office of Governor. This was considered a remarkable show-
ing because of the tremendous Democratic book majority
then obtaining in the State of Maryland.

After his term of office as State's Attorney for Baltimore
City, Mr. Nice retired to the private practice of law and
later, in 1934, again entered the field of politics by declar-
ing for the Republican nomination for Governor. In this
contest, Mr. Nice was successful over two very formidable
opponents and again received his party's nomination for the
office of Governor of Maryland.

In the November election following, (1934), Mr. Nice
defeated his Democratic opponent, the then incumbent
Governor Ritchie, who likewise opposed him in 1919, by a
margin of more than 6000 votes. Governor Nice is the 3rd
Republican Governor to be elected in the State of Maryland
over a period of 100 years.

Secretary of State: E. RAY JONES (Republican), Oakland,

Maryland.

E. Ray Jones, son of Wilbur C. and Olive Bell Jones, was
born at Deer Park, Garrett County, Maryland, December
14, 1886. His father, now retired and living at Columbus,
Ohio, was for many years a merchant at Deer Park and
active in county affairs. He is married and has four chil-
dren, the oldest now a student in the University of Mary-
land Law School. He also has a brother and three sisters
living at Columbus. His mother is deceased. His prelimi-
nary education was obtained in the public schools of Gar-
rett County, after which he was a student in West Virginia
Wesleyan College, Buckhannon, West Virginia, and Ohio
Wesleyan University, Delaware, Ohio, from which latter
institution he received his A. B. degree in 1910. In 1913, he
graduated from the Law School of the University of Mary-
land and in the same year was admitted to the practice of
law in Maryland.

Upon his admission to the Bar, Mr. Jones returned to
his home county and entered upon the practice of his pro-
fession at Oakland, where he has since resided, practicing
in the courts of both Maryland and West Virginia. He
served one term as State's Attorney for Garrett County,
1916..1920, since which time he has been in private practice.
In 1930 he formed a partnership with Mr. Walter W. Daw-
son, also of Oakland, under the firm name of Jones and
Dawson. On July 1, 1936, he was appointed Secretary of
State by Governor Nice to succeed Hon. Thomas L. Dawson,
resigned.