- Martin O'Malley
Martin Joseph O'Malley (born January 18 1963) is a Democratic politician and the 61<sup>st</sup> and current Governor of Maryland. Previously, he served as Mayor of Baltimore City from 1999 to 2007. - Peter Angelos
Peter G. Angelos (born July 4, 1929 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) is an American trial lawyer and the current owner of the Baltimore Orioles, a baseball team in the American League East Division. His official titles with the club are Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer. He led a group of investors that purchased the team in 1993 for $173 million from Eli Jacobs. - Francis Scott Key
Francis Scott Key (August 1, 1779 - January 11, 1843) was an American lawyer, an author, and an amateur poet who wrote the words to the United States national anthem, "The Star-Spangled Banner". - Thurgood Marshall
Thurgood Marshall was an American jurist and the first African American to serve on the Supreme Court of the United States. Prior to becoming a judge, he was a lawyer who was best remembered for his high success rate in arguing before the Supreme Court and for the victory in "Brown v. Board of Education". Marshall was born in Baltimore, Maryland, on July 2, 1908. - Reverdy Johnson
Reverdy Johnson (May 21, 1796 - February 10, 1876) was a statesman and jurist from Maryland. Born in Annapolis, Johnson was the son of a distinguished Maryland lawyer and politician, John Johnson (1770 - 1824). He graduated from St. John's College in 1812 and then studied law. He was admitted to the bar in 1815, and then moved to Baltimore, where he became a legal colleague of Luther Martin, William Pinkney and Roger B. Taney. - Robert Ehrlich
Robert Leroy "Bob" Ehrlich, Jr. (born November 25, 1957) is an American politician who served as the 60<sup>th</sup> Governor of Maryland from 2003 to 2007. A Republican, he became governor after defeating Democratic opponent Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, a member of the Kennedy family, 51% to 48% in the 2002 elections. - Samuel Chase
Samuel Chase (April 17, 1741 - June 19, 1811), was an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court and a signer of the United States Declaration of Independence as a representative of Maryland. He was well-known as a Federalist-partisan. - Stuart O. Simms
Stuart O. Simms ("Stu" Simms) is a Maryland politician, who ran unsuccessfully for the Democratic Party's nomination in the 2006 election for Attorney General of the state of Maryland in the United States. Simms was born in Maryland and attended the prestigious Gilman School in Baltimore City. He received his undergraduate degree from Dartmouth College and his law degree from Harvard Law School. In 1983, he was appointed Deputy State's Attorney for Baltimore City. - Kurt Schmoke
Kurt L. Schmoke (born December 1, 1949) is the Dean of the Howard University Law School and a former mayor of Baltimore, Maryland. The son of Murray (a civilian chemist for the US Army) and Irene Schmoke (a social worker), he attended the public schools of Baltimore. Schmoke is an honorary member of Alpha Phi Alpha, the nation's oldest inter-collegiate fraternity for African American men - John Nelson
John Nelson (June 1, 1791 - January 8, 1860) was Attorney General of the United States from 1843 to 1845 under John Tyler. Nelson was born in Frederick, Maryland, the son of politician Roger Nelson. He graduated from the College of William and Mary in 1811 and was admitted to the bar in 1813, starting practice in Frederick. He held several local offices before being elected to the United States House of Representatives representing Maryland's fourth district. - Curt Anderson
Delegate Curt Anderson, chairman of the Baltimore City Delegation was first elected to the Maryland House of Delegates in 1983. After serving 12 years he was elected again in 2002. Anderson, a former television news anchor, is a practising attorney and a state legislator. A graduate of Baltimore City College High School, Morgan State University and the University of Baltimore School of Law; Anderson has lived in Northeast Baltimore since moving there from Chicago in 1952. - Kathleen Kennedy Townsend
Kathleen Hartington Kennedy Townsend (born July 4, 1951) was lieutenant governor of the U.S. state of Maryland from 1995 to 2003. She ran unsuccessfully for Governor of Maryland in 2002. The eldest of Robert F. Kennedy and Ethel Skakel's 11 children, she is part of the Kennedy political family. She was named for her aunt Kathleen Agnes Kennedy, Marchioness of Hartington, who died in a plane crash in 1948. - Philip Perlman
Philip B. Perlman (March 5, 1890, Baltimore - 1960) was a Baltimore native, the son of Benjamin and Rose Nathan Perlman. Graduating from Baltimore City College in 1908, Perlman worked as a reporter for the Baltimore American while studying political economy at Johns Hopkins University. He studied law at the University of Maryland School of Law, being admitted to the bar one year prior to receiving a law degree in 1912. He began working for The Evening Sun in 1910, … - James McSherry
James McSherry (December 30, 1842 - October 23, 1907) was an American jurist who served as chief judge of the supreme court of the U.S. state of Maryland, the Court of Appeals. McSherry was born in Frederick, Frederick County, Maryland to James McSherry, Jr. and Eliza Spurrier McSherry. He attended St. John's Literary Institute of Frederick from 1850 to 1856, and Mount Saint Mary's College from 1856 to 1861. He began the study of law in 1861, … - Ann Marie Doory
Delegate Ann Marie L. Doory, is an American politician who represents the 43rd legislative district of the Maryland General Assembly in Annapolis Maryland - Scott Rolle
Scott L. Rolle (June 30, 1961, in Washington, D.C.) is the State's Attorney for Frederick County, Maryland. On November 7, 2006, Rolle was defeated in the election for Attorney General of Maryland by Democrat Doug Gansler. He is a graduate of the University of Dayton (1984), earned his law degree from Ohio Northern University (1986), and is a graduate of the F.B.I. National Law Institute in Quantico, Virginia. - Joseph F. Vallario Jr.
Delegate Joe Vallario, is an American politician who represents district 27A in the Maryland House of Delegates and is the chairman of the House Judiciary Committee. Vallario was first elected in 1975 and is the longest serving chairman in the Maryland General Assembly - John Sarbanes
John Peter Spyros Sarbanes (born May 22, 1962) is an American lawyer and politician who has represented the third district of Maryland in the United States Congress since 2007. The district includes the state capital of Annapolis, central portions of the City of Baltimore, and parts of Howard and Baltimore Counties. - C. Edward Middlebrooks
C. Edward Middlebrooks (born June 11, 1955 in Baltimore, Maryland), is an American politician. He is a member of the County Council for District 2 of Anne Arundel County, Maryland. A Republican, he formerly served as the Council's Chairperson. - Severn Teackle Wallis
Severn Teackle Wallis, (1816-94) was an American lawyer, born in Baltimore, Md. He graduated from St. Mary's College in 1832 and was admitted to the bar in 1837. In 1849 he was sent to Spain by the United States government to investigate the titles to certain public lands in Florida. In 1861 he was elected to the Maryland Legislature, where, as leader of the faction opposed to the Civil War, … - Robert I. H. Hammerman
Robert I. H. Hammerman, was an associate Judge of the Supreme Bench in Baltimore City, Maryland from 1967 to 1982, an associate Judge of the Baltimore City Circuit Court, 8th Judicial Circuit from 1983 to 1998 and the chief judge, from 1984 to 98. He retired July 17, 1998 and committed suicide in November of 2004. - Henry Stockbridge Jr.
Henry Stockbridge, Jr. (September 18, 1856 - March 22, 1924) was a U.S. Representative from Maryland. Born in Baltimore, Maryland, Stockbridge attended public and private schools and Williston Academy of Easthampton, Massachusetts. He graduated from Amherst College in 1877 and from the law school of the University of Maryland at Baltimore in 1878. He was admitted to the bar in the latter year and commenced practice in Baltimore. - William L. Henderson
William L. Henderson (December 8, 1894 - March 23, 1984) was an American jurist who served as Chief Judge of the supreme court of the U.S. state of Maryland, the Court of Appeals. Henderson was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Charles English and Ida Mary Lynn Henderson, but was raised on the Eastern Shore of Maryland. He received his early education from the Gilman School, where he graduated from in 1911. He went on to the University of Virginia, … - Gustavus Scott
Gustavus Scott was a lawyer and elected Delegate to the Continental Congress from Maryland. Gustavus Scott (grandfather of William Lawrence Scott) was born at “Westwood” in Prince William County, Virginia. He went with his brother to Scotland in 1765 and studied at King’s College in Aberdeen, Scotland. He entered the Middle Temple in London, England, in 1767, and completed his law studies in 1771. - Hall Hammond
Hall Hammond (May 18, 1902 - November 27, 1991) was an American jurist and politician who served as Chief Judge of the Court of Appeals and Attorney General for the state of Maryland. Hammond was born in Baltimore, Maryland to William S. Hammond and Rosalie Hall Hammond. He received his early education from the Gilman School, the Jefferson School, and Baltimore City College. He received his A.B. degree from Johns Hopkins University in 1923, … - Henry S. Geyer
Henry Sheffie Geyer (December 9, 1790 - March 5, 1859) was a politician, lawyer, and soldier from Missouri. Born in Frederick, Maryland, he was instructed privately, studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1811 and practiced law in Frederick. During the War of 1812 he served as a first lieutenant in the Thirty-sixth Regiment, Maryland Infantry from 1813 to 1815; in the latter year he settled in St. Louis, Missouri and resumed the practice of law. - William Purington Cole Jr.
William Purington Cole, Jr. (May 11, 1889-September 22, 1957) was an American jurist and politician. From 1927 to 1929 and from 1931 to 1942, Cole was a U.S. Congressman who represented the second district of Maryland. Cole was born in Towson, Maryland and graduated as a civil engineer from Maryland Agricultural College (now the University of Maryland, College Park) in 1910. He also studied law at the University of Maryland School of Law, was admitted to the bar in 1912, … - Thomas S. Baer
Thomas S. Baer (1843-1906), is an American jurist who served as a Judge on the Supreme Bench of Baltimore City in the United States of America from 1903 until his death in 1906. - Stedman Prescott
Stedman Prescott (August 30, 1896 - November 14, 1968) was an American jurist who served as Chief Judge of the supreme court of the U.S. state of Maryland, the Court of Appeals. Prescott was born in Norbeck, Montgomery County, Maryland to Alexander F. Prescott and Edith Stanley Kellogg Prescott. He was initially educated at Rockville Academy, and graduated from Rockville High School in 1914. He attended Georgetown University, where he received his LL.B. degree in 1919. - Ogle Marbury
Ogle Marbury (August 23, 1882 - October 3, 1973) was an American jurist who served as Chief Judge of the supreme court of the U.S. state of Maryland, the Court of Appeals. Marbury was born in Guilford, Howard County, Maryland to Reverend Ogle Marbury and Eleanora Brevitt MacKenzie Marbury. He was privately tutored as a youth, and also attended Baltimore City College and Deichmann Gymnasium School. He received his B.A. degree in 1902 from Johns Hopkins University, … - Carroll Bond
Carroll T. Bond (June 13, 1873 - January 18, 1943) was an American jurist who served as chief judge of the supreme court of the U.S. state of Maryland, the Court of Appeals. Bond was born in Baltimore, Maryland to James Bond and Elizabeth Lyon Bond, and attended Lamb's School and Phillips Exeter Academy as a youth. He received his B.A. degree from Harvard University in 1894, and his LL.B. degree from the University of Maryland School of Law in 1896. - Barbara Osborn Kreamer
Barbara Osborn Kreamer (b. December 8 1948) is an American politician from Aberdeen, Maryland and a former Democratic member of the Maryland House of Delegates. Kreamer served one term on the County Council of Harford County, Maryland from 1978 to 1982. Kreamer then represented District 34 from 1983 until 1990. She served as the President of the Maryland Association of Elected Women in 1985. - Charles Mathias Jr.
Charles McCurdy "Mac" Mathias, Jr. (July 24, 1922 -) was a Republican member of the United States Senate, representing the State of Maryland from 1969-1987. He was also a member of the Maryland House of Delegates from 1959-1960, and a member of the United States House of Representatives, representing the 6th congressional district of Maryland, from 1961-1969. Mathias was born in Frederick, Maryland and attended Frederick County Public Schools. - Bill D. Burlison
Bill D. Burlison (born 1931) is an American politician currently from Odenton, Maryland. He represented the 4th Councilmatic District as a member of the County Council of Anne Arundel County, Maryland. Burlison is a Democrat. Four months after entering the race for Congress in the 3rd District in the 2006 election, Burlison withdrew his candidacy on November 3, 2005. Burlison is a lawyer in Crofton, Maryland and a former law instructor. - John Kissig Cowen
John Kissig Cowen (October 28, 1844 - April 26, 1904) was a U.S. Representative from Maryland. Born near Millersburg, Ohio, Cowen attended the public schools and the local academies at Fredericksburg and Hayesville, Ohio. He graduated from Princeton College in 1866 and from the law department of the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor. He was admitted to the bar of Ohio in 1868 and commenced practice in Mansfield, Ohio, … - Thomas Brooke Jr.
Col. Thomas Brooke, (1659-1730/31) of "Brookefield", President of the Council in Maryland and acting Governor. Thomas, was the son of Maj. Thomas Brooke, Esq. (1632-1676) and his second wife Eleanor Hatton (1642-1725). - Andrew Hunter Boyd
Andrew Hunter Boyd (July 15, 1849 - August 2, 1935) was an American jurist who served as chief judge of the supreme court of the U.S. state of Maryland, the Court of Appeals. Boyd was born in Winchester, Virginia to Reverend A. H. H. Boyd (d. 1865). He attended Washington and Lee University from 1866 to 1868, the University of Virginia from 1868 to 1869, and in 1871 obtained his LL.B. degree from that institution. - William Grafton Delaney Worthington
Gov. William Grafton Delaney Worthington IV, Hon. (1785-1856), lawyer, Judge, Governor and Secretary of the Territory of East Florida. William was the son of William Worthington (1747-1820) and Sarah Contee (1761-1825). - James William Denny
James William Denny (November 20, 1838 - April 12, 1923) was a U.S. Representative from Maryland. Born in Frederick County, Virginia, Denny attended the academy of the Rev. William Johnson, Berryville, Virginia, and graduated from the University of Virginia at Charlottesville. He served as principal of the Osage Seminary of Osceola, Missouri. During the Civil War, he returned to his native State and enlisted in Company A, Thirty-ninth Virginia Battalion of Cavalry, … - John Fendall I
Col. John Fendall I (1672-1734) of "Clivedon Hall", planter, Justice, member of Lower House. John was born in 1672 in Charles Co., Maryland, the son of Gov. Josias Fendall I, Esq. (ca. 1628-1687). John moved to Carolina in 1683 with his parents. However, he returned permanently to Maryland, and in 1702 gave his occupation as a carpenter. In 1698 he was administrator of the estate of William Marshall II (1670-1698), his future wife’s first husband, …
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