- William Smith
The Rev. Dr. William Smith (1728-1803) was the first president of the University of Pennsylvania. He was born at Aberdeen, Scotland, to Thomas and Elizabeth (Duncan) Smith. He attended the University of Aberdeen. In 1753, Smith wrote a pamphlet outlining his thoughts about education. - Sophie Kerr
Sophie Kerr (1880-1965) was an author who wrote 23 novels and many poems and short stories. She grew up in Caroline County, Maryland, and lived much of her adult life in New York City. In her will, she bequeathed half a million dollars to Washington College in Chestertown, Maryland, to fund one promising graduating writer each year. Investing the money the past forty years has allowed the prize to grow to over $50,000 a year. - Baird Tipson
Baird Tipson , Washington College's 26th president and a scholar of American religious and intellectual history, is now in his fourth year at the helm of the first college founded in the new nation. Throughout his career in higher education as a teacher, scholar, administrator and fundraiser, he has demonstrated a passion for the liberal arts. - John S. Toll
John S. Toll is a physicist and well-known educational administrator. He received his bachelor's degree in physics from Yale in 1944, after which he served in the Navy in World War II. He finished his Ph.D. in physics at Princeton in 1952. He then moved to the University of Maryland, where he became Chair of the Department of Physics and Astronomy in 1953. During his tenure as Chair, he was responsible for a major increase in size and quality of the department. - Linda Hamilton
Linda Carroll Hamilton (born September 26, 1956) is an American movie actress born in Salisbury, Maryland. - James M. Cain
James Mallahan Cain (July 1, 1892 - October 27, 1977) was an American journalist and novelist. Although Cain himself vehemently opposed labelling, he is usually associated with the hardboiled school of American crime fiction and seen as one of the creators of the "roman noir". Cain was born into an Irish Catholic family in Annapolis, Maryland. The son of a prominent teacher and an opera singer, he had inherited his love for music from his mother, … - William Holmes McGuffey
William Holmes McGuffey (September 23, 1800 - May 4, 1873) was an American professor who created the McGuffey Readers, one of America's first textbooks. He was born in Washington County, Pennsylvania. In 1802, McGuffey's family moved to Tuscarawas County, Ohio. He attended country school, and after receiving special instruction at Youngstown, he attended Old Stone Academy. Afterwards, he attended and graduated from Washington College in Pennsylvania, … - Robert Wright
Robert Wright (November 20, 1752-September 7, 1826) was an American politician. Wright was born at "Narborough", near Chestertown, Maryland, attended the common schools, and Washington College of Chestertown. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1773, and commenced practice in Chestertown. He served in the American Revolutionary War as private, lieutenant, and later as captain. After the war, he served as a member of the Maryland House of Delegates from 1784 to 1786, … - Louis L. Goldstein
Louis Lazarus Goldstein (March 14, 1913 - July 3, 1998) served as Comptroller of the Treasury of the State of Maryland from 1959 to 1998. He was born to a storekeeper in the small town Prince Frederick, Maryland, and also died there. As a legislator in the Maryland General Assembly, he was known for his 11th-hour strongarming to get votes behind closed doors. He also owned land in every county in the State of Maryland in an effort to show his commitment to the entire state. - Tom Kibler
John Thomas "Tom" Kibler (born in 1886 in Queen Anne's County, Maryland) was a coach at Washington College, in various capacities, for over half a century. His duties included coaching the baseball, basketball and football teams. Prior to joining the Washington College staff, Kibler had been a baseball and basketball coach at the Ohio State University. In 1936 he was the President of the Eastern Shore Baseball League. - Bill Nicholson
William Beck (Bill) Nicholson (December 11, 1914 - March 8, 1996) was a right fielder in Major League Baseball who played for the Philadelphia Athletics (1936), Chicago Cubs (1939-1948) and Philadelphia Phillies (1949-1953). A native of Chestertown, Maryland, where he attended Washington College, he batted left handed and threw right handed. - John Echols
John Echols (March 20, 1823 - May 24, 1896) was a general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. John Echols was born in Lynchburg, Virginia, and was educated at the Virginia Military Institute, Washington College and Harvard College. Entering upon the practice of law at Staunton, he soon attained distinction. A tall imposing man, standing 6 feet 4 inches tall, Echols quickly became a leader among his peers. - David McConaughy
David McConaughy (July 23, 1823 - 1902) was a noted attorney, cemetery president, and civic leader in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, as well as a part-time intelligence officer for the Union Army during the American Civil War. He was a driving force behind the creation of the Gettysburg National Cemetery following the Battle of Gettysburg. He also led early efforts to preserve the Gettysburg Battlefield for future generations. - Henry Stanberry
Henry Stanberry (February 20, 1803 - June 26, 1881) was an American lawyer and Presidential Cabinet member. Born in New York, he moved to Ohio in 1814. He graduated from Washington College (now Washington and Jefferson College near Pittsburgh and studied law. He was admitted to the bar in Ohio in 1824 and to the bar of the Supreme Court of the United States in 1832. In 1846 he was elected the first attorney general of Ohio by the Ohio General Assembly. - John Emory
John Emory (11 April 1789 - 1835) was an American bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church, elected in 1832. - Edwin Gray Lee
Edwin Gray Lee (May 27, 1837 - August 24, 1870) was an American soldier from Virginia and a Confederate brigadier general during the American Civil War. He was a member of the Lee family and second cousin of Robert E. Lee. After engaging in combat, Lee was sent to Canada by the Confederate government for secret service. Lee was born to Edmund Jennings Lee and Henrietta Bedinger at their home Leeland in Shepherdstown, West Virginia. - Bill Gertz
Bill Gertz (b. March 21, 1952) is an American reporter and analyst for "The Washington Times" and Fox News. He is the author of four books and co-writes a weekly column on the Pentagon and national security issues with Rowan Scarborough, called "Inside the Ring". - Zebulon Baird Vance
Zebulon Baird Vance (May 13,1830 - April 14,1894) was a Confederate military officer in the American Civil War, twice Governor of North Carolina, and U.S. Senator. A prodigious writer, Vance became one of the most influential southern leaders of the Civil War and postbellum periods. - John J. Crittenden
John Jordan Crittenden (September 10, 1786 - July 26, 1863) was an American statesman from Kentucky. He was born near Versailles, Kentucky, the son of American Revolution veteran John Crittenden. He attended Washington College (now Washington and Lee University) in Lexington, Virginia, and graduated from the College of William and Mary in 1806. Thereafter he studied law and was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Woodford County, Kentucky, in 1807. - Homer Smoot
Homer Vernon "Doc" Smoot (Born: March 23, 1878 in Galestown, Maryland, died: March 25, 1928 in Salisbury, Maryland) is a former Major League Baseball outfielder who had a short but successful career. He played for the St. Louis Cardinals and Cincinnati Reds between 1902 and 1906. He threw righthanded but batted lefthanded. Smoot was the eldest of three children. He was born to Luke Smoot and Rebecca Wheatley-Smoot. - Isaac Murphy
Isaac Murphy (16 October 1799 - 8 September 1882) was the first Reconstruction Governor of Arkansas. He was the first reconstruction governor to come to power under President Abraham Lincoln's conciliatory policy. Unlike some other reconstruction administrations the Murphy administration was characterized by fiscal restraint and conciliatory attitude towards the soon to be defeated Confederates. - Charles T. Dean
Charles T. Dean, Sr. (1907-1999) was a farmer and Democratic politician from Ridgely, Maryland, in Caroline County. He was a County Commissioner from 1978 to 1990 and was instrumental in securing Code Home Rule for the county. Dean was the first county resident to place his farmland in the Ag Preservation program. His farm was in 2006 inducted into the Maryland Century Farm program. He graduated from the University of Maryland. - Jeremiah Morton
Jeremiah Morton (September 3, 1799 - November 28, 1878) was a nineteenth century politician and lawyer from Virginia. He was the younger brother of Florida senator Jackson Morton. Born in Fredericksburg, Virginia, Morton attended a private school as a child and later went on to Washington College in 1814 and 1815 and graduated from the College of William and Mary in 1819. He studied law and was admitted to the bar, commencing practice in Raccoon Ford, Virginia. - Thomas Alan Goldsborough
Thomas Alan Goldsborough (September 16, 1877 - June 16, 1951) was a U.S. jurist and politician. Goldsborough was born in Greensboro, Maryland. He attended the public schools and the local academy at Greensboro, later graduating from Washington College of Chestertown, Maryland, in 1899. In 1901, he graduated from the law department of the University of Maryland at Baltimore, was admitted to the bar the same year, and commenced practice in Denton, Maryland. - Ezekiel F. Chambers
Ezekiel Forman Chambers (February 28, 1788 - January 30, 1867) was an American politician. Born in Chestertown, Maryland, Chambers was graduated from Washington College at Chestertown in 1805. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1808, and commenced practice in Chestertown. Chambers served during the War of 1812, where he attained the rank of brigadier general. In 1822, Chambers served in the Maryland State Senate. - Alexander G. McNutt
Alexander Gallatin McNutt (b. January 3 1802, Rockbridge County, Virginia - d. October 22 1848, DeSoto County, Mississippi) was a Mississippi politician that served two consecutive 2-year terms (1838-1842) as that state's governor, having previously served as a state senator (1835-1837). McNutt studied at Washington College (now Washington and Lee University) and moved to Jackson, Mississippi in the early 1820s. - John J. Allen
John James Allen (September 25, 1797 to September 18, 1871) was born at Woodstock,Shenandoah County, Virginia. His father was a distinguished lawyer and a judge of the circuit court. John Allen received his education at Washington College and at Dickinson College in Pennsylvania. He studied law with his father, passed the bar in 1818, and opened his first office in Campbell Courthouse, Virginia, in 1819. - Alexander Scott Withers
Alexander Scott Withers was the author of "Chronicles of Border Warfare" (1831), an important primary source for the history of the early white settlement of western Virginia and consequent conflicts with the indigenous Indians. Withers was a son of Enoch K. Withers and Jennet Chinn Withers and was born at the family home near Warrenton, in Fauquier County, Virginia. His mother was a first cousin of Sir Walter Scott. He was educated at home and in private schools, … - Thomas McKean Thompson McKennan
Thomas McKean Thompson McKennan (March 31, 1794 - July 9, 1852) was a nineteenth century politician and lawyer who briefly served as United States Secretary of the Interior. Born in New Castle, Delaware, in 1794, McKennan later moved with his family to Washington, Pennsylvania. He graduated from Washington College in 1810 and was admitted to the bar in 1814, commencing practice in Washington. - Charles Hopper Gibson
Charles Hopper Gibson was a United States Senator from Maryland, serving from 1891–1897. He also served as a U.S. Congressman from 1885–1891. Gibson was born near Centreville, Maryland, and attended the Centerville Academy and the Archer School in Harford County. He graduated from Washington College in Chestertown, Maryland, engaged in the study law, and was admitted to the bar in 1864, commencing practice in Easton, Maryland. - Robert Franklin Bratton
Robert Franklin Bratton (May 13, 1845 - May 10, 1894) was an American politician. Bratton was born in Barren Creek Springs in Somerset (now Wicomico) County, Maryland, and graduated from Washington College of Chestertown, Maryland, in 1864. Thereafter, he served as deputy register of wills for Somerset County and was admitted to the bar in 1867. - John W. Crisfield
John Woodland Crisfield (November 8, 1806 - January 12, 1897) was a U.S. Congressman from Maryland, representing the sixth district from 1847-1849 and the first district from 1861-1863. The town of Crisfield, Maryland is named after him. Born near Chestertown, Maryland, Crisfield was educated at Washington College on the Eastern Shore of Maryland. He studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1830, commencing practice in Princess Anne, Maryland. - William Murray Stone
William Murray Stone, D.D. (June 1, 1779-February 26, 1838) was an American Episcopal clergyman from Maryland. He was bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Maryland at Baltimore from 1830. William was born in Somerset County to John and Betsy (Murray) Stone. His family had been important in the development of Maryland for over a hundred years. His great-great-grandfather William Stone had served as governor of the colony, … - John Littleton Dawson
John Littleton Dawson was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. Dawson was born in Uniontown, Pennsylvania and grew up in Brownsville, Pennsylvania. He graduated from Washington College with a degree in law, was granted admission to the bar in 1835, and ran a small law practice. He served as deputy attorney general for Fayette County, Pennsylvania in 1838, … - Dudley Roe
Dudley George Roe (March 23, 1881-January 4, 1970), a Democrat, was a U.S. Congressman who represented the Maryland's 1st congressional district from 1945 to 1947. Roe was born in Sudlersville, Maryland and attended the public schools. He graduated from Washington College of Chestertown, Maryland in 1903 and from the law department of the University of Maryland, Baltimore in 1905, where he was admitted to the bar in 1905 and commenced practice. - James Barroll Ricaud
James Barroll Ricaud (February 11, 1808 - January 24, 1866) was an American politician. Born in Baltimore, Maryland, Ricaud attended the common schools and graduated from Washington College of Chestertown, Maryland in 1828. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1829, and commenced practice in Chestertown. He served as a member of the Maryland House of Delegates in 1834, served in the Maryland State Senate from 1836 to 1844, … - Francis T. Anderson
Francis T. Anderson (December 11, 1808 - November 30, 1887) was born in Botetourt County, Virginia. He received his education at first from his mother and then at the school of Curtis Alderson at Ben Salem in Rockbridge County, Virginia. Later he attended the Fincastle Classical School for several years before enrolling in Washington College, from which he graduated at the age of nineteen. - Robert H. Roy
Robert H. Roy (born 21 November 1906, Baltimore, Maryland; died 8 October 2000, Towson, Maryland) was an American mechanical engineer and the former Dean of Engineering Science at Johns Hopkins University. Roy enrolled in mechanical engineering at Johns Hopkins in 1925, where he played lacrosse and was a member of the school's national championship team. He was a defender on the U.S. national lacrosse team that competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, … - Alfred Gilmore
Alfred Gilmore was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. Alfred Gilmore (son of John Gilmore) was born in Butler, Pennsylvania. He was graduated from Washington College in Washington, Pennsylvania, in 1833. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1836 and commenced practice in Butler. Gilmore was elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-first and Thirty-second Congresses. He was not a candidate for reelection in 1852. - David Hummell Greer
David Hummell Greer (1844-1919) was an American Protestant Episcopal bishop. He was born in Wheeling, Va., (now West Virginia), graduated at Washington College (Pa.) in 1862, and studied at the Protestant Episcopal Seminary, Gambier, Ohio. Ordained a priest in 1868, he was rector successively at Covington, Ky. (1868-71), Providence, R. I., (1871-88), and New York City (St. Bartholomew's Church, 1888-1904).
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