182 MARYLAND MANUAL.

In March 28, 1906, Governor Warfield appointed him As-
sociate Judge to fill the vacancy caused by the death of
Judge Edwin H. Brown, The appointment was accepted by
Democrats as being a proper move on the part of the Gov-
ernor. Judge Crothers remained on the Bench serving with
genial ability until his nomination for Governor. Mr.
Crothers makes his home in Elkton, Cecil county.

NATHAN WINSLOW WILLIAMS, Secretary of State, was ap-
pointed and qualified on the seventh day of January, 1908.
He is the son of Caroline Winslow and John Butler Wil-
liams, and was born in Cleveland, Ohio, on the 26th day of
August, 1860. His father and grandfather (John Williams)
were residents of the city of Baltimore, where he has lived
since his fifth year. He studied at the Baltimore City Col-
lege, at the Johns Hopkins University, and graduated from
the Columbia Law School, in New York, in 1883, since which
time he has practiced law in Baltimore—first, in the office
of the State's Attorney of that city until 1887; and subse-
quently, as a member of the firm of Williams, Thomas &
Williams; his partners being William S. Thomas and Henry
Williams.

During the administration of Gtov. Edwin Warfield he
served upon his staff with the rank of Judge Advocate
General.

Comptroller of the Treasury: DE. JOSHUA W. HERING
(Democrat).

Dr. Joshua W. Hering is a resident of Westmnister and
has been prominent in the politics and public life of Carroll
county for a number of years. He first held public office in
the session of the Maryland Senate of 1896, having been
elected Senator in a special election in December, 1895,
which was most hotly contested, the vote of his county
determining the political complexion of the Senate in that
session. He was chairman of the Committee on Eevaluation
and Assessment, and was also chairman of the Conference
Committee of the two houses on this bill. In the same ses-
sion he was on the Finance and corporation Committees.
He has been connected with the banking business for many
years, and was for a term President of the Maryland Bank-
ers' Association. He was elected Comptroller of the Treasury
in 1899 and 1901, and declined a renomination in 1903. He
was unanimously nominated for the same office in 1907 by
the Democratic State Convention, and after canvassing the
State was elected by a majority of nearly 15,000. He was
elected President of the Genera,! Conference of the Metho-