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Hoffacker received his education at White Hall Academy,
in Baltimore count}⁷. During the Civil War he was a
member of the One Hundred and Sixty-sixth Pennsylvania
Volunteers. He is now engaged in farming at Alesia, near
the. Baltimore county line. He was elected to the House
of Delegates in 1885, and has been a justice of the peace
for twelve years.

ERNEST M. ANDERSON, Democrat.

Mr. Anderson is a merchant at Mount Airy, Carroll
county. He is 48 years old and was born in Frederick
county. Mr. Anderson received a public school education
and early in life engaged in business pursuits. He was
formerly a member of the County School Board and post-
master at Mount Airy.

MICHAEL E. WALSH, Democrat.

Mr. Walsh is one of the young attorneys of the West-
minster bar. He was born near Hampstead, Carroll
county, in March, 1865, and was educated in the public
schools and at Franklin High School, at Beistertown. For
five years he taught in the public schools of Carroll county.
Entering the law office, as a student, under the late Judge
Charles B. Roberts, he remained there six months, finishing
his studies with the firm of Reifsneider & Fink. He was
admitted to the bar in 1888. He was in the Legislature of
1890. He bus been for a number of years one of the
examiners in equity at the Carroll county bar.

MILTON M. NORRIS, Democrat.

Dr. Norris was born near Libertyt own, Frederick county,
September 13, 1856. He graduated from the Western
Maryland College at Westminster, and later from Dickin-
son College, Pennsylvania. He entered the Maryland
University of Medicine at Baltimore, graduating March 6,
1880. He settled at Union Bridge, and has been an active
practicing physician for 19 years, retiring two years ago,
since which time he has been looking after his agricultural
interests. He was elected to the House of Delegates in
1897, serving on the Claims, Hygiene and Education com-
mittees. He is now local health officer at Union Bridge.