MARYLAND MANUAL 169

WICOMICO COUNTY

Harry L. Messick.................D...................................Tyaskin

Mary L. Nock...................D.........1209 Camden Ave., Salisbury

Charles J. Potts....................D.......1601 Russell Ave., Salisbury

Edw. Homer White, Jr.......-D...........609 Camden Ave., Salisbury

WORCESTER COUNTY

Rillie P. Dennis..............D......................................................Berlin

E. Peter Richardson -.D. Berlin
Ralph E. Shockley..............D....................................................Snow Hill

Democrats Republicans Total
Senate .......... 18 11 29
House ............ 87 36 123

106 47 162

Democratic Majority in Senate.................................... 7

Democratic Majority in House...................................... 61

Democratic Majority on Joint Ballot........................ 68

GENERAL ASSEMBLY
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF MEMBERS

SENATE

PAUL J. BAILEY, Republican, St. Mary's County; born in Washing-
ton, D. C., October 30, 1906. He attended the public schools of the
District of Columbia and the Washington College of Law, graduating
in 1933; he is a member of the Bar of Maryland and the District of
Columbia and also a professional musician. He is a former Justice
of the Peace and former member of the Republican State Central
Committee. Married. Elected to the Senate in 1946.

HENRY HERBERT BALCH, Democrat, Talbot County; born at Easton,
Maryland, October 26, 1892. Former State's Attorney for Talbot
County. Served with the U. S. Army two years during World War I
as a Private, Sergeant and Lieutenant and served four years in
World War II as Captain, Major and Lieutenant Colonel. Member:

Order of the Purple Heart; Sons of the Confederacy; Sons of the
Revolution; Maryland Bar; Bar of the Supreme Court of the United
States. Married. Elected to the Senate in 1946.

HUBERT P. BARTON, Democrat, Baltimore 2nd; born December 18,
1900. Attended The Johns Hopkins University, graduating in 1924;

did graduate work in economics at Harvard and New York University.
Served in the Army of the United States, 1942-1946 as a Major.
Engaged in automobile accessories business. Unmarried. Elected
to the Senate in 1946.

GEORGE W. BECK, SR., Democrat, Caroline County; born in Denton,
Maryland, March 16, 1898. He attended the public schools of Caroline
County and Goldey Business College, Wilmington, Delaware, from
which he graduated in 1916. He is an automobile dealer. A former
Commissioner of Denton, 1935-1947, member of the Democratic State
Central Committee, 1938-48. Married. Elected to the Senate in 1946.