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of Lt. Commander. He is a former Chairman of the Republican State
Central Committee of Washington County. Married. Elected to
the Senate in 1946.

JAMES B. MONROE, Republican, Charles County; born August 10,
1908. Automobile dealer; he served in the House of Delegates 1935-
1945. Member of the Legislative Council 1939-1945. Unmarried.
Elected to the Senate in 1946.

HOWARD S. O'NEILL, Republican, Harford County; born in Balti-
more, August 24, 1883. He attended parochial schools in Baltimore
City, and the Law School of the University of Baltimore, graduating
in 1943. He was admitted to the Bar in 1944; in addition to his law
practice, he operates an insurance agency. Married. Elected to the
Senate in 1946.

HARRY T. PHOEBUS, Republican, Somerset County; born at Oriole,
Maryland, February 24, 1893; he attended the public schools at
Oriole. He is an automobile dealer and engaged in the real estate
business. He was a member of the House of Delegates 1917-1921;

County Commissioner, Somerset County, 1921-1925; Treasurer, Som-
erset County, 1925; State Senator 1934-1938; Commissioner of Labor
and Statistics 1937. Married. Elected to the Senate in 1946.

ROBERT A. SHALLCROSS, Democrat, Kent County; born at Chester-
ville, Maryland, January 2, 1881. He attended the public school at
Locust Grove. He operates a farm near Rock Hall. He served as
Town Commissioner, Rock Hall, 1913-1914; member House of Dele-
gates, 1914-1915; Clerk of Kent County Court, 1927-1946. Married.
Elected to the Senate in 1946.

L. HABOLD SOTHORON, Democrat, Prince George's County; born
June 8, 1896. Member of Maryland and District of Columbia Bars;

engaged in legal practice in Washington. He has served as Corpora-
tion Counsel for the towns of Seat. Pleasant, and Brentwood. He is
Chairman of the Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin,
member of the Maryland Cooperation Commission, and a member of
the Council of State Governments; member of the House of Delegates,
1935-1941. Married. Elected to the Senate in 1942.

EDWARD D. STORM, Democrat, Frederick County; born at Frederick,
March 1, 1912. He attended the public schools of Frederick, the
University of Virginia, graduating in 1932; and the Law School of
the University of Maryland, graduating in 1938. He has been
engaged in legal practice since his admittance to the Bar in 1938.
He served with the United States Navy as a Lieutenant, 1943-1945,
in the Arctic, Atlantic and Mediterranean. He has served as U. S.
Conciliation Commissioner in Bankruptcy for Frederick and Wash-
ington Counties, 1939-1941; Town Attorney Emmitsburg, 1946-1947.
Married. Elected to the Senate in 1946.

PAUL G. STROMBEBG, Democrat, Howard County; born at Clarks-
ville, March 21, 1892. Attended the public schools of Howard County.
Owner and publisher of: The Times, of Ellicott City; The Sentinel, of
Rockville; the Herald Argus, of Catonsville; Community News, Reis-
terstown, and Community Press, Dundalk. 1917-1918, served with the
U. S. Army, Discharged as Captain, 1918. Married. Elected to the
Senate in 1946.

WILLIAM F. STROMEYBR, Democrat, Anne Arundel County; born at
Annapolis, March 14, 1894. Attended Annapolis Public Schools, and