BIOGRAPHIES

EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT
Governor: HERBERT R. O'CONOR (Democrat) .Baltimore.

Herbert R. O'Conor, son of Mrs. Mary Galvin O'Conor
and the late James P. A. O'Conor, was born on November
17th, 1896, in Baltimore. He received his early education
at St. Paul's Parochial School and graduated from Loyola
College, where he received a degree of Bachelor of Arts in
1917, and the degree of Doctor of Laws in 1924. In 1920,
he received his Bachelor of Laws degree from the University
of Maryland.

On November 24, 1920, he married M. Eugenia Byrnes,
of Baltimore, and they have five children, Herbert R.
O'Conor, J., Eugene F., Mary Patricia, James P., and
Robert.

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 1, 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
majority 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 Attorney General, also by a record-breaking
majority.

While State's Attorney of Baltimore City, Mr. O'Conor
organized the State's Attorneys' Association of Maryland,
and became its first president. He was also a charter mem-
ber and officer of the Board of the National Association
of Prosecuting Attorneys. He was Chairman of the State
Judicial Commission of Maryland and in 1932 was named

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