Society of Senates Past
Roster

CHARLES McCURDY MATHIAS, JR.
Republican.

Born in Frederick, July 24, 1922.  Attended public schools; Haverford College, B.A., 1944; Yale University; University of Maryland, LL.B., 1949.  Admitted to the Maryland Bar, 1949.

General Assembly:
Member, House of Delegates, 1958-61.

Private Career and Other Public Service:
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; enlisted as apprentice seaman, 1942; commissioned ensign, 1944; served in the Pacific 1944-46; captain, USNR (ret.).   Private law practice.  Assistant Attorney General of Maryland, 1953-54; City Attorney of Frederick, 1954-59.  Member, U.S. House of Representatives, 1961-69.  Member of the U.S. Senate, 1969-87.  Chair, Special Committee on Termination of the National Emergency, 92nd-94th Congresses.  Co-Chair, Joint Committee on Printing, 97th and 99th Congresses; Joint Committee on the Library.  Chair, Committee on Rules and Administration, 97th-99th Congresses.  Member, Senate Judiciary, Foreign Relations, and Governmental Affairs Committees.  Maryland Civil War Heritage Commission.  Member, Maryland Bar Association, admitted 1949.

Compiled March 16, 2000 from the biographical files of the Maryland Manual, ©Maryland State Archives and from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress on-line:  http://bioguide.congress.gov/biosearch/biosearch.asp