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counties of Virginia, being appointed by President Cleveland
and serving at the time of the preparation for the collection
of the income tax. Mr. Vandiver resigned as Collector of
Internal Revenue to take effect October 1,1897, and upon his
retirement was highly complimented by the Commissioner of
Internal Revenue upon the very efficient and satisfactory
condition of his office, the national administration at that
time being Republican. On January 11, 1900, Mr. Vandiver
was elected Treasurer of the State of Maryland, receiving
the entire vote of his party in both the Senate and House in
open session and without party caucus, which office he now
fills, having been elected at the sessions of the General As-
sembly of 1902 and 1904 without opposition. Mr. Vandiver
was appointed on the staff of the late Governor Robert M.
McLane with the rank of colonel, and on the staff of Gov-
ernor John Walter Smith with the rank of brigadier-general.
He is a director in the First National Bank of Havre de
Grace, Third National Bank of Baltimore, the Common-
wealth Bank of Baltimore and the American Bonding Com-
pany of Baltimore, the National Bank at Port Deposit, a
director in the DelawareRailroad and was one of the World's
Fair Commissioners for the State of Maryland appointed
by Governor Brown in 1892. He is a director in nearly all
the incorporated companies located at Havre de Grace, and
was Mayor of the city in 1885 and 1886. He wrote the char-
ter which incorporated Havre de Grace as a city in 1878.

Attorney General: ISAAC LOBE STRAUS (Democrat), of
Baltimore.

Mr. Straus was born in Baltimore on the 24th of March,
1871. His early education was by private instruction and at
the Baltimore City College. In 1887 he entered the Johns
Hopkins University and graduated there with the degree of
Bachelor of Arts in 1890. Having won a university scholar-
ship, he remained at the university for a post-graduate year,
continuing his studies in Roman law and political science.
In the meantime he read law in the office of the Honorable
Isador Rayner and entered the Law Department of the
University of Maryland, where h« graduated with the
degree of Bachelor of Laws in 1892, when he was admitted
to the Bar. In January, 1900, he was appointed General
Counsel to the Board of Supervisors of Elections for Balti-
more city and held that place until nominated for the Gen-
eral Assembly in the fall of 1901. In November, 1901, he
was elected to the House of Delegates and was the leader
of that body during the session of 1902. In 1904 he was
appointed and served for several months as a member of the