SKETCHES OF MEMBERS OF HOUSE OF DELEGATES. 271
PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY— Four Members.
RICHARD S. HILL, Democrat.
Dr. Hill is an active and progressive farmer and stockman.
residing upon his farm "Stratford," where he is successfully
cultivating six hundred and fifty acres of land. He practiced
medicine in Washington for five years, but relinquished that
profession and returned to the country. He has always been
a staunch Democrat, and takes a deep interest in all that tends
to the benefit of the party. He has been active in primaries and
committee work, but has never before been a candidate for of-
fice. He was the organizer and has been president of the
Southern Maryland Fair for eleven years; president of the
Patuxent Planters' Club, a very active and progressive organ-
ization of farmers; president and now member of the executive
committee of the Farmers' League of Maryland; trustee of
Maryland Architectural College and Experiment Station, and
an active member of the South River Club, the oldest social
club in the world.
JAMES ENOS RAY, Democrat.
Mr. Ray was born January 12, 1874, at Chillum. He is a
graduate of the Maryland Agricultural College and George-
town University. He is practicing law in Maryland, and is
also a practical farmer. He has always been deeply inter-
ested in all public matters, but has never before held office.
MICHAEL J. TIGHE Democrat.
Mr. Tighe was born at Indian Head, March 15, 1857, and
educated in the public schools. He lived on a farm until he
was twenty-one, then engaged in telegraph construction work.
Since 1800 he has been conducting a general merchandise store
in connection with the agricultural implement business.
ROBERT W. WELLS, Democrat.
Mr. Wells was a member of the House in 1902, and took an
important part in its proceedings. He was born near Bladens-
burg in 1875. After receiving 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 is a member of the Bar Association of the
District of Columbia, 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
organizations. He is very much interested in politics, and was
an alternate to the Kansas City Democratic Convention in 1900.
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