Club. Member, Knights of Columbus. Married. Member of the House of
Delegates since 1956.

MARVIN MANDEL, Democrat, Baltimore 5th; born in Baltimore,
April 19, 1920. Attended Baltimore public schools; University of
Maryland; The Johns Hopkins University; University of Maryland
Law School, LL.B„ 1942. Member of the Maryland Bar. Served in the
U. S. Army, 1942-44. Justice of the Peace, Baltimore City, 1950. Mem-
ber, Democratic State Central Committee, Baltimore City, 1951.
Member, Maryland and Baltimore Bar Associations; American Legion;
Jewish War Veterans. Married. Member of the House of Delegates
since 1952.i

CLARENCE B. MASON, Democrat, Washington County; born in
Pecktonville, December 13, 1888. Attended Pecktonville public schools.
Farmer. Served with U. S. Naval Aviation, 1917-19. Member, Wash-
ington County Soil Conservation Committee. Vice-president, Wash-
ington County Farm Bureau. Former member. Farm Home Admin-
istration Committee. Married. Member of the House of Delegates, 1939-
43, and since 1959.

CHARLES McC. MATHIAS, JR., Republican, Frederick County;
born in Frederick, July 24, 1922. Attended Frederick public schools;
Haverford College, A.B., 1942; Yale University; University of Mary-
land Law School, LL.B., 1949. Admitted to the Maryland Bar in 1949.
Farmer. Served with U. S. Navy, 1942-46. Assistant Attorney General
of Maryland, 1953-54. Married. Member of the House of Delegates
since 1959.

RICHARD M. MATTHEWS, Democrat, Dorchester County; born in
Cambridge, April 18, 1927. Attended Cambridge public schools; George
Washington University; University of Maryland; University of Mary-
land Law School, LL.B„ 1953. Admitted to the Maryland Bar, 1953.
Served in the U. S. Maritime Service and the U. S. Army, 1945-47.
Member, Maryland Bar Association; Elks; Lions; Cambridge Yacht
Club; Dorchester County Historical Society. Married. Member of the
House of Delegates since 1959.

RIDGELY P. MELVIN, JR., Democrat, Anne Arundel County; born
in Annapolis, September 26, 1917. Attended Anne Arundel County
public schools; Episcopal High School, Alexandria, Virginia; Princeton
University, B.A., 1940; University of Maryland Law School, LL.B.,
1947. Member of the Maryland Bar. Served with U. S. Naval Reserve,
1940-45. Former counsel to Annapolis Sewerage Commission. Member,
Maryland and Anne Arundel County Bar Associations; Rotary; Elks.
Married. Member of House of Delegates since 1955. Chairman,
Judiciary Committee, 1959 Session.

THOMAS L. MERRYWEATHER, Democrat, Dorcester County;
born in Cambridge, May 23, 1920. Attended Cambridge public schools.
Wholesale beer distributor. Served in U, S. Air Force, 1943-45. Vestry-
man, Christ P. E. Church, Cambridge. Member, Cambridge Volunteer
Fire Company; Elks; Moose; American Legion; Cambridge Country
Club; Cambridge Yacht Club. Married. Member of the House of
Delegates since 1969.

JOHN HANSON MITCHELL, Democrat, Charles County; born in
College Park, Prince George's County, January 7, 1906. Attended
McDonough Institute, La Plata; University of Maryland; University

Appointed to the House of Delegates, January 29, 1952, vice Hugh Kennedy,
resigned.