MARYLAND MANUAL. 29

WASHINGTON COUNTY.

Senator Norman B. Scott.

Mr. Norman B. Scott, Jr., Republican State Senator of Hagers-
town, is a native of Washington county, and is the son of Dr.
Norman Bruce Scott, of Hagerstown. He is the junior member
of the law firm of Armstrong & Scott. He graduated at Mer-
cersburg (Pa. ) College. He also graduated from the law depart-
ment of the University of Maryland, Baltimore. He was ad-
mitted to the bar of Washington county in September, 1881.
He was defeated for the office of State's attorney four years ago
by Charles A. Little. He was elected to the House of Delegates
two years ago, where he became prominent during its session.
He was elected Senator in 1895.

He is on committee on judicial proceedings, on committee on
civil service reform and election reforms, on committee on federal
relations, on committee on retrenchment of expenses of State
Government, on committee on rules, on committee on amend-
ments to the Constitution.

WICOMICO COUNTY.

Senator Elihu E. Jackson.

Elihu E. Jackson is fifty-eight years of age. He is the eldest
of seven children of the late Hugh Jackson, of Salisbury, and
was born on his father's farm, in the northern part of Somerset
county, now Wicomico county, on November 3d, 1837. His
father was a hardworking and fairly prosperous farmer, and a
prominent mover in county affairs, having been at one time judge
of the Orphans' Court. Elihu E. Jackson was brought up with
his four brothers and two sisters on the farm, the entire family
doing their share of the customary labor. He received his
education at the country school, and it was supplemented later
by private study during such time as he could spare from a life
of extraordinary activity. In 1859, at the age of twenty-two
years, he went to Delmar, then the terminal of the Delaware
Railroad, and started in the general merchandising business, his
sole capital being $500 which he had earned by toil and
saved by practice of the strictest economy. In 1863, the
railroad having been completed to Salisbury, Maryland, Mr.
Jackson removed to that placed and formed a partnership
with his father and his brother, W. H. Jackson, under the
style of E. E. Jackson & Co. Here they started a grocery
and dry goods store on a larger scale, adding the shipping
of lumber and grain to the business, and commencing a