Maryland. In 1884 he was a delegate to the Nationa]
Convention which nominated James G. Blaine for the
Presidency. In 1891 Mr. Clabaugh was chosen chairman
of the Republican State Central Committee, to which posi-
tion he was re-elected four years later. He was nominated
for the position of Attorney-General of Maryland at the
Republican State Convention in Cambridge, in 1895, and
was elected the following November.

Clerk of the Court of Appeals: ALLAN RUTHERFORD, (Repub-
lican,) of Montgomery county.

General Rutherford was born in New York State in 1840.
He was educated in the public schools. He enlisted in the
United States Army in 1861 as a volunteer, and was suc-
cessively promoted to Captain and Lieutenant-Colonel in
the Ninth New York Regiment. He was appointed Lieu-
tenant and became Captain in the regular army of .the
United States, resigning May 1, 1870. General Rutherford
was breveted Colonel and Brigadier-General while in the
regular army for meritorious conduct on the field. He was
named for the office of Clerk of the Court of Appeals by
the Republican State Convention in Baltimore City, in
1897, and was elected the following November.