State Treasurer: MURRAY VANDIVER (Democrat), of Har-
ford County.

Mr. Murray Vandiver was born in 1845 at Havre de Grace,
Md. He is the son of the late Robert R. Vandiver, a descend-
ant of some of the first settlers of Delaware. He was edu-
cated in the public schools of Harford county and Havre de
Grace Academy, and graduated from. a business college in
Poughkeepsie, N. Y., in 1864. He early engaged in the lum-
ber business in Havre de Grace. He was elected a member
of the House of Delegates of Maryland in 1876, 1878, 1880,
and was Speaker of the House in 1892. He was a member of
the National Democratic Convention of 1892, which nomi-
nated Cleveland; of 1896, which nominated Bryan the first
time; a delegate-at-large to the National Democratic Conven-
tion of 1900, and a delegate-at-large and chairman of the dele-
gation to the National Democratic Convention of 1904, which
nominated Parker. From 1888 to 1897 Mr. Vandiver was
secretary and treasurer of the Democratic State Central Com-
mittee, and in 1897 became chairman of the committee by
appointment of Colonel Buchanan Schley. He was reappoint-
ed chairman of the committee by Colonel L. Victor Baugh-
man in August, 1899, with the full concurrence of the State
Convention, which position he now holds. As chairman of
the Democratic State Central Committee Mr. Vandiver con-
ducted the re-organization primary campaign in Baltimore
in the fall of 1898, which resulted in the precinct organization
of Baltimore, of which Hon. James P. Gorter was the head.
Mr. Vandiver managed the State campaign in 1899, which re-
stored the Democratic party to power in the State, as well as
exercised an influence in his advisory capacity in the munici-
pal campaign in Baltimore in the spring of 1899, which re-
stored the Democratic party to power in the city. From July,
1893, to October 1, 1897, Mr. Vandiver was Collector of In-
ternal Revenue for the District of Maryland, District of
Columbia and Delaware and two 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 II. 1900, Mr. Vandiver was elected Treasurer of the