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of horses. Mr. Bye has a wife, four daughters and three sons.
The family reside on Fulton avenue.

He is a member of the committee on corporations, or organiza-
tions, on printing.

Edward F. Tolson.

Edward F. Tolson, Republican, of the House of Delegates,
was born July 21, 1865, in Baltimore, and has lived continuously
in South Baltimore. He received his education in the public
schools and graduated from a business college in 1880. He has
alternately been employed as bookkeeper and traveling salesman.
He had never held a public office before going to the Legislature.
He is married and is a member of various societies.

He is a member of the committee on elections, on temperance
and regulation of the liquor traffic, chairman of committee on
insurance and loan companies, on railroads and canals.

Charles M. Nash.

Charles M. Nash, Republican, was horn in the thirteenth ward
of Baltimore city, fifty-eight years ago, and has ever since re-
sided in the ward. He was a Democrat until 1867, when he
became a reformer and later a Republican. He has always been
active in politics, but he never before held office. He was em-
ployed for a number of years by William Numsen & Sons, oyster
packers, but left them about eighteen years ago to connect him-
self with the house of J. G. Armiger, in the oyster commission
business. He is married and has several children and grand-
children. He is a member of the committee on Chesapeake bay
and its tributaries, on manufacturers, on immigration.

BALTIMORE COUNTY—6 Members.

W. R. Whitaker.

W. R. Whitaker, Republican, was born in Harford, county in
1860, and is the son of the late Lloyd D. Whitaker, a well-known
Baltimore city builder, and nephew of Col. Elijah Stansbury, ex-
mayor of Baltimore. He has lived most of his time in Balti-
more county, where he was educated in the public schools, and
in a private school in Baltimore city. He is a farmer and is also
engaged in real estate business at Arlington.

He is a member of the committee on Chesapeake Bay and its
tributaries, on roads and highways, on expiring laws, on part of
House in joint committee on Section 24, Article 3, of the Con-
stitution.