army, joining the First Vir-
ginia Cavalry, commanded by Gen. J. E. B. Stuart. Twelve
months later he joined the First Maryland Cavalry, com-
manded by Col. Ridgely Brown, and remained with it until
the surrender in 1865. Mr. Sellman is now living on his
country estate, and is extensively engaged in farming and
stock grazing. In 1888 he was elected Commissioner for the
Third election District, and served two terms.
C. H. ROBERTSON, Democrat.
Mr. Robertson was born in 1877, and after attending the
public schools of Rockville read law in the office of Messrs.
Anderson & Bouic. He was admitted to the bar in 1898, and
opened his office in Rockville. Mr. Robertson was the young-
est of Democratic aspirants for the House of Delegates.
HENRY R. BENSON, Democrat.
Mr. Benson comes of a Democratic family of Montgomery
County. At the age of twenty he began teaching, but at the
expiration of four years he engaged in farming, and has since
continued. Mr. Benson has served for five years as registra-
tion officer.
PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY— Four Members.
FREDERICK DALLAM, Democrat.
Frederick Dallam was born in Harford County, Maryland,
in the year 1867. He received his earlier education in the
public schools of Harford County and at the Belair Academy,
and subsequently entered the Law School of the Maryland
University, at Baltimore City, from which he was graduated
in 1894. He was at once admitted to the Baltimore bar and
has since that time been engaged in the active practice of his
profession in Baltimore City and in Prince George's County.
He became a resident of Prince George's County in 1895, and
was for a term counsel to the Mayor and City Council of
Laurel and is Chairman of the Committee on Proposed Legis-
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