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MARYLAND MANUAL. 313 Comptroller of the Treasury: WM. S. GORDY, JR. (Demo- crat), Salisbury, Maryland. William Sidney Gordy, Jr., was born December 21st, 1873, at Salisbury, Maryland. His father was the late William Sidney Gordy, who for many years was connected with the business interests of Salisbury, and was a son of Samuel Gordy, one of the early settlers and merchants of this city. His mother, who is also deceased, was before her marriage, Virginia Dashiell Brewington, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry J. Brewington. In November, 1901, Mr. Gordy mar- ried Miss M. Clara White, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Henry White of Salisbury, Maryland. Mr. Gordy received his education in the public schools of Wicomico County. His first employment was as clerk in the local freight office of the New York, Philadelphia & Norfolk Railroad Company, later being passenger and freight agent for the Baltimore, Chesapeake & Atlantic Railway Company at Salisbury, Maryland, until he was transferred to the Gen- eral Freight and Passenger office in Baltimore; after which he returned to Salisbury as Chief Clerk in the Division Pass- enger and Freight Office of that road. He resigned his rail- road position in June, 1897, to accept a position with the Salisbury National Bank, and has filled every position in that institution, having been elected Cashier in 1912. In 1932 he was elected President, which office he still holds. In 1914 he succeeded his father in an insurance brokerage business, which he is still conducting. In 1916 Mr. Gordy was elected president of the Associated Banks of Somerset, Worcester and Wicomico Counties, a local Banking Association of the Eastern Shore. In 1918 he was honored by being elected president of the Maryland Bankers’ Association, in session at Atlantic City. For many years he has served as Treasurer, is now Vice-President and also a director of the Peninsula General Hospital at Salis- bury, and is now President and a Director of the John B. Parsons Salisbury Home for the Aged. During the World War Mr. Gordy took an active part in his local community in all movements—Liberty Loan drives, Red Cross work and other organized war activities. In September, 1921, he was nominated by the Democratic State Convention for Comptroller of the Treasury, and was elected in November of that year. He was renominated in September, 1923, and re-elected in November for a term of three years. In September, 1926, he was again nominated, and re- elected in November, 1926, for a term of four years. |
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