COURTROOM 406
Thomas C. Corner (1865-1938)
Oil on canvas, 1928
60 H x 36 ½ W in.
Presented, November 19, 1928
Donor, Stockbridge family
Owner, Baltimore City Circuit Court
Private Career:
Admitted to the bar, 1878
Editor of the Baltimore Herald and Baltimore American, 1887-1889
Faculty, University of Maryland School of Law, 1899-c.1905
Charter Member of the Maryland Bar Association, 1896-1897
Secretary and vice-president, Maryland Historical Society, 1912-1924
Public Service:
Examiner in Equity, Baltimore City, 1882-1888
Commissioner of Immigration, Baltimore City, 1891-1893
Regent, University of Maryland, 1907-1920
Acting Provost, University of Maryland, 1912
Maryland Commissioner, Uniform State Laws, 1912-c.1924
President, National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws, 1920-1922
Associate Judge of the Supreme Bench of Baltimore City, 1896-1911
Associate Judge, Maryland Court of Appeals, 1911-1924
U.S. House of Representatives, Maryland (R), 1889-1891
Comments:
Elected to the Supreme Bench of Baltimore City in November, 1896 and appointed to the Maryland Court of Appeals by Governor Austin L. Crothers.