lican from the time he obtained his majority. At present
he conducts a mercantile business in Waldorf. He was
elected member of the House of Delegates in 1897.

DORCHESTER COUNTY— Three Members.
ALONZO L. MILES, Democrat.

Alonzo Lee Miles was born at Marion, in 1864. He was
educated in the public schools of Somerset, and subse-
quently graduated with the highest honors at Western
Maryland College. He studied law under Chief Judge
Henry Page, and also took a course at the Maryland Uni-
versity Law School. During Grover Cleveland's first term,
he was appointed collector for the port of Crisfield. He
removed from Somerset to Dorchester in 1890 and opened
a law office. In 1891, he was nominated and elected by
the democrats for the House of Delegates, and in 1892, he
was a Presidential elector-at-large on the Democratic ticket.
He was elected member of the House of Delegates in 1897.

BENJAMIN J. LINTHICUM, Democrat.

Benjamin J. Linthicum was born near Church Creek,
his present home, on March 18.1859. He attended the
public schools of the county, and graduated at the Dover
(Del.) College. At the age of-19, he engaged in the mer-
cantile business at Church Creek. He gave up merchan-
dising last year, in order to give more attention to the
lumber business and the construction of vessels. Mr. Lin-
thicum is a stockholder in the National Bank of Cambridge
and the Farmers and Merchants' Bank of Easton. He was
elected member of the House of Delegates in 1897.

CHARLES W. HACKETT, Democrat.

Charles W. Hackett is one of a very large family of that
name residing in the upper section of Dorchester, and is
about 35 years of age. He is a farmer and also engaged in
the lumber business. He owns a large tract of valuable
land and much timber near Finchville, his home. He was
educated in the county schools, and is an intelligent and
progressive farmer and business man. He was elected
member of the House of Delegates in 1897.