The Political Graveyard: Mitchell family of Maryland

Mitchell family of Maryland

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Parren James Mitchell (1922-2007) — also known as Parren J. Mitchell — of Baltimore, Md. Born in Baltimore, Md., April 29, 1922. Son of Clarence M. Mitchell, Sr. and Elsie (Davis) Mitchell; uncle of Clarence M. Mitchell III and Michael Bowen Mitchell; granduncle of Clarence M. Mitchell IV and Keiffer Jackson Mitchell, Jr.. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; college professor; U.S. Representative from Maryland 7th District, 1971-87. Black. Episcopalian. Died, of pneumonia, in Greater Baltimore Medical Center, Baltimore, Md., May 28, 2007. Burial location unknown.
- See also: congressional biography; Wikipedia article; NNDB dossier.
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); nephew of Parren James Mitchell; brother of Michael Bowen Mitchell; father of Clarence M. Mitchell IV; uncle of Keiffer Jackson Mitchell, Jr.. 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. Black. Member, NAACP; Urban League; Kappa Alpha Psi; Freemasons; Jaycees. Still living as of 1988.
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); nephew of Parren James Mitchell; brother of Clarence M. Mitchell III; uncle of Clarence M. Mitchell IV and Keiffer Jackson Mitchell, Jr.. 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.
Clarence M. Mitchell IV (b. 1962) — of Baltimore, Md. Born in Baltimore, Md., May 16, 1962. Grandnephew of Parren James Mitchell; son of Clarence M. Mitchell III; nephew of Michael Bowen Mitchell; first cousin of Keiffer Jackson Mitchell, Jr.. Democrat. Member of Maryland state house of delegates 44th District, 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.
Keiffer Jackson Mitchell, Jr. (b. 1967) — also known as Keiffer J. Mitchell, Jr. — of Baltimore, Md. Born in Baltimore, Md., September 28, 1967. Grandnephew of Parren James Mitchell; nephew of Clarence M. Mitchell III and Michael Bowen Mitchell; first cousin of Clarence M. Mitchell IV; married to Nicole Kramer. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Maryland, 2000, 2008; candidate in primary for mayor of Baltimore, Md., 2007. Methodist. Member, Alpha Epsilon Pi. Still living as of 2008.
- See also: Wikipedia article.

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