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• Adams, Brockman    b. January 13, 1927  d. September 10, 2004
  US Congressman, US Senator. He was elected as a Representative from Washington to the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1965 to 1977. He was later elected as a Senator from Washington to the United States Senate, serving from 1986 to 1993.
  Broad Creek Cemetery, Stevensville, Queen Anne's County, Maryland, USA
   
• Brown, John Brewer  b. May 13, 1836  d. May 16, 1898
  US Congressman. He was admitted to the bar in 1857 and opened a law practice in Centerville, Maryland. He was a member of the State House of Delegates in 1870 and served in the State Senate, 1888 to 1892. In 1892, he was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-second Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Henry Page, serving until 1893. He declined to be a candidate for renomination and resumed legal practice until his death. (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
  Chesterfield Cemetery, Centreville, Queen Anne's County, Maryland, USA
   
• Brown, John  d. December 13, 1815
  US Congressman. He was a member of the Maryland State House of Delegates, 1807 to 1808 and elected as a Republican to the Eleventh Congress in 1809, serving until 1810. Reelected to the Twelfth Congress, he resigned to accept an appointment as clerk of the Court of Queen Anne's County, Maryland and held office until his death. (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
  Chesterfield Cemetery, Centreville, Queen Anne's County, Maryland, USA
   
• Carmichael, Richard Bennett    b. December 25, 1807  d. October 21, 1884
  US Congressman. An 1828 graduate of Princeton College, he studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1830. He served in the Maryland House of Delegates before being elected as a Jacksonian Democrat to Congress from Maryland. Serving a single term, from 1833 to 1835, he resumed the practice of law in Queen Annes County, Maryland. He served as president of the Maryland constitutional convention in 1867. He died at his estate, "Wye", near Carmichael, Maryland. (Bio by: Garver Graver)
  Stagwell Cemetery, Carmichael, Queen Anne's County, Maryland, USA
   
• Carvel, Elbert Nostrand   b. February 9, 1910  d. February 6, 2005
  Delaware Governor. A native of Shelter Island, Long Island, New York, he served as the Governor of Delaware from 1949 to 1953, and from 1961 to 1965. Carvel also served as the Lieutenant Governor of Delaware from 1945 to 1949, Delegate to the Democratic National Convention from Delaware in 1948, Delaware Democratic State Chair in 1955, and as Candidate for United States Senator from Delaware in 1958, and again in 1964. Also noted for being a champion of civil rights, and as a creator of the...[Read More] (Bio by: K)
  Carvel Family Cemetery, Kent Island, Queen Anne's County, Maryland, USA
   
• Gibson, Charles Hopper   b. January 19, 1842  d. March 31, 1900
  US Senator from Maryland, 1891-1897. US Representative, 1885-1891. (Bio by: Bill in Oregon)
  Chesterfield Cemetery, Centreville, Queen Anne's County, Maryland, USA
   
• Hemsley, William   b. January 23, 1737  d. June 5, 1812
  Continental Congressman. A member of a Maryland family prominent in Queen Anne's and Talbot Counties, Hemsley owned and operated the family estate, Clover Fields Farm, near Queenstown. In 1773 he was appointed Provincial Treasurer for Maryland's Eastern Shore and Talbot County Surveyor. During the Revolution he supplied the Continental Army with flour and other supplies, and in 1777 became Colonel of the Queen Anne's County Militia's Twentieth Battalion and county Justice of the Peace. From...[Read More] (Bio by: Bill McKern)
  Clover Fields Farm Cemetery, Queenstown (Queen Anne's County), Queen Anne's County, Maryland, USA
   
• Lloyd, James  b. 1745  d. 1820
  US Senator. A former attorney, Lloyd was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the Kent County Militia in 1776, and he served throughout the Revolutionary War. Lloyd continued his militia membership, eventually attaining the rank of Brigadier General. In 1797 he was elected to the US Senate as a Federalist, filling the vacancy caused by John Henry's resignation, and serving until his resignation in 1800. During his term Lloyd was one of the main proponents of the Alien and Sedition Acts. He...[Read More] (Bio by: Bill McKern)
  Clover Fields Farm Cemetery, Queenstown (Queen Anne's County), Queen Anne's County, Maryland, USA
   
• Paca, William    b. October 31, 1740  d. October 23, 1799
  Signer of the Declaration of Independence from Maryland. Born into a wealthy family on Halloween, 1740, in Abingdon, near Baltimore. At the age of 12, he entered the University of Pennsylvania, and following graduation, studied law in Annapolis and England. Upon his return to Maryland, he settled in Annapolis and married Mary Chew. He soon became one of Maryland's leading attorneys. An ardent patriot, he preferred to work behind the scenes, writing newspaper articles, and leaving the...[Read More] (Bio by: Kit and Morgan Benson)
  Wye Plantation, Queen Anne's County, Maryland, USA
   
• Roe, Dudley George  b. March 23, 1881  d. January 4, 1970
  US Congressman. Elected to represent Maryland's 1st District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1945 to 1947. Also served as a Member of the Maryland State House of Delegates in 1908, and Member of the Maryland State Senate from 1924 to 1933, and 1939 to 1941. (Bio by: K)
  Sudlersville Cemetery, Sudlersville, Queen Anne's County, Maryland, USA
   
• Seney, Joshua    b. March 4, 1756  d. October 20, 1798
  US Congressman. He graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1773 and became an attorney, also managing his family's farm while his father took part in the Revolution. In 1779 Seney was appointed High Sheriff of Queen Anne's County. He served in the Maryland House of Delegates from 1785 to 1787. In 1788 he was a member of the Continental Congress. In 1788 he was also elected to the first US Congress as an Anti-Administration candidate. He was reelected in 1790 and served from 1789 until...[Read More] (Bio by: Bill McKern)
  Saint Lukes Episcopal Parish Cemetery, Church Hill (Queen Anne's County), Queen Anne's County, Maryland, USA
   
• Wright, Robert   b. November 20, 1752  d. September 7, 1826
  Republican politician from Maryland. He served in the US Senate from 1801-1806 and as Governor of Maryland from 1806-1809. He also served in the House of Representatives from 1810-1817 and from 1821-1823. (Bio by: Tim Crutchfield)
  Decourcy Cemetery, Chester, Queen Anne's County, Maryland, USA
   
• Wright, Turbutt  b. February 5, 1741  d. 1783
  Continental Congressman. He was a farmer on the Wright family plantation, "White Marsh." Wright was a member of Maryland's colonial Assembly from 1773 to 1774. In 1775 he was a founder of Maryland's Association of Freemen, an early Patriot organization. In 1776 he was a member of the convention that enacted Maryland's first post-colonial constitution. Beginning in February 1777 he served on the state Council of Safety, holding office until the council was abolished later that year. He was...[Read More] (Bio by: Bill McKern)
  Wright Family Cemetery (White Marsh Plantation), Centreville, Queen Anne's County, Maryland, USA
   

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