PAUL WEISENGOFF, Democrat, District 47. Born in Baltimore, June 25, 1932. Attended
Baltimore parochial schools; University of Maryland, B.S.; Morgan State College, M.S. Educator.
Served in U.S. Army, 1954-56. Founder, Constellation Democratic Clubs. Member, Phi Delta Kappa
education fraternity; Knights of Columbus; Holy Name Society. Married. Member of the House of
Delegates since 1967. Member, Ways and Means Committee. Past chairman, Baltimore City
Delegation. District office: 923 Joh Ave., Baltimore 21229; tel. 525-2962. Annapolis office; 322 Lowe
Bidg., 21401;tel. 841-3319.

C. LAWRENCE WISER, Democrat, District 18. Bora in Berwyn Heights, August 3, 1930.
McKinley High School, Washington, D.C; University of Maryland, B.S. (economics), 1952; George
Washington University, LL.B., 1958, I.D., 1960. U.S. Air Force, 1st Lt., 1952-54. Member,
Montgomery County Commission on Aging, 1979-82. Member, Maryland Transportation
Commission, 1979-87. Chairman, Montgomery County Charter Review Commission, 1985-86
(member, 1979-86). Member, State Board for Higher Education, 1986-87. Delegate, Montgomery
County Council of PTAs; Allied Civic Group. Chairman, Montgomery County Tydings for Senate
Campaign, 1964; co-chairman, Sarbanes for Senate Committee, Montgomery County, 1976. Married;

4 children. Member of the Senate, 1975-79; Economic Affairs Committee; Joint Committee on
Administrative, Executive and Legislative Review. Member of the House of Delegates, 1967-75, and
since 1987. Member, Judiciary Committee, 1967-73; Ways and Means Committee, 1973-75;

Economic Matters Committee, 1987-. District office: 10605 Concord St., Suite 400, Kensington
20895; tel. 949-7870. Annapolis office: 223 Lowe Bidg., 21401; tel. 858-3028, 841-3028.

JOHN F. WOOD, JR, Democrat, District 28. Bom in Leonardtown, January 13, 1936. Charlotte
Hall Military Academy. Maryland National Guard, Sergeant, 1952-60. Owner and operator of
Wood's Food Rite since 1962. Member, St. Mary's County Park and Recreation Board, 1979-; St.
Mary's County Hospital Board, 1982- Member, 7th Judicial Nominating Commission, 1980-86.
Board of Directors, Mid-Atlantic Food Dealers Association, 1976-83 (president, 1980). Member,
Mechanicsville Fire Department Rescue Squad; Mechanicsville and 7th District Optimist Clubs;

Mechanicsville Moose. Member, Charles County Democratic Club; St. Mary's County Democratic
Club. Married; 9 children. Member of the House of Delegates since 1987. Member, Economic
Matters Committee. District office; Route 5, Mechanicsville 20659; tel. 884-2345, 934-9645.
Annapolis office; 216 Lowe Bidg., 21401; tel. 841-3247, 858-3247.

SYLVANIA W. WOODS, JK., Democrat, District 24. Bom in Atlanta, Georgia, January 26, 1954.
Sidwell Friends School, Washington, D.C.; American University; University of Maryland. Member,
NAACP; Ploughman and Fisherman; 24th Democratic Alliance; S.C.L.C.; National Eagle Scout
Association; Prince George's County Jaycees; Board of Directors, Young Democrats. Past member,
Glenarden Town Council (vice-chairman, chairman, acting mayor); Democratic precinct chairman;

Glenarden Housing Authority; Glenarden Land Purchasing Agency; Glenarden Recreation Council.
Selected Outstanding Young Man in America, 1978-81. Selected Outstanding Legislator, Maryland
Municipal League, 1982; Future Leader of Washington, 1982; Citizen of the Year, Omega Psi Phi
Fraternity, 1983; Man of the Year, Seat Pleasant Business and Professional Women, 1986.
Unmarried. Member of the House of Delegates since 1979. Member, Constitutional and
Administrative Law Committee; Joint Committee on Federal Relations. Member, Metropolitan
Council of Governments. District office: 5611 Landover Rd., Landover 20784; tel. 277-7503.
Annapolis office: 204 Lowe Bidg., 21401; tel. 858-3065, 841-30(5.