Queen Anne's County—JAMES E. KIRWAN, Democrat.

Mr. Kirwan was born in Baltimore City June 9, 1848. His
father was Capt. Lemuel Kirwan, of Dorchester County. For
two years he was department commander of the oyster navy,
and was one of the most active men in the service. While still
commander of a bay vessel he engaged in mercantile business
in Stevensville, Kent Island, and made himself one of the
most successful business men in the county. He is a large
real estate owner on Kent Island, and is a director in the
Centerville National Bank. He is connected with Arcana
Lodge of Masons in Baltimore, and is also a member of the
Improved Order of Heptasophs and Knights of Pythias on
Kent Island.

Somerset County—LEMUEL E. P. DENNIS, Republican.

Mr. Dennis was born in Somerset County. He is a suc-
cessful merchant of Crisfield. He served a term as Collector
of the Port of Crisfield. His high character brought him a
large vote in his native county.

St Mary's County—JAMES J. GREENWELL, Democrat.

Senator Greenwell was born in 1863, and educated at Mt.
St. Mary's College and Fordham, N. Y. In 1891 he was
nominated and elected Clerk of the Circuit Court, and in
1897 was renominated but defeated. In 1899 he was nomi-
nated for the House of Delegates but declined. In 1900 he
was appointed Chief Clerk in State Tabacco Warehouse. In
1901 he reluctantly accepted the nomination for the House,
and successfully defeated the "tall sycamore of the Patux-
ent," thereby earning the title of "tall hickory of the
Potomac."

Talbot County—ROBERT B. DIXON, Republican.

Senator Dixon, recently elected to the Senate of Maryland
from Talbot County, was born in Baltimore August 22, 1834-
A few years thereafter his father, James Dixon, moved to
Talbot County, settling on land that has been in his wife's
family (the Bartletts) for over two hundred years. Here the
subject of this sketch was educated by a private tutor, then
the public schools, and afterwards graduated in 1852 from
West Town Boarding School, in Chester County, Pa. He
then commenced farming on Miles river—same farm he still
resides on. In 1859 he undertook a mercantile business at