this position for three years, resigning in July, 1903. In politics
he has always been a Democrat. He is a member of the Prot-
estant Episcopal Church and a Mason; he is also a member of
the Maryland Historical Society.

Mr. Seth was first married in 1879, his wife being Miss Sallie
Goldsborough Barnett, daughter of Alexander H. Barnett, of
Talbot county, and a granddaughter of Dr. John Barnett, a
well-known physician of that county for many years. His wife
died in August, 1881, and her only child, a son, in September,
1881. Mr. Seth married a second time in June, 1892, Miss
Mary S. Walker, daughter of Rev. Albert Rhett Walker, of
South Carolina, a granddaughter of Bishop William Boone,
first missionary bishop to China. Mr. Seth is devoted to ath-
letic sports, attending baseball games whenever convenient, and
is fond of tennis and golf; besides this he is an enthusiast in
fox and coon hunting. He is also a lover of the water
and an admirer of the gun and dog, being a member of the
Maryland and District of Columbia Field Trial Association,
and sometimes acting as judge of their trial.

Washington County—HARRY E. BAKER, Republican.
Boonsboro.

Mr. Baker is a descendant from one of the oldest families
in the county. He was born November 30, 1869, at Boonsboro,
and educated in the public schools. At 21 years of age
he began farming, but in 1898 he started a building and monu-
mental stone business, in which he is now engaged. In 1907
Mr. Baker was elected a member of the State Senate from
Washington county.

Wicomico County—JESSE D. PRICE, Democrat—Salisbury.

Jesse D. Price, Senator from Wicomico county, was born
August 15, 1863, at White Haven, Wicomico (then Somerset)
county. His parents shortly afterwards moved on a farm on
the Wicomico River, where his childhood was spent. At the
age of 12 years he moved with his parents to Salisbury, the
county seat, where he attended the high school. At the age
of 17 he began clerking in a store and by economy
saved enough to start business on his own account in 1887, and
he conducted successfully one of the largest retail shoe stores
in Maryland for several years. About the year 1900 he built
a small artificial ice plant and the business was developed by