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Frederick County—JACOB ROHRBACK, Democrat.

Mr. Rohrback was born August 23, 1863, at Frederick
City, his father being Martin N. Rohrback. He was educated
at the public schools and at Frederick College, of Frederick;

entered Mount Saint Mary's College, near Emmittsburg, in
1877, and graduated in 1882. He read law with William P.
Maulsby, of Frederick, and entered the University of Mary-
land School of Law, at Baltimore, in 1884, from, which he
graduated in May, 1885, since which time he has engaged in
the practice of his profession in Frederick. In 1887 he was

elected on the Democratic ticket as a member of the House
of Delegates from Frederick county, receiving a majority of
213 votes. In the session of the Legislature of 1888, he was
a member of the Judiciary and other important committees.

Garrett County—ROBERT A. RAVENSCROFT, Republican.

Dr. Robert A. Ravenscroft was born in Allegany county.
His education was begun in the public schools of Allegany
and continued in the Academy of Cumberland, Maryland,
and the Shenandoah Normal College of Virginia. He taught
in the public schools. In 1887 he took a year's course in the
Medical College of Louisville, Kentucky, and in the fall of
1888, entered the College of Physicians and Surgeons at
Baltimore, graduating in 1889. He came to Garrett county,
.and located in Accident, and began the practice of his pro-
fession. In 1893 he was nominated by the Republicans for
State Senator, and elected. He was re-elected to the State
Senate in 1897.

His service in the Senate has been active and intelligent,
and displayed a broad-minded policy in dealing with all the
affairs of State.

Harford County—STEVENSON A. WILLIAMS, Republican.

Stevenson A. Williams was born in 1851 at the Brooklyn
Navy Yard during the residence of his father, Dr. Louis J.
Williams, as United States Medical Director. He matricu-
lated at Princeton, and from that institution graduated in
1870, receiving from it the degrees of A. B. and A. M.
In 1872 he entered the law department of the University of
Maryland from which he graduated in 1873. Returning to
Belair he began to practice law. He was one of the orga-
nizers of the Harford National Bank, of which he is now
president. He is a leading member of the Harford bar. In
the election of 1897, he was the only successful candidate on
the republican ticket in Harford.