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Mr. Ray represented his native county in the Legislature of
1904, where he was a member of the Judiciary and Corporations
Committees and chairman of the Committee on Federal Rela-
tions. He was re-elected to the House of Delegates on Novem-
ber 7, 1905.

CHARLTON SASSCER, Republican—Upper Marlboro.

Mr. Charlton Sasscer resides at Upper Marlboro, Prince
George's County, where he was born forty-two years ago. He
is the son of the late Dr. Frederick Sasscer and is related to
several prominent families who have figured in the history of
the county and State.

For the past two years he has been postmaster of his native
town. In politics he has always been a Republican. During
the Harrison administration he was employed as a gauger in
the Internal Revenue Service. Most of his life has been spent
in the newspaper business, having been associated with his
brother in the publication of The Prince George's Enquirer.
He served for a number of years as registration officer. His
nomination for the Legislature was unexpected and without
solicitation. He has won many friends by his generous dis-
position and genial nature, and his popularity was attested by
the large vote he received in the last election.

QUEEN ANNE'S COUNTY—Three Members.
E. HENRY COVINGTON, Independent—Ford's Store.

Mr. Covington was born in the town of Centreville in the
year 1835. Attended the public schools in Centreville and Bal-
timore, in which city he spent over thirty years of his life. He
was in the employ of the Citizens' Railway Company under the
presidency of the late James S. Hagerty for over twenty-two
years, and has now been farming for thirteen years in Queen
Anne's County.

CHARLES L. JOSLIN, Independent—Sudlersville.

Mr. Joslin was born in the upper part of Queen Anne's
County in 1857. The death of his mother when he was quite
young necessitated a change in his home life and he was sent
to live with relatives in Smyrna, Delaware, where his boyhood
days were spent. His education was received at the Smyrna.
Seminary. In 1882 he married Miss Anor Gooden, of Willow
Grove, Delaware, and at once moved to his farm near Sudlers-
ville, where he has since resided. Mr. Joslin is a thoroughly