Ogle Marbury (August 23, 1882 – October 3, 1973) was an American politician and jurist who served as Chief Judge of the
supreme court
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of the
U.S. state
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of
Maryland
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, the
Court of Appeals
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.
Early life and education
Marbury was born near
Guilford
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,
Howard County, Maryland
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to Eleanora Brevitt (née MacKenzie) and Reverend Ogle Marbury. He was privately tutored as a youth, and also attended
Baltimore City College
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and Deichmann Gymnasium School. He received his
B.A.
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degree in 1902 from
Johns Hopkins University
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, and his
LL.B.
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degree from the
University of Maryland School of Law
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in 1904.
In 1904, Marbury was admitted to the Maryland
Bar
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and entered into private practice in
Prince George's County
)
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and
Baltimore
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. He worked with the firm of Marbury & Perlman, and later partnered with Lee I. Hecht.
Career
From 1910 to 1912, Marbury served as a member of the
Maryland House of Delegates
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, representing Prince George's County.
In the House, he was chairman of the
Ways and Means Committee in 1912, and also as Democratic
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that same year.
Marbury worked as an attorney for the Prince George's County Commissioners from 1914 to 1918, and again from 1937 to 1941, and was also an attorney for the Prince George's County Board of Education from 1916 to 1937. He served as Assistant Attorney General of Maryland from 1916 to 1920, and briefly served in an acting capacity as
Attorney General of Maryland
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in 1919. He was an at-large delegate to the
1920 Democratic National Convention
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, and chairman of the Maryland State Board of Prison Control from 1920 to 1923. He also served as City Solicitor of
Laurel, Maryland
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from 1929 to 1941, and as President of the Maryland State Bar Association in 1946.
In 1940, Marbury served as an associate judge and chief judge of the 7th Circuit of the Prince George's County Circuit Court. He served as an associate judge of the
Maryland Court of Appeals
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from 1941 to 1944, and as Chief Judge of that court from 1944 to 1952.
Personal life
Marbury married Eliza Gardner Cronmiller (died 1955), with whom he had one daughter: Anne Tasker Ogle Marbury Oberweiser.
He was an Episcopalian.
Marbury died on October 3, 1973.
References
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Chief Judges of the Maryland Court of Appeals
Maryland Attorneys General
Democratic Party members of the Maryland House of Delegates
Johns Hopkins University alumni
University of Maryland, Baltimore alumni
People from Howard County, Maryland
Maryland lawyers
1882 births
1955 deaths
Baltimore City College alumni
20th-century American judges
20th-century American politicians
20th-century American lawyers
Episcopalians from Maryland