in May, 1918, and went overseas as a Second Lieutenant
in the Machine Gun Company of the 113th Infantry in
June, 1918, was promoted to First Lieutenant in France,
and was honorably discharged in April, 1919.

Resuming the practice of law in Cumberland, Mr. Walsh
was named City Solicitor in April, 1920, and served until
September, 1921, when he resigned to accept appointment
as an Associate Judge of the Fourth Judicial Circuit. At
that time he was thirty-one years of age, was the youngest
man ever appointed to the bench in that Circuit, and was
one of the youngest ever appointed in the State of Maryland.
In 1924 Governor Ritchie appointed him Chief Judge of the
Fourth Judicial Circuit and a member of the Court of Appeals
of Maryland, and he served in this capacity until the election
of 1926, when he was defeated by Hon. D. Lindley Sloan, the
present Chief Judge of the Court of Appeals. He also served as
State Insurance Commissioner from 1931 to 1935.

Mr. Walsh received the Democratic nomination for At-
torney General in September, 1938, after a spirited contest
with three other candidates, and was elected Attorney Gen-
eral of the State of Maryland on November 8, 1938, by
the largest majority ever received by a candidate for that
office. He was renominated by the Democratic party for the
same office without opposition in 1942, and was re-elected in
November of that year by a majority of 67,928 votes.

Mr. Walsh belongs to the American Bar Association,
the Maryland State Bar Association, and the Allegany
County Bar Association, and has served as President of
the last mentioned Association, and as one of the Vice
Presidents of the State Association. He is also a member
of the Elks, Knights of Columbus, Cumberland Country
Club, American Legion, and various other organizations.

On June 1, 1929, Mr. Walsh married Miss Sarah Eliza-
beth Nee, also of Cumberland, and they reside with their
two children, William and Betsy, at 12 N. Smallwood Street,
Cumberland, Maryland.

FINANCE DEPARTMENT

Comptroller of the State: J. MILLARD TAWES (Democrat),

Crisfield, Maryland.

J. Millard Tawes, son of Mr. and Mrs. James B. Tawes,
was born in Crisfield, Somerset County, Maryland, on
April 8, 1894. He was educated in the public schools of