Society of Senates Past 
Roster


[Photograph of State Senator]

JERVIS SPENCER FINNEY
Republican, District 13.

Born in Baltimore, September 22, 1931.  Attended Baltimore schools; Phillips Academy, Andover, MA; Princeton University, A.B., cum laude, 1953; Harvard Law School, LL.B., 1958.  Admitted to the Maryland Bar, 1958.

General Assembly:
Member of Senate, 1967-74.  Member, Legislative Council, 1971-74.

Private Career and Other Public Service:
Served in U.S. Army Paratroops, 1953-55.  Member, Baltimore County Council, 1962-66; Regional Planning Council, 1963-66.  U.S. Attorney for the District of Maryland, 1975-1978.  Member, American and Maryland Bar Associations.  Chair, Baltimore County Crusade, American Cancer Society, 1966; Baltimore County Administrator, Keep Maryland Beautiful, 1960.  Member, Board of Directors, Maryland Division, Multiple Sclerosis Society.

Compiled March 16, 2000  from the biographical files of the Maryland Manual, ©Maryland State Archives.
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