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James H. Preston
James Harry Preston (March 23, 1860 – July 14, 1938) was the Mayor of Baltimore from 1911 to 1919. He also served in the Maryland House of Delegates Early life James H. Preston was born at Preston's Hill in Harford County, Maryland on March 23, 1860 to Amelia (née Wilks) and James B. Preston. He attended Bel Air High School (Bel Air, Maryland), Bel Air Academy and St. John's College (Annapolis/Santa Fe), St. John's College in Annapolis, Maryland, Annapolis. He graduated from University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law, University of Maryland School of Law in 1881 with a Bachelor of Laws. Career In 1881, Preston entered the law office of George M. Gill and after Gill's death went into practice with his son, John Gill Jr. Preston was elected as a Democratic Party (United States), Democrat to the Maryland House of Delegates in 1889. He served in that role from 1890 to 1894. He briefly served as Speaker of the Maryland House of Delegates in 1894. He served as a membe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Frederick Broening
William Frederick Broening (1870–1953) was a Maryland politician and twice Mayor of Baltimore (1919–1923, 1927–1931). Background William Frederick Broening was born in Baltimore, Maryland on 2 June 1870, the son of Henry Jacob Broening and Catherine (Petri) Broening. He graduated from the University of Maryland School of Law in 1897. Political career Broening served as a member of the Baltimore City Council 1897–99 where he introduced legislation to establish the Electric Commission. He served in the Maryland House of Delegates 1902–04 where he served on the Judiciary Committee. He was elected Baltimore State's Attorney in 1911 and reelected to the position in 1915. He was selected as the Republican candidate for the Mayoralty contest in 1919 and defeated George Weems Williams, Democrat, on 3 March 1919. Broening left the Mayor's office in 1923, but returned to serve a second term from 1927 to 1931. Fraternal societies Broening was a member of the Loyal Order of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Speaker Of The Maryland House Of Delegates ...
The Speaker of the Maryland House of Delegates presides as speaker over the House of Delegates in the state of Maryland in the United States. List of speakers Footnotes References Maryland State Archives - House of Delegates Records External links Maryland General Assembly {{Maryland year nav * Speakers Maryland Maryland ( ) is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. It shares borders with Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware and the Atlantic Ocean t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Murray Vandiver
Murray Vandiver (September 14, 1845 – May 23, 1916) was Treasurer of Maryland from 1900 to 1916. He also served as member of the Maryland House of Delegates and mayor of Havre de Grace, Maryland. Early life Murray Vandiver was born on September 14, 1845, in Havre de Grace, Maryland to Mary (née Russell) (1810–1886) and Robert R. Vandiver (1805–1885). His father was a descendant of early Delaware settlers and served as a member of the Maryland House of Delegates. His father was a contractor and builder and worked on a lock at Lapidum, Maryland for the Susquehanna and Tidewater Canal and a railroad tie at St. Clair Street (now Pennington Street) in Havre de Grace. Vandiver was educated in public schools in Harford County, including Havre de Grace Academy. He graduated from Eastman Business College in Poughkeepsie, New York, in December 1864. Career Vandiver started a lumber business in Havre de Grace in 1865. He remained there until 1878. He then joined his father in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Brown (governor)
Frank Brown (August 8, 1846 – February 3, 1920), a member of the United States Democratic Party, was the 42nd Governor of Maryland in the United States from 1892 to 1896. Born in 1846 in Sykesville, Maryland, he also served as a member of the Maryland House of Delegates from 1876 to 1878. He died in 1920 in Baltimore, Maryland. Brown was employed early on by the R. Sinclair & Co. Later he worked as a clerk in the State tobacco warehouse from 1870 to 1875. In 1880, he became the President of the Maryland State Agricultural & Mechanical Society. From 1886 to 1890 Brown was assigned to be the Postmaster of Baltimore. For the World's Columbian Exposition of 1893 Brown was the President of Board of Managers in Maryland. Later in life he served as the President of the Baltimore Traction Company. His political positions included becoming Campaign Treasurer of the Democratic State Central Committee in 1885 In 1892, Brown was elected to his highest position as Governor of Maryland, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Howard (engineer)
William Howard (1793–1834) was an American topographical engineer who was one of the first to work for the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. When the railroad built its first cars using friction bearings first developed by Ross Winans, Howard made his own design and patented it on November 2, 1828. Early life William Howard was born at the Belvedere mansion in Baltimore, Maryland in 1793 to Peggy (née Chew) and John Eager Howard. He received his degree in medicine from the University of Maryland in 1817. After graduating, in 1819, he traveled with his friend Dr. Jeremias "Jeremiah" Van Rensselaer, the son of the Lieutenant Governor of New York Jeremiah Van Rensselaer, to Italy and hiked Mount Etna and Vesuvius. On July 12, 1819, Howard and his friend became the first Americans to ascend Mount Blanc. In April 1821, Howard published his account in a book called ''A Narrative of a Journey to the Summit of Mont Blanc, made in July, 1819''. Career Medical career In 1820, he took ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Street (Baltimore)
Charles Street, known for most of its route as Maryland Route 139, runs through Baltimore City and through the Towson area of Baltimore County. On the north end it terminates at an intersection with Bellona Avenue near Interstate 695 (I-695) and at the south end it terminates in Federal Hill in Baltimore. Charles Street is one of the major routes through the city of Baltimore, and is a major public transportation corridor. For the one-way portions of Charles Street, the street is functionally complemented by the parallel St. Paul Street (including St. Paul Place and Preston Gardens), Maryland Avenue, Cathedral Street, and Liberty Street. Though not exactly at the west–east midpoint of the city, Charles Street is the dividing line between the west and east sides of Baltimore. On any street that crosses Charles Street, address numbers start from the unit block on either side, and the streets are identified as either "West" or "East," depending on whether they are to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elihu Emory Jackson
Elihu Emory Jackson (November 3, 1837 – December 27, 1907), a member of the United States Democratic Party, was the List of Governors of Maryland, 41st Governor of Maryland in the United States from 1888 to 1892. He was born in 1837 in Delmar, Maryland and died in 1907 in the Baltimore, City of Baltimore, Maryland. He is buried at the Parsons Cemetery in Salisbury, Maryland, the county seat of Wicomico County, Maryland, Wicomico County. He was part owner of Pemberton Hall (Salisbury, Maryland), Pemberton Hall, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971. Governor Jackson is also known as having attended the ceremonies at Gettysburg Battlefield in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania from the largest military battle on the North American continent in July 1863, dedicating several regimental and battle monuments for engagements participated in by the Union Army (United States Army), and even visiting some already erected and privately funded Confederate Army, Confederate St ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sons Of The American Revolution
The National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution (SAR or NSSAR) is an American congressionally chartered organization, founded in 1889 and headquartered in Louisville, Kentucky. A non-profit corporation, it has described its purpose as maintaining and extending "the institutions of American freedom, an appreciation for true patriotism, a respect for our national symbols, the value of American citizenship, ndthe unifying force of ' e pluribus unum' that has created, from the people of many nations, one nation and one people." The members of the society are male descendants of people who served in the American Revolutionary War or who contributed to establishing the independence of the United States. It is dedicated to perpetuating American ideals and traditions, and to protecting the Constitution of the United States; the official recognition of Constitution Day, Flag Day, and Bill of Rights Day were established through its efforts. It has members in the Uni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1923 Baltimore Mayoral Election
The 1923 Baltimore mayoral election saw the election of Howard W. Jackson. General election The general election was held May 8, 1923. References {{Baltimore mayoral elections 1920s in Baltimore Baltimore mayoral Baltimore Baltimore ( , locally: or ) is the List of municipalities in Maryland, most populous city in the U.S. state of Maryland, fourth most populous city in the Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic, and List of United States cities by popula ... May 1923 events Mayoral elections in Baltimore ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Howard W
Howard is an English-language given name originating from Old French Huard (or Houard) from a Germanic source similar to Old High German ''*Hugihard'' "heart-brave", or ''*Hoh-ward'', literally "high defender; chief guardian". It is also probably in some cases a confusion with the Old Norse cognate ''Haward'' (''Hávarðr''), which means "high guard" and as a surname also with the unrelated Hayward. In some rare cases it is from the Old English ''eowu hierde'' "ewe herd". In Anglo-Norman the French digram ''-ou-'' was often rendered as ''-ow-'' such as ''tour'' → ''tower'', ''flour'' (western variant form of ''fleur'') → ''flower'', etc. (with svarabakhti). A diminutive is "Howie" and its shortened form is "Ward" (most common in the 19th century). Between 1900 and 1960, Howard ranked in the U.S. Top 200; between 1960 and 1990, it ranked in the U.S. Top 400; between 1990 and 2004, it ranked in the U.S. Top 600. People with the given name Howard or its variants include: Given ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Democratic National Convention
The Democratic National Convention (DNC) is a series of presidential nominating conventions held every four years since 1832 by the United States Democratic Party. They have been administered by the Democratic National Committee since the 1852 national convention. The primary goal of the Democratic National Convention is to officially nominate a candidate for president and vice president, adopt a comprehensive party platform and unify the party. Pledged delegates from all fifty U.S. states, the District of Columbia and the American territories, and superdelegates which are unpledged delegates representing the Democratic establishment, attend the convention and cast their votes to choose the party's presidential candidate. Like the Republican National Convention, the Democratic National Convention marks the formal end of the primary election period and the start of the general election season. Since the 1980s the national conventions have lost most of their importance ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1912 Democratic National Convention
The 1912 Democratic National Convention was held at the Fifth Regiment Armory off North Howard Street in Baltimore from June 25 to July 2, 1912. The Convention The convention was held at the Fifth Regiment Armory in Baltimore from June 25 to July 2, 1912. It proved to be one of the more memorable United States presidential conventions of the 20th century. 1904 Presidential nominee Judge Alton B. Parker of New York served as the Temporary chairman and Keynote Speaker while Representative Ollie M. James of Kentucky served as Permanent Convention chairman. , this is the last major party convention to be held in Baltimore. Presidential candidates Image:Woodrow Wilson-H&E.jpg, Governor Woodrow Wilson of New Jersey Image:ChampClark.png, Speaker of the House Champ Clark of Missouri Image:JudsonHarmonLOC.jpg, Governor Judson Harmon of Ohio Image:Thomas Riley Marshall headshot.jpg, Governor Thomas R. Marshall of Indiana Image:Simeon Eben Baldwin, 1910.png, Governor Simeon E. B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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