of Baltimore, Villanova College of Pennsylvania, George-
town University of Washington, D. C. and Washington
College at Chestertown. 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, Veterans of Foreign
Wars, American Legion, Phi Kappa Sigma, and holds mem-
bership in other clubs.

Secretary of State: (Democrat)

THOMAS ELMO JONES, Fairfield, Prince George's County,

Maryland.

Thomas Elmo Jones, son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Jones,
was born in Norfolk, Virginia, on December 17, 1906. He
attended public school, Woodward Preparatory School and
George Washington University in Washington, D. C. He
graduated from Southeastern University and received his
Bachelor of Laws degree, and has been admitted to practice
before the Maryland Bar.

He was elected a member of the Maryland House of Dele-
gates and served in that body during the 1939-41 sessions.
He was appointed Chairman of the Special Investigating
Committee under Section 24 of Article 3 of the Constitution.

Mr. Jones is the junior partner of T. J. Jones & Sons,
General Contractors; is Chairman of the Board of the Rock
Bottom Country Club and of the Better Housing Program
for Prince George's County. Also he is a member of the
Chamber of Commerce and of the Citizens' Association of
Prince George's County. He was married in 1938 to Miss
Mary Virginia Chaney,of Prince George's County. They
have one child.

Executive Secretary..AUGUST J. BOURBON, (Democrat)

Baltimore, Maryland.

August J. Bourbon, son of the late August C. and Catherine
McGuinness Bourbon, was born in Baltimore, October 19th,
1893. He attended St. John's Parochial School; Loyola High
School and Loyola College, receiving his Bachelor of Arts
Degree in 1914.

He was a member of the staff of the Baltimore Morning
and Evening Sun for several years until his entrance into
the United States Army in June, 1917. He went to Alabama
with the Maryland National Guard as a Corporal in the