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C. H. ROBERTSON, Democrat.

Mr. Robertson was born in 1877, and after attending the
public schools of Rockville read law in the office of Messrs.
Anderson & Bouic. He was admitted to the Bar in 1898, and
opened his office in Rockville. Mr. Robertson was the young-
est of Democratic aspirants for the House of Delegates.

HENRY R. BENSON, Democrat.

Mr. Benson comes of a Democratic family of Montgomery
County. At the age of twenty he began teaching, but at the
expiration of four years he engaged in farming, and has since
continued. Mr. Benson has served for five years as registra-
tion officer.

PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY—Four Members.
FREDERICK DALLAM, Democrat.

Mr. Frederick Dallam was born in Harford County, Mary-
land, in the year 1867. He received his earlier education in the
public schools of Harford County and at the Belair Academy,
and subsequently entered the Law School of the Maryland
University, at Baltimore City, from which he was graduated
in 1894. He was at once admitted to the Baltimore bar and
has since that time been engaged in the active practice of his
profession in Baltimore City and in Prince George's County.
He became a resident of Prince George's County in 1895, and
was for a term counsel to the Mayor and City Council of
Laurel and is Chairman of the Committee on Proposed Legis-
lation of the Board of Trade of that town. He has taken an
active interest in county and State politics for a number of
years, but has never before held a political office.

ROBERT W. BROOKE, Democrat.

Mr. Brooke is considered one of the best practical farmers
and truckers of his section. He has.had some experience in
legislative matters, having held a position in the Legislature
of 1894. He is a native Marylander, about forty one years of
age, and was educated in the schools of his county and
Washington.

ROBERT W. WELLS, Democrat.

Mr. Wells was born near Bladensburg in 1875. After re-
ceiving the degree of Master of Laws from the Columbian
University he went to Kansas and was admitted to the bar of
the Supreme Court. In 1897 he returned to Washington and