Emerson C. Harrington (1864-1945)
MSA SC 3520-1479
Governor of Maryland 1916-1920 (Democrat)
Born: March 26, 1864, Madison, Dorchester County,
Maryland1
Died: December 15, 1945, Cambridge, Dorchester
County2
Buried: Christ Protestant Episcopal Church Cemetery,
Cambridge, Maryland3
Father: John E. Harrington4
Mother: Elizabeth (Thompson) Harrington5
Children: Emerson, Jr., William, and Mary (Mrs.
Reginald V. Truitt)6
Education: Public schools, Madison; St. John's
College, Annapolis, B.A. 1884, M.A. 18867
Religious Affiliation: Episcopalian8
Marriage: June 27, 1893 to Gertrude Johnson9
Occupations:
Tutor,
St. John's College, Annapolis, 1884-1885
Offered
position as Assistant Professor of Latin and Mathematics, St. John's College,
Annapolis, 1886 (resigned before assuming duties)
Principal, Cambridge Academy, Cambridge, Maryland 1886-1889
Principal, Cambridge High School, Cambridge, Maryland 1889-1898
Admitted
to Bar and began legal profession, 189810
Lawyer,
1903-1910, 1920-194511
President, People's Loan, Savings, and Deposit Bank, Cambridge12
President, Annapolis - Claiborne Ferry Company13
Offices held:
State's attorney, Dorchester County, 1899-1903
Insurance commissioner, 1910
Comptroller of the treasury, 1912-1916
Governor of Maryland, 1916-192014
Member of the board of management, Dorchester County Public Library, after
192015
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