SKETCHES OF MEMBERS OF HOUSE OF DELEGATES. 259

L. McK. GRIFFITH, Republican.

Mr. Griffith is a farmer of Calvert County, and was edu-
cated at Dickinson. In connection with farming he is in-
terested in mining silica. He is a conservative Republican,
interested in politics, but with no special desire for office. He
was a member in 1888, and has served one term as School
Examiner.

CAROLINE COUNTY— Two Members.
W. W. GOLDSBOROUGH, Democrat.

Dr. Goldsborough is the son of the late W. Elwell Golds-
borough, Consul to Amoy, China, from 1879 to 1885. His
grandfather was a prominent figure in politics, being a mem-
ber of the Legislature in 186o and imprisoned for his bold
denunciation of the course pursued toward the South. Dr.
Goldsborough was educated at Rockville Academy and
Washington College. For several years after leaving college
he conducted a drug business, which he relinquished to study
medicine, graduating from the University of Maryland in 1901.
In the last campaign Dr. Goldsborough showed marked
ability as a political organizer, the vote in his district being
more than double the regular vote. He is vestryman in the
Protestant Episcopal Church.

C. W. JEFFERSON, Democrat.

Mr. Jefferson is a butcher of Federalsburg, who became a
Democrat when Bryan was a candidate for the presidency.
He was born in Federalsburg in 1871.

CARROLL COUNTY—-Four Members.
J. W. FUSS, Democrat.

Mr. Fuss is a farmer and one of the inventors of the Rus-
sell & Fuss Bros.' patent mail transportation. He has been
a life-long Democrat, but never aspired to office before. He
was born near Union Bridge in 1863, and attended the public
schools of the county.

_L , H. J. HOFFACKEE, Democrat.

Mr. Hoffacker was born in 1863 near Manchester. After
the completion of the course in public schools he graduated at
Eaton & Burnett's Business College in Baltimore. He was
appointed postmaster in 1884, and again in 1893 received the
appointment under President Cleveland. Since that time he
has conducted a general merchandise business. He is a
director of the Manchester bank, and a Mason.