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 II, 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 Assembly 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 Governor 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 Commonwealth Bank of Baltimore and the
American Bonding Company of Baltimore, the National Bank
at Port Deposit, a director in the Delaware Railroad and was
one of the World's Fair Commissioners for the State of Mary-
land 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 charter which incorporated Havre de Grace as a city in
1878.

Attorney-General: EDGAR ALLAN POE, (Democrat), Balti-
more City.

Edgar Allan Poe, the second son of John Prentiss Poe and
Anne Johnson Poe, was born in Baltimore September 15th
1871. He acquired his early education at private schools in
the city, and at the age of 16 entered Princeton College, from
which he received the degree of Bachelor of Arts in June,
1891. He then studied law for two years at the University
of Maryland, and in 1893 was awarded the degree of Bach-
elor of Law. Immediately following his graduation he went
abroad and traveled in Europe for a year, and upon his re-
turn to Baltimore became associated with his father in the
practice of law under the firm name of John P. Poe & Sons.
In January, 1900, he was appointed Deputy State's Attorney
for Baltimore city by the late Robert M. McLane, and suc-
ceeded him in that office in April, 1903. He also served as
City Solicitor during the administration of Mayor Mahool
from September, 1908, to September, 1911, and was elected
Attorney-General November 7,1911.