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University. In 1883 he entered the office of ex-Judge Henry
F. Garey as a law student and was admitted to the bar in 1885,
and has been practicing law ever since. He is unmarried, and
this is his first public office. He has been secretary of the Young
Men's Republican Club for the last three years.

He is a member of committee on judiciary, chairman commit-
tee on temperance and regulation of liquor traffic, on insurance
and loan companies.

Harry N. Abercrombie.

Harry N. Abercrombie, Republican, of the House of Dele-
gates, was born in Baltimore city on the 4th of April, 1871. He
was educated in the public schools of Baltimore and graduated
from the Baltimore City College in 1891. In the fall of 1891
he entered the Johns Hopkins University and took up the special
course on electricity. Before the expiration of this scholastic
year, he went into the office of Mr. Robert H. Smith and studied
law under his supervision. In the fall of 1892 he started in with
his new duties and studies, and spent three years at the Uni-
versity of Maryland School of Law and graduated in June, 1895.
He is now practicing law in connection with Mr. Smith. This
is the first public office that he ever held. He is the son of Mr.
John Abercrombie, the assistant manager of the Baltimore News
Company, and is unmarried.

He is a member of the committee on organization, on elections,
on judiciary, chairman committee on corporations.

Yates Pennington.

Yates Pennington, Republican, is one of the youngest mem-
bers of the Legislature. He is a native of Baltimore city, about
twenty-five years of age, and is a grandson of the late Archibald
Stirling. He attended the University School in Baltimore, gradu-
ated at the Maryland University Law School, and is now a prac-
tising attorney. He resides at 1317 North Charles street. This
is his first essay in politics.

He is a member of committee on elections, on roads and high-
ways, on militia, chairman committee on public records, member
of committee on civil service.

Rufus TV. Applegarth.

Rufus W. Applegarth, Republican, was born in Baltimore
city, was educated at the Newton University, Light-street Insti-
tute and in the classics under private tuition; studied law in the
office of the late Chief Justice George William Brown and
Frederick W. Brune; was called to the bar in 1867 when twenty-