Clarence M. Mitchell Jr. Courthouse  COURTROOM 406
	Hon. James Polk Gorter (1858-1939) Thomas C. Corner (1865-1938) Oil on canvas, 1928 60 H x 36 ½ W in. Presented, November 13, 1928 Donor, Baltimore City Bar Association Owner, Baltimore City Circuit Court Private Career: Teacher, Public Schools, Annapolis, Maryland, 1879-1880 Admitted to the bar, 1881 Charter Member, Maryland Bar Association, 1896-1897 Public Service: City Attorney, Baltimore City, 1896 Maryland State Senator, Baltimore City (D), 1892-1894 Associate Judge, Supreme Bench of Baltimore City, 1907-1921 5th Chief Judge, Supreme Bench of Baltimore City, 1922-1928 Comments: Appointed to the Supreme Bench of Baltimore City by Governor Edwin Warfield after the retirement of Judge Pere L. Wickes. Appointed Chief Judge of the Supreme Bench by Governor Albert Ritchie.
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