LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

J. Millard Tawes .................................. Frontispiece

Facing

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Judge William L. Henderson administering the oath of office

to Governor Tawes in the Senate Chamber, January 14, 1959

with Senate President George W. Della and former Gover-

nor Theodore R. McKeldin ..............................

1

Governor Tawes with his three predecessors: left to right, Gov-

ernor William Preston Lane, Jr., Governor Theodore R.

McKeldin, and Governor Herbert R. O'Connor ...........

63

Governor Tawes reviewing background papers prior to mak-

ing one of the many decisions of his first term .............

68

Governor Tawes and other Governors from the Appalachian

states at the White House for President Kennedy's an-

nouncement of the establishment of the President's Appala-

chian Regional Commission ..............................

71

Governor Tawes on election night, 1959, celebrating his vic-

tory over James P. S. Devereux, his Republican opponent

123

Governor Tawes on the occasion of Vice-President Lyndon B.

Johnson's receipt of the 1962 Stephen S. Wise medallion

Award by the American Jewish Congress. Left to right are

Mr. Philip Goodman, President of the Baltimore City Coun-

cil; Mayor J. Harold Grady, and Louis E. Schecter ........

140

Governor Tawes with the Economic Development Commission

and the staff of the Economic Development Department

155

Federal, State, and local officials witnessing the signing by

Governor Tawes of the historic Maryland Area Redevelop-

ment Act, April 6, 1962 .................................

.177

The Governor breaks ground for the Koppers plant in north-

ern Anne Arundel County ...............................

.181

Governor Tawes addressing the student body of the Univer-

sity of Maryland ........................................

..202

Governor Tawes with Mrs. Fire Prevention symbolizing the

emphasis of his campaign for protecting the public from

fire hazards ..............................................

245

The Governor with one of the many proclamations issued

during his first term .....................................

283

Governor and Mrs. Tawes entertain the executive staff at the

Mansion ...............................................

297

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