der Randall, of Annapolis, who was Attorney-General of
Maryland, Representative in Congress and a member of
the Constitutional Convention of 1851. On his mother's
side he is a grandson of William Wirt, Attorney-General
of the United States under Presidents Munroe and John
Quincy Adams. He is one of the Board of Governors and
Visitors of St. John's College, and has been for over 20
years a vestryman and the treasurer of St. Anne's Pro-
testant Episcopal Church, Annapolis. He has served in
both houses of the General Assembly, his last service be-
ing as Senator from his native county of Anne Arundel
during the sessions of 1888 and 1890, when, as a member
of the Committee on Elections, lie was active in trying to
perfect the Australian ballot law and other election re-
forms of those sessions. In the session of 1884, as a
member of the House, Mr. Randall introduced and pushed
through the Legislature the joint resolutions which crea-
ted Arbor Day in. Maryland. He was the candidate of
the Republican minority for the Speakership at that ses-
sion. As a member of the Legislature and as Counselor
of the City of Annapolis, Mr. Randall aided in reforming
the financial systems of that city and Anne Arundel coun-
ty, and has been active in legislation to protect the oys-
ter industries of the State. He has been for many years
a vice-president of the Civil Service Reform Association
and at its last meeting was elected president. He mar-
ried Miss Hannah Parrott. of Arden, N. Y. He was
elected Senator in 1895.

Baltimore City, (First District)—GUSTAVUS A. DOBLER.

Senator Gustavus A. Dobler is senior member of the
firm of Dobler & Mudge, wholesale paper dealers. He
was born in Elizabethtown, Lancaster county, Pennsyl-
vania, October 11, 1839. His grandfather was a native
of Germany, and his father, Daniel Dobler, was a native
of Baltimore. Senator Dobler was educated in the public
schools. His connection with the paper trade began in
1858, in the store of A. L. Knight. In 1860, Mr. Dobler
found employment in the firm of Wheelwright & Mudge,
of which firm he became a member in 1868, and upon the
death of Jeremiah Wheelwright, in 1875, he became its
head. He has been twice married, and is a member of
St. Peter's Lutheran Church, and is active in works of
charity. Since 1875 he has been a Republican, and is a