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He is a member of the committee on organization, on Chesa-
peake bay and its tributaries, insurance and loan companies.
William S. Bradley.
William S. Bradley, is a resident of the thriving town of
Hurlock. He was born in Caroline county sixty years ago,
and has been a citizen of Dorchester since 1888. Mr. Bradley
is a progressive farmer, but has devoted considerable time to
politics. He has decided views on the liquor question and
bribery at elections, and would like to see improvement in the
laws governing both.
He is a member of committee on education, on agriculture, on
currency, on insolvency,
FREDERICK COUNTY. —5 Members.
George W. Crum, Jr.
George W. Crum, Jr. was born February 15th 1857, and is a
son of Dr. George W. Crum, of Jefferson. Mr. Crum attended
the public school of his native village, and also received instruc-
tions from a private tutor. He finished his education by taking
a course at a business college in Baltimore. He went into a
wholesale house in Baltimore as bookkeeper, where he remained
until 1879, when he returned to Jefferson, and taught school in
Frederick county for a few years. For the last ten years he has
engaged in fanning. In 1881 Mr. Crum married Miss Mary
Etchison. Mr. Crum was a delegate from Frederick county to the
General Assembly of 1894. He is a prominent and well-known
republican, and has always taken an active part in politics in his
county. Mr. Crum is a good legislator; bright, broad in his
views, and attentive to his duties. He is engaged largely in the
raising of fine stock, and is never so contented as when giving
these interests his careful and enthusiastic attention.
He is a member of the committee on printing, on insurance,
and loan companies, on agriculture and on contingent fund.
Job M. Miller.
Job M. Miller, Republican, was born near Lovettsville, Virginia.
His parents were Job and Caroline Miller, who removed to Knox-
ville, Frederick county, in 1846. He entered upon a mercantile
life with his father at the age of sixteen years, and upon his
father's death, in 1869, he assumed control of the business in the
interest of the family, under the firm name of Miller & Co. In
1864 Mr. Miller went west and located in Springfield, Illinois,
where he engaged in business with C. M. Smith, brother-in-law
of Abraham Lincoln. His health failing him he returned to his
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