268 MARYLAND MANUAL.

ST. MARY'S COUNTY— Two Members.
THOMAS LEE MATTINGLY, Democrat.

Thomas Lee Mattingly, principal of the Leonardtown
school, was born near Chaptico in 1864. He taught at St.
George's Island until elected to the House of Delegates in
1887, when, notwithstanding the whole Democratic ticket was
defeated, he received the entire vote of his district with the
exception of two. In 1888 he was clerk in State Tobacco
Warehouse, and in 1891 was appointed clerk and treasurer to
the Board of County Commissioners.

CHARLES STERRETT 'GRASON, Democrat.

Mr. Grason, son of the late Judge Grason, and grandson of
Wm. Grason, the first Governor elected under the Constitu-
tion of 1837, was born in Elkton, 1856. After graduating at
Charlotte Hall he taught for two years, and then was em-
ployed by the B. & O. R. R. Company. In 1882 he was
admitted to the bar, and engaged in the practice of his pro-
fession in Minnesota. Mr. Grason has never before been a
candidate for public office.

SOMERSET COUNTY— Three Members.
A. LINCOLN DRYDEN, Republican.

Mr. Dryden was born at Fairmount in 1865. He is a
graduate of Dickinson College, receiving the degrees of A. B.
and A.M.' In 1890 he was a member of the House, but re-
signed to accept a position in the Library of the Navy De-
partment at Washington. In 1893 he became general agent
of the Northwestern Life Insurance Company of Milwaukee,
and continues to represent that company in Delaware and the
Eastern Shore of Maryland. He served in the Senate of 1896
and 1898, but resigned during the latter session to become
Special Deputy Collector of Customs at Baltimore. Contrary
to his wishes he accepted the nomination to the House of
Delegates and was elected.

JOSEPH MUIR, Republican.

Joseph Muir, a merchant of Fairmount, was born in 1855
and educated in the public schools. Mr. Muir is secretary
and treasurer of Fairmount Academy, and in 1899 was elected
County Commissioner. He is a member of the M. E. Church.