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eighteen to accept a position as clerk in the large mercan-
tile house of George H. Richardson & Brother, of Snow
Hill, and was taken in as a partner in the firm while still
quite a young man. This firm, now known as Kiehardson,
Smith, Moore & Co., after Mr. Smith became a member of
it, engaged largely in the lumber business, both in his
county and in Virginia. In 1889 Mr. Smith was elected
State Senator for Worcester County. He was elected
President of the Senate in 1894. He was re-elected to the
State Senate in 1893 and again in 1897. During the ses-
sion of 1896, Senator Smith introduced and secured the
passage of the free school bill.

Secretary of State: GEORGE E. LOWBREE, (Republican,) of
Prince George's county.

George B. Loweree, born in New York, removed to
Maryland in 1868. Was admitted to the bar and has
practiced law in Prince George's county and Baltimore
city. Private secretary to Governor Lowndes; appointed
Assistant Secretary of State, and upon the resignation of
Secretary Dallam was appointed Secretary of State.

Comptroller: PHILLIPS LEE GOLDSBOROUGH, (Republican,)
of Cambridge, Dorchester county.

Mr. Goldsborough was born in Princess Anne, Somerset
county, Maryland, in 1865. He is a son of Pa3"master
Goldsborough, U. S. N. He was educated in the public
schools of Dorchester county and at the Episcopal High
School of Alexandria, Virginia, and was admitted to the
bar in Cambridge. Before taking up the practice of his
profession he spent two years with his father at the Navy
Pay Office, in San Francisco. In 1891 be was elected
State's Attorney for Dorchester county, and was re-elected
in 1895. He was elected Comptroller of the State Treasury
in 1896. He is proprietor of the Dorchester Standard.

Comptroller Elect: DR. J. W. HBRINO, (Democrat,) of
Westminster, Carroll County.

Dr. J. W. Hering is a resident of Westminster, and has
been prominent for some years in the politics and public
life of Carroll county. As a member of the State Senate