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Board of County Commissioners in 1895, and was chosen Pres-
ident of the Board. In 1807 Mr. Gray was elected to the State
Senate, and re-elected in 1901.
Dorchester County—WM. F. APPLEGARTH, Democrat.
Senator Applegarth was re-elected to the Senate in 1901,
and is one of the workers of that body. He is a graduate of
St. John's College. He taught school for a number of years,
but for a long period has been merchandising. He was a mem-
ber of the House of Delegates in 1894. He is one of the direc-
tors of the Dorchester National Bank.
Frederick County—DAVID M. DEVILBLISS, Republican.
Dr. Devilbliss was born near Libertytown, April 3, 1845. on
a farm, and until he was twenty-five followed farming as a
vocation. He then studied medicine, graduating from the
University of Maryland in the class of 1872, and is now en-
gaged in the active practice of his profession. He was Health
Officer of the county for several years, and this fall elected to
the Senate.
Garrett County—ULYSSES G. PALMER, Republican.
Mr. Palmer, the newly elected Senator from Garrett, was
born July 3, 1863; i" Pennsylvania. He attended the com-
mon schools and graduated from the Mansfield State Normal
School, and later received bachelor's degree from Scientific
Department of Lafayette College. He taught until thirty
years of age—the last eight years as principal at Easton—
and then came to Hutton, where he became secretary-treas-
urer of the enterprise Tanning Company. During Governor
Lowndes' administration he was Secretary-Treasurer and Ex-
aminer of Garrett County School Board, He was instrumental
in establishing the First National Bank of Oakland, and served
as its cashier for six months. He is a member of the Disciples
Church and Masonic Fraternity.
Harford County—THOMAS H. ROBINSON, Democrat.
Senator Robinson was born March 2, 1850; educated in the
schools of Harford County; studied law with the Hon. Henry
D. Farnandis, and was admitted to the Belair bar May ii,
1882. He has been engaged in the practice of his profession
ever since.
In 1891 he was elected to the State Senate for the unex-
pired term of Benjamin Silver, who had been elected in 1880,
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