Society of Senates Past
Roster

[Photograph of State Senator]

CLARENCE M. MITCHELL III
Democrat, District 39.

Member of Senate, 1967-86. Deputy Majority Leader, 1975-78; Majority Whip, 1979. Chairman, Executive Nominations Committee; Co-Chair, Joint Committee on Federal Relations. Member, Judicial Proceedings Committee. President, National Black Caucus of State Legislators, 1979-81.

Member, House of Delegates, 1963-67.

Former Member, Young Democrats of Maryland; Baltimore Junior Chamber of Commerce. Member, YMCA; NAACP; Kappa Alpha Psi; Urban League; Prince Hall Masons.

Born in St. Paul, Minnesota, December 14, 1939. Attended Baltimore public schools; Gonzaga High School, Washington, D.C.; University of Maryland; Morgan State University; University of Baltimore Law School. Mortgage banker, real estate broker, and consultant.

Compiled from the biographical files of the Maryland Manual, ©Maryland State Archives, February 11, 1999

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