Jesse Dashiell Price (August 15, 1863 – May 14, 1939) was a Congressman for the 1st congressional district of

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who served two full terms and one partial term from 1914 to 1919. Price was born in

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, and engaged in mercantile and manufacturing enterprises and in banking. He served as a member of the city council of

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, in 1903, and as treasurer of

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, from 1903 to 1907. He served in the

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from 1908 to 1916 and served as president of the senate and ex officio

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from 1912 to 1916, when he resigned to enter Congress. Price was elected as a Democrat to Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of J. Harry Covington, serving the 1st Congressional district of Maryland from November 3, 1914, to March 3, 1919, but was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1918. He resumed his former business pursuits, and later served as a member of the Maryland State tax commission from 1923 to 1935. He died at

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, and is interred in Parsons Cemetery of Salisbury.

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1863 births 1939 deaths Democratic Party Maryland state senators Presidents of the Maryland Senate People from Wicomico County, Maryland Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Maryland People from Salisbury, Maryland {{Maryland-politician-stub