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is a member of the Bar Association of the District of Colum-
bia, of the Business Men's Association of the District of
Columbia, and chairman of the Executive Committee of the
Board of Trade of Hyattsville, and of various social organiza-
tions. He is very much interested in politics, and was an
alternate to the Kansas City Democratic Convention in 1900.

JAMES P. CURLEY, Republican.

Mr. Curley, member of the bar of Prince George's County,
Baltimore City and the Court of Appeals, represents his
county for the first time, never having held political office
before. In addition to the practice of his profession he is
editor of the Laurel Leader, a weekly newspaper. Mr. Curley
was born in Rockwood, Pa., in 1871.

QUEEN ANNE'S COUNTY— Three Members.

JOHN T. NORMAN, Democrat.

Mr. Norman is a native of Kent Island, and was born in
1832. He received his education in the public schools and by
reading at home after he left school. He is considered one of
the best farmers in Queen Anne's County. In 1887 and 1899
he was elected to the House by a large majority, and served
in the extra session of 1901.

WILLIAM OTHO THOMAS, Democrat.

William Otho Thomas, a democrat of the oldest and purest
type, was born on Kent Island in 1859. At the age of twenty
he began teaching, and for eleven years taught in Sudlers-
ville. Later he combined the insurance with the lumber and
fertilizer business, and by energy and perseverance built up
a profitable trade. In 1898 he organized the Sudlersville
Building and Loan Association, and under his careful man-
agement it has become a strong financial institution. He may
well be termed a self-made man. He has never before held

office.

JAMES T. BRIGHT, Democrat.

Mr. Bright, a graduate of the Conference Academy at
Dover and the Maryland Law University, Baltimore, is a
promising young lawyer of Centervillle. Mr. Bright is about
twenty-four years of age, and will unquestionably make the

count}' a most excellent representative.