TALBOT COUNTY— Three Members.
WILLIAM J. JACKSON, Democrat—Tilghman.

Mr. William J. Jackson was born in Talbot county, Novem-
ber 27, 1854. He taught in the public schools for 10 years,
but is now engaged in the drug business at Tilghman, Md.
He was a Justice of the Peace for a number of years, having
been appointed by Governor Hamilton; resigned that office,
and was Tax Collector in 1890 and 1891; was again appointed
Justice of the Peace by Governor Smith in 1900, and in the
fall of 1903 he was elected a member of the House of
Delegates and served on important committees.

J. EDWARD MORTIMER, Democrat—Neavitt.

Mr. J. Edward Mortimer is a prominent farmer in Broad
Creek Neck, St. Michael's district, where he moved from
Baltimore when a small boy. He never held an elective
office, but was appointed Oyster Inspector at the port of
St. Michael's by Governor Brown, and filled this position
with signal credit, giving perfect satisfaction to every one.
He is a son of the late John Mortimer, who was at one
time engaged in the wholesale lumber business in Baltimore,
and a brother of ex-Sheriff A. C. Mortimer. Mr. Mortimer
has always taken an active interest in Democratic affairs,
having represented his county in State and Congressional
conventions. He is prominent in church work; member of
the Methodist Episcopal Church, of which he is trustee and
steward. He is also a fraternal order man, being a member of
the Knights of Pythias, the Junior Order United American
Mechanics, and the Funeral Aid Society.

GEORGE C. MOORE, Democrat—Queen Anne.

Mr. Moore was born in Greensboro, Caroline comity, Md.,
where he attended the public schools until his eighteenth
year, under Professor James Carroll, who is now Superinten-
dent of Public Schools of Kent county, Del. At the age
of 18 he entered the Wilmington Conference Academy,
completing his education at that institution in three years,
and is at present and has been for several years past a
trustee of the same. After reaching 21 he located on the
tract of land belonging to his father, near Queen Anne,
known as "Moorleigh," and engaged in farming and mill-
ing, and occasionally speculating in real estate. He has
held several positions of trust. For several years he was a
director in the People's National Bank, Denton. For four