1931-1934 and as State's Attorney for Howard County, 1934-1946.
Served as Appeal Agent Howard County Selective Service Board,
1940-1945. Elected to the House of Delegates in 1946, elected Speaker,
1947. President of the Howard County Bar Association..

CHESTER W. TAWNEY, Democrat, Baltimore 3rd; born at Havre de
Grace, Maryland, July 10, 1902. Attended the public schools of
Havre de Grace and the University of Maryland, graduating in 1931.
President of small loan company. Member of the House of Delegates
since 1947..

WELLS WILSON TODD, Republican, Somerset County; born at Hol-
land Island, Maryland, May 21, 1893. Attended Holland Island public
schools. Sea-food dealer. Member of the House of Delegates since
1943..

CLARENCE E. TYLER, Democrat, Anne Arundel County; born at
Monie, Maryland, November 8, 1887. Attended public school at Monie.
Contractor and realtor. Member of the House of Delegates since 1947..

JOHN W. VALIS, Democrat, Baltimore 2nd; born at Baltimore, Feb-
ruary 18, 1912. Attended parochial school in Baltimore, and Calvert
Hall. Printer. Served as Corporal, Company I, 313th Infantry, in
European Theatre, 1943-1946. Elected to the House of Delegates
in 1946..

CHARLES CLIFTON VIRTS, Democrat, Frederick County; born at
Leesburg, Virginia, February 3, 1910. Attended Leesburg Public
School; the Virginia School for the Blind, Staunton, and the Law
School of the University of Maryland. Admitted to the Bar in 1940.
Member of the House of Delegates since 1947..

EDWIN CLYDE WALLS, Democrat, Queen Anne's County; born in
Queen Anne's County, January 26, 1900. Attended the public schools
of that county, and Washington College, Chestertown, graduating in
1919. Graduate School of Columbia University, M.A., 1926. Hardware
and farm implement dealer; former Principal of High Schools in
Queen Anne's County. Served with the U. S. Army in World Wars
I and II. President of the Board of Commissioners, Church Hill, 1947.
Elected to the House of Delegates in 1946..

LEWIS FRANKLIN WARD, Republican, Somerset County; born at
Crisfield, Maryland, January 23, 1888. Attended Crisfield public
schools. Employee of express company. Member of the House of
Delegates, 1926-1930; elected a second time in 1946..

HARRY INNIS WARREN, Democrat, Baltimore County; born at Balti-
more, April 22, 1911; attended Boys' Latin School of Baltimore, the
University of Virginia, and The Johns Hopkins University, graduat-
ing in 1936. General Agent, Life Insurance Company. Served as
Lieutenant Commander, U. S. Navy Amphibious Forces, Pacific Fleet,
1942-1946. Member of the House of Delegates 1938-1942; re-elected
in 1942 but resigned to enter the Navy; re-elected in 1946..

ALAN WEBB, Democrat, Dorchester County; born at Vienna, Mary-
land. Farm Manager. Member of the House of Delegates since 1943.
Former Mayor and Town Commissioner of Vienna..

*BENJAMIN WEINTRAUB, Democrat, Baltimore 2nd; born July 10,
1903. Attorney. Member of the House of Delegates since 1939..