Maryland Delegation

This is one of the 50 delegations in the convention, accounting for 14 of 713 people who took part.

Members (14):

Name Visualize Details Delegations
William J. Albert Visualize (August 4, 1816 — March 29, 1879) Albert was a businessman, prominent Union leader in Maryland, and a politician. William Julian Albert was born in Baltimore, Maryland and graduated from St. Mary’s Collect in 1833. He worked in the hardware business and was a prominent figure in preventing the secession of the State. Albert was elected as a Republican to the United States House of Representatives and served from March 4, 1873 to March 3, 1875. Source: “Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 - Present,” available at https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/A000074] Maryland Delegation (This negotiation)
Stevenson Archer Visualize "(February 28, 1827 -- August 2, 1898) Stevenson Archer was a(n) lawyer, public servant, and American politician. Archer was born at 'Medical Hall', Harford County, Maryland. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1850. Stevenson served as a member of the state house of delegates (1854). Archer was elected as a Democrat to the 40th, 41st, 42nd, and 43rd, Congresses (March 4, 1867 - March 3, 1875) and was not reelected. [Source: 'Biographical Directory of the United States Congress 1774 - Present', available at https://bioguideretro.congress.gov/Home/MemberDetails?memIndex=A000274]" Maryland Delegation (This negotiation) , Maryland Delegation (United States Fifteenth Amendment)
George R. Dennis Visualize (April 8, 1822 — August 13, 1882) Dennis was a medical doctor, businessman, and politician. George Robertson Dennis was born in Somerset County, Maryland but graduated from college in New York. He studied medicine at the University of Virginia at Charlottesville and the University of Pennsylvania at Philadelphia. After completing his education, he practiced medicine for many years. Dennis served as a member of the State House of Delegates (1871) and as a member of the State Senate (1871). Later in life, Dennis was engaged in agricultural pursuits. He was elected as a Democrat to the Forty-Third, Forty-Fourth, and Forty-Fifth Congresses from March 4, 1873 to March 3, 1879. Source: “Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 - Present,” available at https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/D000242] Maryland Delegation (This negotiation)
Samuel Hambleton Visualize (January 8, 1812 — December 9, 1886) Hambleton was an American lawyer, businessman, and politician. Samuel Hambleton was born in Talbot County, Maryland. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1833. While practicing law in Maryland, Hambleton served as a member of the State House of Delegates (1834, 1835) and as a member of the State Senate (1844-1850). He was elected as a Democrat to the United States House of Representatives and served from March 4, 1869 to March 3, 1873. Source: “Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 - Present,” available at https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/H000095] Maryland Delegation (This negotiation)
Patrick Hamill Visualize (April 28, 1817 — January 15, 1895) Hamill was a real estate businessman, merchant, judge, and politician. Patrick Hamill was born in Allegany County, Maryland and attended common schools in Westernport. He served as a member of the State of House of Delegates, judge of the orphans’ court of Allegany County, and chief judge of the court. He also worked in the real estate business and was engaged in mercantile pursuits. Hamill was elected as a Democrat to the United States House of Representatives and served from March 4, 1869 to March 3, 1871. [Source: “Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 - Present,” available at https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/H000100] Maryland Delegation (This negotiation)
William T. Hamilton Visualize (September 8, 1820 — October 26, 1888) Hamilton was an American lawyer and politician. Hamilton was born in Washington County, Maryland and attended Brown’s School and Jefferson College. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1845. Hamilton was a member of the State House of Delegates in 1846 and 1848. He was elected as a Democrat to the United States House of Representatives and served from March 4, 1849 to March 3, 1855. He was again elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate and served from March 4, 1869 to March 3, 1875. Before his death in 1888, he served as Governor of Maryland from 1879 to 1883. [Source: “Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 - Present,” available at https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/H000118] Maryland Delegation (This negotiation)
Lloyd Lowndes, Jr. Visualize (February 21, 1845 — January 8, 1905) Lowndes was an American politician, businessman, and lawyer. Lloyd Lowndes, Jr. was born in Harrison County, Virginia (now in West Virginia). He attended Allegheny College in Pennsylvania, and graduated from the law department of the University of Pennsylvania at Philadelphia in 1867. Lowndes was elected as a Republican to the United States House of Representatives and served from March 4, 1873 to March 3, 1875. After serving in Congress, Lowndes returned to Maryland where he worked in banking and served as Governor of Maryland from 1895 to 1899. [Source: “Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 - Present,” available at https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/L000481] Maryland Delegation (This negotiation)
William M. Merrick Visualize (September 1, 1818 — February 4, 1889) Merrick was a lawyer, professor of law, judge, and politician. William Matthew Merrick was born in Charles County, Maryland. He attended Georgetown University and University of Virginia at Charlottesville. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1839. Merrick served as an associate justice of the United States Circuit Court for the District of Columbia from 1854 to 1863 and later worked as a professor of law and Columbian College (now George Washington University). He served as a delegate to the Maryland State constitutional convention in 1867 and also served as a member of the State House of Delegates in 1870. Merrick was elected as a Democrat to the United States House of Representatives and served from March 4, 1871 to March 3, 1873. [Source: “Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 - Present,” available at https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/M000655] Maryland Delegation (This negotiation)
William J. O'Brien Visualize (May 28, 1836 — November 13, 1905) O’Brien was an American politician and lawyer. William James O’Brien was born in Baltimore, Maryland and later attended St. Mary’s College. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1858. O’Brien was elected as a Democrat to the United States House of Representatives and served from March 4, 1873 to March 3, 1877. After serving in Congress, O’Brien was appointed judge of the orphans’ court of Baltimore and served until his death in 1905. [Source: “Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 - Present,” available at https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/O000017] Maryland Delegation (This negotiation)
John Ritchie Visualize (August 12, 1831 — October 27, 1887) Ritchie was a lawyer, judge, and politician. John Ritchie was born in Frederick County, Maryland, where he completed his preparatory studies as Frederick Academy. He initially studied medicine but switched over to law. He studied law at Harvard University and was admitted to the bar in 1854. Richie was elected as a Democrat to the United States House of Representatives and served from March 4, 1871 to March 3, 1873. After serving in Congress, Ritchie was appointed to be chief judge of the Sixth Judicial Circuit and an associate judge of the court of appeals. He served in that capacity for fifteen years, until he died in October 1887. [Source: “Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 - Present,” available at https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/R000275 Maryland Delegation (This negotiation)
Frederick Stone Visualize "(February 7, 1820 -- October 17, 1899) Frederick Stone was a(n) lawyer, commissioner, public servant, judge, and American politician. Stone was born in Charles County, Maryland. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1841. He was appointed by the legislature as one of the commissioners to revise the rules of pleading and practice the State courts, member of the state house of delegates (1864 & 1865). and associate judge of the court of appeals (1881 - 1890). Frederick was elected as a Democrat to the 40th and 41st Congresses (March 4, 1867 - March 3, 1871) and was not reelected in 1870. [Source: 'Biographical Directory of the United States Congress 1774 - Present', available at https://bioguideretro.congress.gov/Home/MemberDetails?memIndex=S000957]" Maryland Delegation (This negotiation) , Maryland Delegation (United States Fifteenth Amendment)
Thomas Swann Visualize (February 3, 1809 — July 24, 1883) Swann was a businessman, lawyer, and politician. Thomas Swann was born in Alexandria, Virginia and moved to Maryland in 1834. He attended Columbian College (now George Washington University), and studied law at University of Virginia at Charlottesville. After moving to Maryland, Swann served as director and president of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad from 1847 to 1853, and as president of the Northwestern Virginia Railroad. He was elected as a Democrat to the United States House of Representatives and served from March 4, 1869 to March 3, 1879. [Source: “Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 - Present,” available at https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/S001092] Maryland Delegation (This negotiation)
George Vickers Visualize "(November 19, 1801 -- October 8, 1879) George Vickers was a(n) lawyer, general, public servant, vice president of a convention, and American politician. he was born in Chestertown, Kent County, Maryland. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1831. He was a major general of the State militia (1861), presidential elector on the Democratic ticket (1864), vice president of the Union National Convention of Conservatives (1866), and a member of the state senate (1866 - 1867). He was elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the action of the Senate in declining Philp F. Thomas to qualify (March 7, 1868 - March 3, 1873). [Source: 'Biographical Directory of the United States Congress 1774 - Present', available at https://bioguideretro.congress.gov/Home/MemberDetails?memIndex=V000095]" Maryland Delegation (This negotiation) , Maryland Delegation (United States Fifteenth Amendment)
Ephraim K. Wilson Visualize (December 22, 1821 — February 24, 1891) Wilson was a teacher, lawyer, judge, and politician. Ephraim King Wilson was born in Worcester County, Maryland and attended school at Union Academy and Washington Academy. Later, he graduated from Jefferson College and spent six years teaching before studying law and being admitted to the bar in 1848. Wilson served as a member of the State House of Delegates in 1847 and retired to his farm in 1867 due to poor health. He was elected as a Democrat to the Forty-Third Congress from March 4, 1873 to March 3, 1875. He was again elected as a Democrat, but his time to the Senate, and served from March 4, 1885 until his death in 1891. [Source: “Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 - Present,” available at https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/W000577] Maryland Delegation (This negotiation)