June, 1918, was promoted to First Lieutenant in France,
and was honorably discharged in April, 1919.

Resuming the practice of law in Cumberland, Mr. Walsh
was named City Solicitor in April, 1920, and served until
September, 1921, when he resigned to accept appointment
as an Associate Judge of the Fourth Judicial Circuit. At
that time he was thirty-one years of age, was the youngest
man ever appointed to the bench in that Circuit, and was
one of the youngest ever appointed in the State of Maryland.
In 1924 Governor Ritchie appointed him Chief Judge and a
member of the Court of Appeals of Maryland, and he served
in this capacity until the election of 1926, when he was
defeated by the present Chief Judge, D. Lindley Sloan, the
Circuit at that time having a Republican majority of ap-
proximately 15,000. He also served as State Insurance
Commissioner from 1931 to 1935.

Mr. Walsh received the Democratic nomination for At-
torney General in September, 1938, after a spirited contest
with three other candidates, and was elected Attorney Gen-
eral of the State of Maryland on November 8, 1938, by
118,564 votes, which was the largest majority ever received
by a candidate for that office.

Mr. Walsh belongs to the American Bar Association,
the Maryland State Bar Association, and the Allegany
County Bar Association, and has served as President of
the last mentioned Association, and as one of the Vice
Presidents of the State Association. He is also a member
of the Elks, Knights of Columbus, Cumberland Country
Club, American Legion, and various other organizations.

On June 1, 1929, Mr. Walsh married Miss Sarah Eliza-
beth Nee, also of Cumberland, and they reside with their
two children, William and Betsy, at 601 Washington Street,
Cumberland, Maryland.

FINANCE DEPARTMENT

Comptroller of the State: J. MILLARD TAWES (Democrat),

Crisfield, Maryland.

J. Millard Tawes, son of Mr. and Mrs. James B. Tawes,
was born in Crisfield, Somerset County, Maryland, on
April 8, 1894. He was educated in the public schools of
Crisfield, after which he entered the Wilmington Conference
Academy. He graduated from this institution in 1912 and
later entered Sadlers Bryant and Stratton Business College
in Baltimore where he completed a full course in banking
and accountancy. His first employment was with his father
who was then engaged in an extensive lumber manufac-