C. PHILIP NICHOLS, Democrat, Prince George's County; born
in Laurel, October 5, 1922. Attended St. Mildred's Academy, Laurel.
Realtor. Member, Laurel City Council, 1952-54. Former director
and secretary, Laurel Chamber of Commerce; former director. Prince
George's County Hospital. Member, National Association of Realtors;
Maryland Real Estate Board; Prince George's County Real Estate
Board; Baltimore City Real Estate Board. Past president, Laurel
Kiwanis Club. Married. Elected to the House of Delegates in 1954.

JOHN J. NOWAKOWSKI, Democrat, Baltimore 1st; born in Bal-
timore, June 5, 1900. Attended Baltimore public and parochial
schools; University of Maryland. Member of the Maryland Bar.
Chief Clerk, House of Delegates, 1933-39; Chief Clerk, Board of
Supervisors of Elections, Baltimore City, 1939-47. Married. Elected
to the House of Delegates in 1950.

JOHN T. PARRAN, JR., Democrat, Charles County; born in Balti-
more, February 5, 1926. Attended Charles County public schools;
Charlotte Hall Academy; The Citadel; University of Maryland, B.A.
1950. Real estate and insurance broker. Served with the U. S. Army,
1944-46. President, Indian Head Business Association. Member,
Lions; Moose. Unmarried. Elected to the House of Delegates in 1954.

JOSEPH B. PAYNE, Republican, Frederick County; born in Lees-
burg, Virginia, December 15, 1894. Attended Brunswick, Frederick
County, public schools. Employed by the B. & O. Railroad. Served
with the 28th Division, 11th Infantry, Company K, 1917-24. Married.
Member of the House of Delegates, 1935-39, and since 1946.

MORTON C. POLLACK, Democrat, Baltimore 4th; born in Balti-
more, August 8, 1929. Attended Baltimore public schools; McDonogh
School; University of Maryland; University of Baltimore; University
of Wisconsin; Western Maryland College. Insurance broker. Member,
Masons. Married. Member of the House of Delegates, 1951-54. Ap-
pointed to House of Delegates, May 1955.

MYRTLE A. POLK, Democrat, Worcester County; born in Bangor,
Pennsylvania, January 10, 1902. Attended Pocomoke City, Worcester
County, public schools; Walnut Lane School for Girls; Maryland Col-
lege for Women; Depauw University. Member, Pocomoke City Coun-
cil, 1948-50. Member, Board of Maryland Federation of Women's
Clubs; Kappa Alpha Theta; Inner Wheel. Married. Elected to the
House of Delegates in 1950.

WILLIAM G. PORTER, JR., Republican, Washington County;
born in Hagerstown, July 10, 1922. Attended Washington County
public schools; University of Maryland, B.S. 1949. Wholesale tobacco
Jobber. Served in the U. S. Air Force, 1943-46. Member, Elks; Amer-
ican Legion: V.F.W.; Forty and Eight. Unmarried. Appointed to
the House of Delegates in 1955.

EGBERT LYLE QUINN, Democrat, Somerset County; born in
Pocomoke City, Worcester County, January 8, 1885. Attended Cris-
field, Somerset County, public schools. Journalist. Member, City Coun-
cil. Crisfield. 1940-48; Mayor of Crisfield, 1948-54. Member, Masons;
Elks. Married. Appointed to the House of Delegates, March 28, 1957.

J. FRANK RALEY, Democrat, St, Mary's County; born in Park
Hall, September 13, 1926. Attended St. Mary's County parochial
schools; Charlotte Hall Academy; Georgetown University. General
insurance agent. Served in the U. S. Army, 1945-46. Married. Elected
to the House of Delegates in 1954.