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ALBERT I. BAKER, Democrat, Queen Anne's County; born July 28,
1919 at Grasonville, Maryland. Attended public and private schools
at Grasonville. Contractor. He served with the 64th AAA, Company
B as a Staff Sergeant from 1941-1946. Married. Appointed to the
House of Delegates in 1947.

J. RUSH BALDWIN, Democrat, Harford County; born in Harford
County, September 14, 1892. He attended the public schools of Balti-
more County and the University of Maryland. Farmer. Married.
Appointed to the House of Delegates in 1947.

CHARLES M. BANDIERE, Democrat, Baltimore 5th; born in Italy, May
29, 1892. Attended Central High School, Philadelphia, and Temple
University. Realtor. Member of the Maryland Post-War Commission
1942-1946; Baltimore Aviation Commission 1945-1946; Assistant to
Manager, Baltimore Civilian Mobilization Committee 1942-1946; Com-
mission on Subversive Activities, 1948-1949; Commission on Prison
Labor-Education-Rehabilitation 1948-1949; Merchants Cluh; Roal
Estate Board of Baltimore; Knights of Columbus; Elks; Moose; Ad-
vertising Club; Sales Executives Club. Married. Elected to the
House of Delegates in 1948.

DORSEY W. BANNING, Democrat, Caroline County; born September
27, 1886, at Cambridge, Maryland. Attended the public schools of
Cambridge. Operator of service station and merchant. Married.
Member of the House of Delegates, 1989-1941; elected a second time
in 1946.

C. RAY BARNES, Republican, Carroll County; bom at, Taylorsville,
Maryland, September 15th, 1890. He attended the public schools of
Carroll County. Farmer and fruit grower. Trustee of the Straw-
bridge Home for Boys and the Carroll County Historical Society;

Director of the First National Bank of Mt. Airy and the Mt. Airy
Building and Loan Association. Married. Elected to the House of
Delegates in 1926.

HENRY T. BAYNES, Democrat, Baltimore, 6th; born in Baltimore,
April 11, 1889. Attended the public schools of Baltimore. Florist.
Married. Elected to the House of Delegates in 1938.

PAUL M. BECKWITH, Democrat, Baltimore County; born at Milford,
Massachusetts, September 8, 1908. He attended school at Whitman,
Massachusetts; Syracuse, New York; and Mt. St. Joseph's, Baltimore,
graduating in 1926. He is engaged in the public relations business.
Married. Elected to the House of Delegates in 1946,

RUDOLPH BEHOUNBK, Democrat, Baltimore 2nd; born in Czechoslo-
vakia, October 11, 1893. He is a businessman. Former member of the
Port Development Commission of Baltimore City; member of the
Democratic State Central Committee for the Second district of Balti-
more City. Married. Member of the House of Delegates 1939-1941;

appointed for present term in 1949.

GEORGE BENSON, Democrat, Cecil County; born at Earlville, Mary-
land, July 5, 1876. He attended school at Earlville and Gilbert's
Academy in Pennsylvania. Farmer and transportation business. He
was County Treasurer of Cecil County, 1918-1922. Married. Elected
to the House of Delegates in 1946.

JOSEPH A. BERTORELLI, Democrat, Baltimore 1st; born in Baltimore,
June 10, 1911. He attended public school in Baltimore, the Y.M.C.A.
Business College, and Baltimore City College. He is a member of the