Archives of Maryland
(Biographical Series)

JOHN R. JEWELL
Democrat, Kent County.

Senator Jewell died in Boca Raton, Florida, January 22, 1999.

Member of Senate, 1950-57.

Member, Kent County School Building Commission, 1946. Commissioner, Department of Tidewater Fisheries, 1956-59. Commissioner, Moter Vehicle Administration, 1959. Head, Department of Licensing and Regulation, 1970-1976.

Born in Lynch, June 18, 1914. Attended the Kent County public schools. Grain, farm equipment, and automobile dealer.

Source: 1955-56 Maryland Manual (Annapolis, Hall of Records Commission, 1955), 163.

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