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Robert Alexander (c.1740-1805) —
of Maryland.
Born in Elkton, Cecil
County, Md., about 1740.
Planter;
lawyer;
Delegate
to Continental Congress from Maryland, 1775-76.
Episcopalian.
When the Declaration of Independence was promulgated, fled
from Maryland to the British Fleet; in 1780, he was adjudged
guilty of high
treason, and his property was confiscated.
Died in London, England,
November
20, 1805 (age about 65
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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George William Brown (1812-1890) —
of Baltimore,
Md.
Born in Baltimore,
Md., October
13, 1812.
Mayor
of Baltimore, Md., 1860-61; delegate
to Maryland state constitutional convention, 1867; municipal
judge in Maryland, 1872.
His term as mayor was cut short on September 12, 1861, when he was arrested and
imprisoned, over alleged disloyalty,
by Federal authorities.
Died September
8, 1890 (age 77 years, 330
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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George Proctor Kane (1820-1878) —
of Baltimore,
Md.
Born in Baltimore,
Md., 1820.
U.S. Collector of
Customs, 1849; as Baltimore Marshal of Police in 1861, he opposed
the movement
of Union troops through Baltimore; on June 27, he was arrested
by Federal soldiers and imprisoned
in Fort Warren for fourteen months; mayor
of Baltimore, Md., 1877-78; died in office 1878.
Died June 23,
1878 (age about 57
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Benjamin Gwinn Harris (1805-1895) —
also known as Benjamin G. Harris —
of Leonardtown, St. Mary's
County, Md.
Born near Leonardtown, St. Mary's
County, Md., December
13, 1805.
Democrat. Member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1832-33, 1836, 1849, 1856, 1861-62; U.S.
Representative from Maryland 5th District, 1863-67; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Maryland, 1864.
Tried and
convicted of harboring
Confederate soldiers; sentenced
to three years' imprisonment;
sentence remitted by President Johnson.
Died near Leonardtown, St. Mary's
County, Md., April 4,
1895 (age 89 years, 112
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, St. Mary's County, Md.
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Stevenson Archer (1828-1898) —
of Bel Air, Harford
County, Md.
Born near Churchville, Harford
County, Md., February
28, 1828.
Son of Stevenson
Archer (1786-1848).
Lawyer;
member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1854; U.S.
Representative from Maryland 2nd District, 1867-75; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Maryland, 1868,
1876;
Maryland
state treasurer, 1886-90; Maryland
Democratic state chair, 1887-89.
In April, 1890, following an investigation
which revealed a shortage
of $132,000, he was arrested,
removed
from office as State Treasurer, and charged
with embezzlement.
He pleaded
guilty and wrote to the court: "No part of the State's money or
securities was ever used by me in gambling, stock speculation, or for
political purposes; nor have I at this time one dollar of it left."
Sentenced
to five years in prison.
Due to his failing health, was pardoned
by Gov. Frank
Brown in May 1894.
Died, in Baltimore City Hospital,
Baltimore,
Md., August 2,
1898 (age 70 years, 155
days).
Interment at Presbyterian
Cemetery, Churchville, Md.
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Harry Benjamin Wolf (1880-1944) —
also known as Harry B. Wolf —
of Baltimore,
Md.
Born in Baltimore,
Md., June 16,
1880.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Maryland 3rd District, 1907-09.
Jewish.
Disbarred,
1922; reinstated, 1940.
Died in Baltimore,
Md., February
17, 1944 (age 63 years, 246
days).
Interment at Hebrew
Friendship Cemetery, Baltimore, Md.
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Bernard Ades (1903-1986) —
of Baltimore,
Md.
Born in Maryland, July 3,
1903.
Son of Harry Ades and Fannie Ades.
Communist. Lawyer; accountant;
defense attorney for Euel Lee (alias "Orphan Jones") in his 1932-33
trial for the murder of the Davis family; during the trial, Ades was
attacked
and injured by a mob in Snow Hill, Maryland; later, he was disbarred
for casting
aspersions on the judicial system; candidate for Governor of
Maryland, 1934; fought in the Abraham Lincoln Brigade in the
Spanish Civil War, 1937.
Jewish.
Died in New York, May 27,
1986 (age 82 years, 328
days).
Interment at Cemetery
of Baltimore Hebrew Congregation, Baltimore, Md.
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Thomas Francis Johnson (1909-1988) —
also known as Thomas F. Johnson —
of Snow Hill, Worcester
County, Md.
Born in Snow Hill, Worcester
County, Md., June 26,
1909.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Maryland,
1936,
1940
(alternate); member of Maryland
state senate, 1939-50; U.S.
Representative from Maryland 1st District, 1959-63; defeated,
1950.
Episcopalian.
Convicted
of conspiracy and conflict
of interest, 1968.
Died in Seaford, Sussex
County, Del., February
1, 1988 (age 78 years, 220
days).
Interment at All
Hallows Cemetery, Snow Hill, Md.
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Daniel Baugh Brewster (1923-2007) —
also known as Daniel B. Brewster —
of Glyndon, Baltimore
County, Md.
Born in Baltimore
County, Md., November
23, 1923.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; member
of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1951-58; U.S.
Representative from Maryland 2nd District, 1959-63; U.S.
Senator from Maryland, 1963-69; defeated, 1968; candidate for
Democratic nomination for President, 1964;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Maryland, 1964.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Indicted
in 1969 on charges
of accepting
an illegal gratuity; after trial, conviction,
and reversal, pleaded no
contest, 1975.
Died, of liver
cancer, in Owings Mills, Baltimore
County, Md., August
19, 2007 (age 83 years, 269
days).
Interment at St.
Thomas Episcopal Church Cemetery, Owings Mills, Md.
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Spiro Theodore Agnew (1918-1996) —
also known as Spiro T. Agnew; Spiro Theodore
Anagnostopoulos; "Spiro T. Eggplant";
"Nixon's Nixon"; "The White
Knight" —
of Towson, Baltimore
County, Md.
Born in Baltimore,
Md., November
9, 1918.
Son of Theodore Spiro Agnew and Margaret (Akers) Agnew.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; served in
the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict; lawyer; Baltimore
County Executive, 1962-66; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Maryland, 1964;
Governor
of Maryland, 1967-69; Vice
President of the United States, 1969-73.
Episcopalian.
Greek
ancestry. Member, Kiwanis;
American
Legion; Order of
Ahepa; Phi
Alpha Delta; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Was charged
with accepting bribes
and falsifying federal income
tax returns; pleaded no
contest to tax
evasion and resigned
as Vice-President, October 10, 1973; disbarred
by a Maryland court in 1974.
Died, of leukemia,
in Atlantic General Hospital,
Berlin, Worcester
County, Md., September
17, 1996 (age 77 years, 313
days).
Interment at Dulaney
Valley Memorial Gardens, Timonium, Md.
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Marvin Mandel (b. 1920) —
of Baltimore,
Md.
Born in Baltimore,
Md., April 19,
1920.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer;
member of Maryland
Democratic State Central Committee, 1951; member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1952-69; Speaker of
the Maryland State House of Delegates, 1963-69; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Maryland, 1964,
1976;
Maryland
Democratic state chair, 1968-69; Governor of
Maryland, 1969-77, 1979.
Jewish.
Member, Omicron
Delta Kappa; American
Legion; Jewish
War Veterans; American Bar
Association.
Charged
with mail fraud, over his acceptance
of gifts from owners of the Marlboro Race Track, in return for
his support for legislation benefiting the track; tried and
convicted
in 1977; sentenced
to prison;
his conviction was later overturned.
Still living as of 2009.
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Robert Edmund Bauman (b. 1937) —
also known as Robert E. Bauman —
of Easton, Talbot
County, Md.
Born in Bryn Mawr, Montgomery
County, Pa., April 4,
1937.
Son of John Carl Bauman and Florence (House) Bauman.
Republican. Lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Maryland, 1964,
1972
(alternate); member of Maryland
state senate, 1971-73; U.S.
Representative from Maryland 1st District, 1973-81; defeated,
1980.
Catholic.
Member, Young
Americans for Freedom; American Bar
Association; Elks; Humane
Society; Jaycees;
Izaak
Walton League; Gay.
Pleaded
guilty in 1980 to a sex-solicitation
charge.
Still living as of 1998.
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Clarence M. Mitchell III (b. 1939) —
of Baltimore,
Md.
Born in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., December
14, 1939.
Son of Clarence M. Mitchell, Jr. (1911-1984) and Juanita Elizabeth
(Jackson) Mitchell (1913-1992).
Member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1963-66; member of Maryland
state senate, 1967-86; Indicted
in 1987, along with his brother, by a federal grand jury in
connection with the a bribery
investigation of Wedtech Corporation; convicted
of accepting
$50,000 to stop
the Congressional investigation of Wedtech; sentenced
to two and a half years in prison;
convicted
in 1988 of obstructing
an investigation of Baltimore drug
dealer Melvin D. 'Little Melvin' Williams, and sentenced
to two years in prison;
charged
in 1988 with failure to file income
tax returns; tried and
acquitted.
African
ancestry. Member, NAACP; Urban
League; Kappa
Alpha Psi; Freemasons;
Jaycees.
Still living as of 1988.
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Michael Bowen Mitchell (b. 1945) —
also known as Michael B. Mitchell —
of Baltimore,
Md.
Born in Baltimore,
Md., November
7, 1945.
Son of Clarence M. Mitchell, Jr. (1911-1984) and Juanita Elizabeth
(Jackson) Mitchell (1913-1992).
Lawyer;
member of Maryland
state senate 39th District, 1987; indicted
in 1987, along with his brother, by a federal grand jury in
connection with the a bribery
investigation of Wedtech Corporation; convicted
of accepting
$50,000 to stop
the Congressional investigation of Wedtech; sentenced
to two and a half years in prison;
convicted
in 1988 of forging
documents to obtain
$77,000 in life insurance proceeds intended for the child of a murder
victim, and sentenced
to six years in prison.
Methodist.
Member, NAACP.
Still living as of 1988.
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Clarence M. Mitchell IV (b. 1962) —
of Baltimore,
Md.
Born in Baltimore,
Md., May 16,
1962.
Son of Clarence
M. Mitchell III.
Democrat. Member of Maryland
state house of delegates District 44, 1995-99; member of Maryland
state senate 44th District, 1999-2003; defeated in primary, 2002;
reprimanded
by the Maryland General Assembly in 2002 for failure
to report a $10,000 loan from a Baltimore businessman.
Still living as of 2003.
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Kumar P. Barve (b. 1958) —
of Gaithersburg, Montgomery
County, Md.
Born in Schenectady, Schenectady
County, N.Y., September
8, 1958.
Son of Prabhakar Barve and Neera Barve.
Democrat. Member of Maryland
state house of delegates District 17, 1991-; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Maryland, 2000.
Hindu.
Indian
subcontinent ancestry.
Arrested
November 29, 2007, and charged
with driving
while intoxicated.
Still living as of 2008.
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Sheila Ann Dixon (b. 1953) —
also known as Sheila Dixon; Sheila
Dixon-Smith —
of Baltimore,
Md.
Born in Baltimore,
Md., December
27, 1953.
Daughter of Philip Dixon, Sr. and Winona Dixon.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Maryland,
1988,
2004,
2008
(member, Credentials
Committee); mayor
of Baltimore, Md., 2007-10; resigned 2010.
Female.
African
Methodist Episcopal. African
ancestry.
Indicted
in January 2009, on perjury
theft,
and misconduct
charges,
over secretly
accepting more than $20,000 worth of gifts from developers doing
business with the city, and for using gift cards intended for needy
families to buy furs and
other expensive items for herself; the charges were dismissed in May,
but she was reindicted
in July; tried in
fall 2009; convicted
on one count of embezzlement,
and acquitted on other charges; pleaded
guilty to perjury,
and resigned
as mayor, as part as part of a plea
agreement.
Still living as of 2010.
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