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had not intervened. Indeed, the Democratic
majority in Baltimore would probably have
elected him despite the rancors of the war, if it
had been permitted to cast its vote freely. As
it was, only a small part of the Democratic vote
was cast and the whole party ticket was defeated
by a large majority. Judge LeGrand died on
December 28 of the same year, 1861.

Judge Bowie was appointed chief judge of the
court after his own election and Judge LeGrand's
defeat. Born in Georgetown in 1807, he lived
most of his life in Montgomery County, had been
a member of the General Assembly in early man-
hood, and a member of Congress for four years.
He had been a candidate for the office of Gov-
ernor in 1853, and had been defeated only by a
close margin. He was destined to serve on the
court two terms separated by four years, that is,
he served as chief judge from 1861 until the con-
stitution of 1864 was superseded by that of 1867,
and returned in 1871 as associate judge by elec-
tion. He did not come with the advantage of as
much experience at the bar as his colleagues had
enjoyed, but he was, and is, regarded as a good
judge. And when he reached the age of seventy
years, in 1876, notwithstanding he was a Repub-
lican in politics, a legislature controlled by the
Democratic party extended his term until the
expiration of the full time for which he had been
elected. He died, however, in 1881. He is de-
scribed as a man of rather unbending dignity.

On June 28, 1862, Judge Bartol was arrested
by federal troops at Camden Station, Baltimore,
as he was on his way home from the court, and