SKETCHES OF MEMBERS OF THE SENATE. 249

Howard County—ARTHUR P. GORMAN, JR., Democrat.

Mr. Gorman is a son of Senator Gorman, and was born
March 27, 1873. He attended private schools in Washing-
ton, Episcopal High School in Virginia and Lawrenceville,
N. J., and received his legal education at Columbian Univer-
sity, University of Maryland, and in the office of Attorney-
General John P. Poe. He is a member of the firm of Miles
& Gorman. Mr. Gorman was elected in the fall of 1903, the
first elective office he has held.

Kent County—GARRETT FOXWELL, Democrat.

Mr. Foxwell was born near Odessa, New Castle County,
Del., September 25, 1844. He is a farmer, and very much
interested in agriculture. Mr. Foxwell was 'elected to the
Senate for a term of four years in the fall of 1903.

Montgomery County—SPENCER C. JONES, Democrat.

Mr. Jones, president of the Montgomery County National
Bank, is a native of Rockville. After completing a course at
Frederick College he read law with the late William J. Ross,
and was admitted to the bar. During the Civil War he
enlisted as a private in Company D of the First Maryland
Confederate Cavalry.. At the close of the war he went to
Texas and taught for two years. In 1867 he returned to
Maryland and began to practice law, and in 1871 was elected
State's Attorney and re-elected in 1875. In 1879 he was
elected Clerk of the Court of Appeals and re-elected in 1885.
In 1892 he became State Treasurer and_B was re-elected in
1894. He was the Democratic nominee for the same position
in 1896, but the Legislature.being Republican he was defeated
by General Thomas J. Shryock. In 1898 he was elected
Mayor of Rockville, and re-elected in 1900, but resigned to
accept the Senatorship. In 1901 he was tendered the Clerk-
ship of the Court of Appeals, but declined.

Prince George's County—JOSEPH S. WILSON, Democrat.

Mr. Wilson was born in Calvert county, in 1857, and edu-
cated at St. John's College. In 1881 he commenced the
practice of law in Upper Marlboro'. He was a member of the
House in 1894, and a candidate for State's Attorney in 1895.
He was a delegate to the State Convention that nominated
Governor Smith, also a delegate to the National Convention
in Kansas City. He is president of the First National Bank
of Southern Maryland. Senator Wilson was elected to the
Senate in 1901.