ceived his Bachelor of Laws degree from the University of
Maryland.

Mr. O'Conor became a member of the staff of The Balti-
more Sun and Evening Sun, and in 1921 was appointed an
Assistant State's Attorney. He occupied this position until
January 1st, 1923, when he was appointed People's Counsel
of the Public Service Commission.

In the fall of 1923 he became the Democratic nominee for
State's Attorney, and was elected to this position by a major-
ity of 30,000 votes. He was the youngest State's Attorney
ever to be elected in Baltimore City. In the fall of 1926 he
was re-elected by a majority of 58,000 votes, and again in
1930 by a majority of 100,000 votes, the largest majority
ever received by a candidate for public office in Baltimore
City. In November of 1934 Mr. O'Conor was elected Attor-
ney General, also by a record-breaking majority.

While State's Attorney of Baltimore City, Mr. O'Conor
organized the State's Attorney's Association of Maryland,
and became its first president. He was also a charter member
and officer of the Board of the National Association of Prose-
cuting Attorneys. He was also Chairman of the State Judi-
cial Commission of Maryland, and in 1932 was named on the
Committee on Criminal Law and Statistics of the American
Prison Association.

Mr. O'Conor in 1937 was president of the National Asso-
ciation of Attorneys General. He has taken a leading part
throughout the country in the adoption of Interstate Com-
pacts, and was designated as the Chairman of the Mary-
land Commission on that subject. Legislation proposed by
the Commission was adopted without change by the Gen-
eral Assembly. The Attorney General has received honorary
degrees of Doctor of Laws from Loyola. College, Balti-
more, and from Villanova College of Pennsylvania. He is a.
member of the American Bar Association, the Maryland
State and the Baltimore City Bar Associations; he is also
a member of the Elks, Moose, Eagles, Knights of Columbus
and holds membership in other clubs.

Mr. O'Conor was nominated as the Democratic candidate
for Governor and was elected to that office in the general
election of November 8th, 1938.

Attorney General: *WILLIAM C. WALSH (Democrat),

Cumberland, Maryland.

William C. Walsh, son of the late William E. and
Mary Walsh, and grandson of William Walsh, was born in

*William C. Walsh, elected in 1938, took office December, 1938, succeeding
Attorney General Herbert R, O'Conor, Governor-Elect.