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Maryland Manual, 1935
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MARYLAND MANUAL. 307


SKETCH OF THE GOVERNOR
Governor: HARRY W. NICE (Republican), Baltimore.
Harry W. Nice was born in the City of Washington, Dis-
trict of Columbia, December 5, 1877. He is a member of the
Methodist Episcopal Church, and is the son of the late
Reverend Henry Nice and Drucilla Arnold Nice. Reverend
Henry Nice, whose ancestors settled in Pennsylvania with
William Penn, began his active ministerial duties at Snow
Hill, Maryland, in 1857, and thereafter assumed various
charges elsewhere in the State of Maryland. Drucilla
Arnold Nice, the daughter of William A. Arnold, was born
in Alexandria, Virginia.
Harry W. Nice received his early education in the public
schools of Baltimore City, later attending Baltimore City
College and Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pennsylvania.
Graduating from the University of Maryland with the
degree of Bachelor of Laws, he was admitted to the Bar in
1899 and practiced his profession, with offices in the City of
Baltimore, continuously until elected Governor of the State
of Maryland in 1934.
He has received honorary degrees of Doctor of Laws from
the University of Maryland, St. John’s College, Dickinson
College (Carlisle, Pennsylvania), and Washington College.
On June 8, 1905, Mr. Nice married Edna Viola Amos, of
Baltimore City, whose ancestors settled in Somerset County
early in the Seventeenth Century. Two children, both boys,
have been born to this union, one now deceased, the survi-
vor, Harry W. Nice, Jr., now 28 years of age.
Having served as Secretary to the Mayor of Baltimore,
Mr. Nice, early in life was elected a member of the Balti-
more City Council. He has served also as Supervisor of
Elections; Judge of the Appeal Tax Court; Assistant State’s
Attorney, and State’s Attorney for Baltimore City.
His tenure of office as Assistant State’s Attorney and
later as State’s Attorney for Baltimore City was note-
worthy for the successful prosecution of many important
cases.
In September, 1919, while serving as State’s Attorney
for Baltimore City, Mr. Nice received the Republican nom-
ination for Governor of Maryland, and in November, 1919,
was defeated by the very narrow margin of 165 votes in an
election where more than 228,000 votes were cast for the
office of Governor. This was considered a remarkable show-
ing because of the tremendous Democratic book majority
then obtaining in the State of Maryland.


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