COURTROOM 234
Clinton Peters (1865-1948)
Oil on canvas, 1900
55 H x 46 W in.
Presented, n.d
Donor, Steele Family
Owner, Baltimore City Circuit Court
Private Career:
Admitted to the bar, 1830
2nd President, Bar Association of Baltimore City, 1880-1881
Private practice, 1853-1891
Public Service:
Assistant Attorney General of Maryland, Baltimore County, 1839-1849
American Charge d'Affaires in Venezuela, 1849-1853
Presidential Elector, Maryland (D), 1880
Comments:
Named one of the pre-eminent Maryland lawyers and judges of the 18th and 19th centuries.
Historical & Biographical Series at the Maryland State Archives