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sanitary condition of State, and chairman of committee on revalu-
ation and assessment.

CECIL COUNTY,

Senator Charles C. Crothers.

Senator Charles C. Crothers, the hold-over Senator from Cecil,
was born in the eighth election district in March, 1857. He was
educated at the public schools and at West Nottingham Academy.
He taught school, and afterward read law with the late Hiram
McCullough, in Elkton. He was admitted to the bar in June,
1878. The following year he was elected to the office of State's
Attorney, which position he held for four years. He was elected
Senator over L. Marshall Haines. At the last State convention
he was nominated as the Democratic candidate for Attorney-
General, but was defeated at the election, along with the rest of
the ticket. Mr. Crothers is recognized as one of the leading
members of the Cecil bar, and has always been identified with
the Democratic party. He is not married. In debate, Mr.
Crothers is a bold and clear speaker; active, fearless and courage-
ous to his conviction; in conduct he instinctively looks to the
right as the source of his action. On March 16th, 1896, Presi-
dent Bruce being absent by sickness, Senator Crothers was elected
president pro tem, of the Senate.

He is chairman of committee on federal relations, on com-
mittees on contingent expenses of Senate, chairman of committee
on amendments to Constitution, on committee of judicial pro-
ceedings, on elections.

CHARLES COUNTY.

Senator Louis C. Carrico.

Louis C. Carrico is a Charles Countian by birth. The place of
his birth is near the village of Bryantown, in what is the most
prosperous section of the county, and the time was thirty-three
years ago. He is a son of the late Thomas Carrico, who was a
soldier in the war of 1812, and was a large planter and slave-
holder. Senator Carrico received his early education in the pub-
lic schools of his native county, and at Charlotte Hall Academy
in St. Mary's county, not far from his father's home. He
received his commercial diploma from Charlotte Hall in 1878,
and the same year entered Rock Hill College in Howard county,
where the degree of A. B. was conferred upon him in 1881.
After leaving college, Senator Carrico taught two years in the
public schools and read medicine during his spare moments. In
1883, he entered the Medical Department of the University of
Maryland, Baltimore, from whence he was graduated two years
later. About the same time he received the degree of A. M.