Emerson C. Harrington (1864-1945)
MSA SC 3520-1479

Governor of Maryland 1916-1920 (Democrat)

Born:  March 26, 1864, Madison, Dorchester County, Maryland¹
Died:  December 15, 1945, Cambridge, Dorchester County²
Buried:  Christ Protestant Episcopal Church Cemetery, Cambridge, Maryland³
Father:  John E. Harrington⁴
Mother:  Elizabeth (Thompson) Harrington⁵
Children:  Emerson, Jr., William, and Mary (Mrs. Reginald V. Truitt)⁶
Education:  Public schools, Madison; St. John's College, Annapolis, B.A. 1884, M.A. 1886⁷
Religious Affiliation:  Episcopalian⁸
Marriage:  June 27, 1893 to Gertrude Johnson⁹
Occupations:
           Tutor, St. John's College, Annapolis, 1884-1885
           Offered position as Assistant Professor of Latin and Mathematics, St. John's College, Annapolis, 1886 (resigned before assuming duties)
              Principal, Cambridge Academy, Cambridge, Maryland 1886-1889
              Principal, Cambridge High School, Cambridge, Maryland 1889-1898
           Admitted to Bar and began legal profession, 1898¹⁰
           Lawyer, 1903-1910, 1920-1945¹¹
              President, People's Loan, Savings, and Deposit Bank, Cambridge¹²
               President, Annapolis - Claiborne Ferry Company¹³
Offices held:
            State's attorney, Dorchester County, 1899-1903
            Insurance commissioner, 1910
            Comptroller of the treasury, 1912-1916
            Governor of Maryland, 1916-1920¹⁴
            Member of the board of management, Dorchester County Public Library, after 1920¹⁵

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