Fertilizer Company of Cambridge. He has served as Assistant Post-
master of Vienna, 1923-1928; Clerk, Dorchester County Commission-
ers, 1939-1946; Director of Civilian Defense, Dorchester County,
1941-1945; and was elected to the Senate in 1946..

DAVID K. MCLAUGHLIN, Republican, Washington County; born at
Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, October 17, 1905. Attended the public
schools of Washington County and the Dickinson School of Law,
graduating in 1928; admitted to the Bar the same year. From 1942
to 1946, he served with the U. S. Naval Air Force holding the rank
of Lt. Commander. He is a former Chairman of the Republican. State
Central Committee of Washington County. He was elected to the
Senate in 1946..

*JAMES B. MONROE, Republican, Charles County; born August 17,
1904. Automobile dealer; he served in the House of Delegates 1935-
1945; elected to the Senate 1946..

HOWARD S. O'NEIL, Republican, Howard County; born in Balti-
more, August 24, 1883. He attended parochial schools in Baltimore
City, and the Law School of the University of Baltimore, graduating
in 1943. He was admitted to the Bar in. 1944; in addition to his law
practice, he operates an insurance agency. He was elected to the
Senate in 1946..

HARRY T. PHOEBUS, Republican, Somerset County; born at Oriole,
Maryland, February 24, 1893; he attended the public schools at
Oriole. He is an automobile dealer and engaged in the real estate
business. He was a member of the House of Delegates 1917-1921;
County Commissioner, Somerset County, 1921-1926; Treasurer, Som-
erset County, 1925; State Senator 1934-1938; Commissioner of Labor
and Statistics 1937; elected to the Senate 1946..

ROBERT A. SHALLCROSS, Democrat, Kent County; born at Chester-
ville, Maryland, January 2, 1881. He attended the public school at
Locust Grove. He operates a farm near Rock Hall. He served as
Town Commissioner, Rock Hall, 1913-1914; Member House of Dele-
gates, 1914-1915; Clerk of Kent County Court, 1927-1946; elected to
Senate, 1946..

*L. HAROLD SOTHORON, Democrat, Prince George's County; born
June 8, 1896. Member of Maryland and District of Columbia Bars;
engaged in legal practice in Washington. He has served as Corpora-
tion Counsel for the towns of Seat Pleasant, and Brentwood. He is
Chairman of the Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin,
member of the Maryland Cooperation Commission, and a member of
the Council of State Governments, Member of the House of Delegates,
1935-1941; elected to the Senate 1942..

EDWARD D. STORM, Democrat, Frederick County; born at Frederick,
March 1, 1912. He attended the public schools of Frederick, the
University of Virginia, graduating in 1932; and the Law School of
the University of Maryland. He has been engaged in legal practice
since his admittance to the Bar in 1938. He served with the United
States Navy as a Lieutenant, 1943-1945. He has served as U. S.
Conciliation Commissioner in Bankruptcy for Frederick and Wash-
ington Counties, 1939-1941; Town Attorney Emmitsburg, 1945-1946;
elected to the Senate 1946..