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1901. The following fall he was elected to the House of Dele-
gates, leading the legislative part of the ticket, serving with
credit to his county during the session of 1902. In the spring
of that year he established the Caroline Sun at Ridgely, Md.,
which is one of the most progressive journals in the county
to-day. The following fall he settled in Greensboro and has
since been successfully practicing- his profession there. In the
spring of 1903 he was elected president of the Board of Town
Commissioners of Greensboro, of which body he is still a mem-
ber. The doctor has always taken an active interest in public
affairs, having served as a delegate in several county and Con-
gressional conventions, and the. State Convention which nomi-
nated the Hon. Edwin Warfield for Governor. He was the
only successful candidate on the Democratic ticket at the late
election, having defeated Henry Clay Hobbs for the Senate.
He is a Master Mason and a member of the Protestant Epis-
copal Church.

Carroll County—JOHNZIE E. BEASMAN, Democrat—Sykesville.

Senator Beasman was born near Sykesville, and is fifty-two
years of age. He is the son of Captain Joshua Beasman. His
early education was received in the public schools of Carroll
County. Subsequently he entered the Maryland Agricultural
College, where he graduated. From his graduation up to the
present time he has been engaged in farming and dairying
at Sykesville. He has been actively identified with his party
affairs all his life. He was elected three times to the House
of Delegates—namely, in 1884, 1886 and 1894, and twice to
the Senate, in 1899 and 1903. As a member of the General
Assembly he served on many important committees, including
that of the Ways and Means. He was a member of the State
Live Stock Board for four years.

Cecil County—JOSEPH I. FRANCE, Republican—Port Deposit.

Dr. Joseph I. France is descended, on his father's side, from
an old Maryland family, his father's ancestors having settled
in this State before the Revolutionary War. His mother was
the daughter of Col. William James, of Richmond, Va. His
father spent his early boyhood in Washington, and was there
educated. He later entered the Presbyterian ministry, and oc-
cupied important churches in New York State, where
the subject of the present sketch spent his early youth. Dr.
France graduated from Hamilton College, in New York State,
and then went abroad for scientific study. He returned to this.