SKETCHES OF MEMBERS OF THE SENATE. 199

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES

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MEMBERS OF THE SENATE OF 1900.

Allegany County—DAVID E. DICK, Republican.

David E. Dick was born in Lonaconing, Maryland, July 10,
1869. In 1890 he entered a business college in Philadelphia,
from which he graduated in 1891, and returned to his employ-
ment in the mines. He subsequently engaged in merchandis-
ing in Lonaconing. In 1895 he was elected a member of the
House of Delegates from Allegany Couunty, and in 1897 he
was elected State Senator from that county. Mr. Dick is
noted for his capability as a speaker, and one day suddenly
woke up the House of 1896 by displaying an oratorical ability
that his fellow-members had not suspected.

Anne Arundel County—ELIJAH WILLIAMS, Democrat.

Dr. Williams was born in Anne Arundel county, and is 51
years old. His father was James E. Williams. He was edu-
cated in the public schools of Anne Arundel county, at Cum-
berland Valley Institute, Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, and
at West River Classical Institute, Owensville, Anne Arundel
county. In 1869 he was graduated in medicine from the
University of Maryland, and has actively engaged in his pro-
fession ever since. Dr. Williams is, and has been for a long
time, a member of the Democratic State Central Committee of
Anne Arundel county. He was County Treasurer from 1894
to 1898. He has a first-class farm and often entertains his
friends in his hospitable home and gives them an Anne
Arundel "coon hunt."

Baltimore City, (First District)—JACOB M. MOSES, Democrat.

Jacob M. Moses was born in Baltimore, and educated at
the public schools. He entered the Johns Hopkins Univer-