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Lawyer Politicians in Maryland, T-V

  Joshua Frederick Cockey Talbott (1843-1918) — also known as J. Frederick C. Talbott — of Towson, Baltimore County, Md.; Lutherville, Baltimore County, Md. Born near Lutherville, Baltimore County, Md., July 29, 1843. Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; lawyer; Baltimore County Prosecuting Attorney, 1871-75; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Maryland, 1876 (member, Committee on Permanent Organization), 1904 (member, Committee on Permanent Organization), 1908, 1912, 1916; U.S. Representative from Maryland 2nd District, 1879-85, 1893-95, 1903-18; defeated, 1894, 1900; died in office 1918; member of Democratic National Committee from Maryland, 1907-18. Episcopalian. Died in Lutherville, Baltimore County, Md., October 5, 1918 (age 75 years, 68 days). Interment at Sherwood Episcopal Church Cemetery, Cockeysville, Md.
  Relatives: Son of Edward C. Talbott and T. Ellen Talbott; married, February 3, 1869, to Laura B. Cockey.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  Roger Brooke Taney (1777-1864) — also known as Roger B. Taney — of Baltimore, Md. Born in Calvert County, Md., March 17, 1777. Lawyer; member of Maryland state house of delegates, 1799-1800; bank director; member of Maryland state senate, 1816-21; Maryland state attorney general, 1827-31; U.S. Attorney General, 1831-33; U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, 1833-34; Chief Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1836-64; died in office 1864. Catholic. First Catholic to hold a U.S. cabinet position. Died in Washington, D.C., October 12, 1864 (age 87 years, 209 days). Interment at St. John's Catholic Church Cemetery, Frederick, Md.; statue at State House Grounds, Annapolis, Md.
  Relatives: Son of Michael Taney and Monica (Brooke) Taney; married, January 7, 1806, to Anne Phoebe Charlton Key (sister of Francis Scott Key; niece of Philip Barton Key (1757-1815); aunt of Philip Barton Key (1818-1859)).
  Political family: Pendleton-Lee family of Maryland (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  Cross-reference: John Merryman
  Taney County, Mo. is named for him.
  Epitaph: "He was a profound and able lawyer, an upright and fearless judge, a pious and exemplary Christian."
  See also Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial — Biographical Directory of Federal Judges
  Books by Roger Taney: Memoir of Roger Brooke Taney : Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the U. S.
  Books about Roger Taney: Bernard Christian Steiner, Life of Roger Brooke Taney, Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court — Charles Smith, Roger B. Taney : Jacksonian Jurist — Suzanne Freedman, Roger Taney : The Dred Scott Legacy (for young readers)
  Hannis Taylor (1851-1922) — of Alabama. Born in New Bern, Craven County, N.C., September 21, 1851. Lawyer; U.S. Minister to Spain, 1893-97. Author of a biography of Cicero and numerous other books. Died in Washington, D.C., December 26, 1922 (age 71 years, 96 days). Originally entombed at Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.; reinterment at Fort Lincoln Cemetery, Brentwood, Md.
  Relatives: Son of Richard Nixon Taylor and Susan (Stevenson) Taylor; brother of Richard Vipon Taylor; married, May 8, 1878, to Mary Leonora LeBaron (daughter of William Alexander LeBaron; sister of Leonard DeCantlaine LeBaron; granddaughter of Charles LeBaron).
  Political family: LeBaron-Taylor family of Mobile, Alabama.
  The World War II Liberty ship SS Hannis Taylor (built 1943 at Wilmington, North Carolina; scrapped 1972) was named for him.
  See also U.S. State Dept career summary — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Arthur E. Teele (1946-2005) — also known as Art Teele — of Florida. Born in Prince George's County, Md., May 14, 1946. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam war; lawyer; director, U.S. Urban Mass Transportation Administration, 1981-83; candidate for Presidential Elector for Florida; as Miami city commissioner in 1997-2004, he chaired the Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA); an investigation of corruption in the agency, started in 2003, led to charges that he had accepted $135,000 in kickbacks from two construction companies; as a result, he was removed from office in 2004 by Gov. Jeb Bush; in August, 2004, when he and his wife were under surveillance, he drove his car at a police detective in an attempt to run him over, and also threatened to kill police officers who had been following his wife during the investigation; convicted in March 2005 on charges related to this incident; indicted on July 14, 2005, on federal conspiracy and money laundering charges, over a scheme to fraudulently obtain contracts for electrical work at the Miami International Airport through a "minority-owned" shell company; published police reports revealed that he had put his mistress on the CRA payroll, that he regularly bought and used cocaine, and that he frequently made use of a male prostitute. Church of God in Christ. African ancestry. Member, Kappa Alpha Psi; NAACP; Freemasons. Came to the offices of the Miami Herald newspaper, and shot himself in the head with a semiautomatic pistol; he died two hours later in the trauma unit of Jackson Memorial Hospital, Miami, Miami-Dade County, Fla., July 27, 2005 (age 59 years, 74 days). Interment at Culley's MeadowWood Memorial Park, Tallahassee, Fla.
  Relatives: Married to Stephanie Kerr.
  See also Wikipedia article — OurCampaigns candidate detail
  E. Paul Tenney (b. 1906) — of Bethesda, Montgomery County, Md. Born in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., March 28, 1906. Lawyer; U.S. Vice Consul in Hamburg, 1935-36; Kobe, 1937; Tokyo, 1937; Shanghai, 1938-40; U.S. Consul General in Santiago, as of 1949. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Elmer Seth Tenney and Grace Mary (MacInnis) Tenney; married, October 13, 1937, to Louise Edwards Jenkins.
  Craig Lyle Thomas (1933-2007) — also known as Craig Thomas — of Wyoming. Born in Cody, Park County, Wyo., February 17, 1933. Republican. Lawyer; member of Wyoming state house of representatives, 1985-88; U.S. Representative from Wyoming at-large, 1989-95; U.S. Senator from Wyoming, 1995-2007; died in office 2007. Methodist. Member, Farm Bureau; Freemasons; Rotary; Delta Chi. Died, of leukemia, in the Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, Montgomery County, Md., June 4, 2007 (age 74 years, 107 days). Interment at Riverside Cemetery, Cody, Wyo.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial
John L. Thomas, Jr. John Lewis Thomas Jr. (1835-1893) — also known as John L. Thomas, Jr. — of Cumberland, Allegany County, Md.; Baltimore, Md. Born in Baltimore, Md., May 20, 1835. Republican. Lawyer; delegate to Maryland state constitutional convention, 1863-64; U.S. Representative from Maryland 2nd District, 1865-67; delegate to Republican National Convention from Maryland, 1868; U.S. Collector of Customs, 1869-73, 1877-82. Methodist. French and German ancestry. Died in Baltimore, Md., October 15, 1893 (age 58 years, 148 days). Interment at Green Mount Cemetery, Baltimore, Md.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Image source: History of Baltimore City and County (1881)
  Phillip Francis Thomas (1810-1890) — also known as Phillip F. Thomas — of Easton, Talbot County, Md.; Baltimore, Md. Born in Easton, Talbot County, Md., September 12, 1810. Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Maryland internal improvements convention, 1836; member of Maryland state house of delegates from Talbot County, 1838, 1843-45, 1867, 1878; U.S. Representative from Maryland, 1839-41, 1875-77 (2nd District 1839-41, 1st District 1875-77); Governor of Maryland, 1848-51; Maryland state comptroller, 1851-53; U.S. Collector of Customs, 1853-57; U.S. Commissioner of Patents, 1860-61; U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, 1860-61; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Maryland, 1880 (Convention Vice-President). Episcopalian. Slaveowner. Died in Baltimore, Md., October 2, 1890 (age 80 years, 20 days). Interment at Spring Hill Cemetery, Easton, Md.
  Relatives: Son of Tristan Thomas and Maria (Francis) Thomas; married, February 5, 1835, to Sarah Maria Kerr; married, January 29, 1876, to Clintonia (Wright) May (daughter of Robert Wright).
  Political family: Wright family of Queen Anne's County, Maryland.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier
  William Tilghman (1756-1827) — of Talbot County, Md.; Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa. Born in Talbot County, Md., August 12, 1756. Lawyer; member of Maryland state house of delegates, 1788-90; candidate for Presidential Elector for Maryland; member of Maryland state senate, 1791-93; Chief Judge of U.S. Circuit Court for the 3rd Circuit, 1801-02; chief justice of Pennsylvania state supreme court, 1806-27; died in office 1827; candidate for Governor of Pennsylvania, 1811. Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., April 29, 1827 (age 70 years, 260 days). Interment at Christ Church Burial Ground, Philadelphia, Pa.
  Relatives: Son of James Tilghman and Ann (Francis) Tilghman; married to Margaret Elizabeth Allen; nephew of Matthew Tilghman; granduncle of Tench Tilghman; first cousin of James Joseph Tilghman; first cousin once removed of Frisby Tilghman; first cousin twice removed of Edward Tilghman Paca; second cousin of Charles Carroll, Barrister and Edward Lloyd (1744-1796); second cousin once removed of Edward Lloyd (1779-1834); second cousin twice removed of Philip Barton Key; second cousin thrice removed of Francis Key Pendleton and Henry Lloyd.
  Political families: Pendleton-Lee family of Maryland; Lee-Randolph family; Carroll family of Maryland (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also federal judicial profile — Find-A-Grave memorial — Biographical Directory of Federal Judges
  Richard Wellington Townshend (1840-1889) — also known as Richard W. Townshend — of Shawneetown, Gallatin County, Ill. Born in Prince George's County, Md., April 13, 1840. Democrat. Lawyer; U.S. Representative from Illinois 19th District, 1877-89; died in office 1889. Died in Washington, D.C., 1889 (age about 49 years). Interment at Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  William W. Travers (1902-1979) — of Wicomico County, Md. Born in Nanticoke, Wicomico County, Md., February 12, 1902. Democrat. Lawyer; member of Maryland state senate from Wicomico County, 1947; resigned 1947; circuit judge in Maryland, 1964-72. Episcopalian. Member, American Bar Association. Died in Salisbury, Wicomico County, Md., May 27, 1979 (age 77 years, 104 days). Interment at Wicomico Memorial Park, Salisbury, Md.
  Relatives: Son of William S. Travers and Minnie L. Travers.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Somerville Pinkney Tuck (1848-1923) — of Mansourah (Mansoura), Egypt; Cairo, Egypt; Alexandria, Egypt; Menton, France. Born in Annapolis, Anne Arundel County, Md., September 24, 1848. Democrat. Lawyer; judge, International Court of First Instance, Egypt, 1894-1908; judge International Court of Appeals, 1908-11. Episcopalian. Member, Society of the Cincinnati. Died in Menton, France, April 14, 1923 (age 74 years, 202 days). Interment at St. Barnabas Church Cemetery, Upper Marlboro, Md.
  Relatives: Son of William Hallam Tuck and Margaret Sprigg Bowie (Chew) Tuck; married, May 14, 1885, to Emily Rosalie Snowden Marshall (half-sister of Hudson Snowden Marshall); father of Somerville Pinkney Tuck Jr.; first cousin once removed of Washington Greene Tuck; second cousin of Gordon Handy Claude.
  Political family: Tuck-Claude family of Annapolis, Maryland (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  Epitaph: "To the Glory of God and in loving memory."
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  William Hallam Tuck (1808-1884) — Born in Annapolis, Anne Arundel County, Md., November 20, 1808. Lawyer; bank director; member of Maryland state house of delegates, 1836-43; Speaker of the Maryland State House of Delegates, 1837; delegate to Maryland state constitutional convention, 1851; Judge, Maryland Court of Appeals, 1851-61; member of Maryland state senate, 1872-75. Died in Annapolis, Anne Arundel County, Md., March 17, 1884 (age 75 years, 118 days). Interment at St. Anne's Cemetery, Annapolis, Md.
  Relatives: Son of William Archable Tuck and Cave Williams (Mulliken) Tuck; married to Margaret Sprigg Bowie Chew; father of Somerville Pinkney Tuck; grandfather of Somerville Pinkney Tuck Jr.; first cousin of Washington Greene Tuck; first cousin once removed of Gordon Handy Claude.
  Political families: Harrison-Randolph-Marshall-Cabell family of Virginia; Tuck-Claude family of Annapolis, Maryland (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Joseph Patrick Tumulty (1879-1954) — also known as Joseph P. Tumulty — of Hudson County, N.J. Born in Jersey City, Hudson County, N.J., May 5, 1879. Lawyer; member of New Jersey state house of assembly from Hudson County, 1907-10; private secretary to Woodrow Wilson, as governor in 1911-12, and as president in 1913-21. Irish ancestry. Died in 1954 (age about 75 years). Interment at St. Mary's Cemetery, Rockville, Md.
  Relatives: Married 1904 to Mary Byrne.
Millard E. Tydings Millard Evelyn Tydings (1890-1961) — also known as Millard E. Tydings — of Havre de Grace, Harford County, Md. Born in Havre de Grace, Harford County, Md., April 6, 1890. Democrat. Lawyer; member of Maryland state house of delegates, 1916-17, 1920; Speaker of the Maryland State House of Delegates, 1920; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of Maryland state senate, 1922-24; U.S. Representative from Maryland 2nd District, 1923-27; U.S. Senator from Maryland, 1927-51; defeated, 1950; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Maryland, 1928, 1936, 1940, 1944, 1948, 1952. Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons. Died near Havre de Grace, Harford County, Md., February 9, 1961 (age 70 years, 309 days). Interment at Angel Hill Cemetery, Havre de Grace, Md.
  Relatives: Adoptive father of Joseph Davies Tydings.
  The Millard E. Tydings Memorial Bridge (opened 1963), which carries Interstate 95 over the Susquehanna River, between Cecil County and Harford County, Maryland, is named for him.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — NNDB dossier
  Image source: Who's Who in United States Politics (1950)
  Abel Parker Upshur (1790-1844) — of Virginia. Born in Northampton County, Va., June 17, 1790. Lawyer; member of Virginia state house of delegates, 1812-13, 1824-27; state court judge in Virginia, 1826-41; delegate to Virginia state constitutional convention, 1829-30; U.S. Secretary of the Navy, 1841-43; U.S. Secretary of State, 1843-44; died in office 1844. Episcopalian. Among those killed in the explosion when a cannon accidentally burst on board the U.S.S. Princeton, on the Potomac River near Fort Washington, Prince George's County, Md., February 28, 1844 (age 53 years, 256 days). Originally entombed at Congressional Cemetery, Washington, D.C.; reinterment in 1874 at Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
  Relatives: Son of Littleton Upshur; married to Elizabeth Ann Upshur.
  Upshur counties in Tex. and W.Va. are named for him.
  The World War II Liberty ship SS Abel Parker Upshur (built 1942 at Wilmington, North Carolina; scrapped 1966) was named for him.
  See also Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Milton George Urner (1839-1926) — also known as Milton G. Urner — of Frederick, Frederick County, Md. Born in Frederick County, Md., July 29, 1839. Republican. Lawyer; Frederick County State's Attorney, 1871-75; U.S. Representative from Maryland 6th District, 1879-83; member of Maryland state senate, 1888-90. Methodist. Died in Frederick, Frederick County, Md., February 9, 1926 (age 86 years, 195 days). Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Frederick, Md.
  Relatives: Uncle of James Samuel Simmons.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial
  James Boyd Utt (1899-1970) — also known as James B. Utt — of Santa Ana, Orange County, Calif. Born in Tustin, Orange County, Calif., March 11, 1899. Republican. Appraiser; lawyer; member of California state assembly, 1933-36; U.S. Representative from California, 1953-70 (28th District 1953-63, 35th District 1963-70); died in office 1970; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from California, 1956. Presbyterian. Member, Knights of Pythias; Elks; Izaak Walton League; Lions; Native Sons of the Golden West; Freemasons; Shriners. Suffered a heart attack during religious services at a church in Washington, D.C., and died soon after at Bethesda Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Montgomery County, Md., March 1, 1970 (age 70 years, 355 days). Interment at Santa Ana Cemetery, Santa Ana, Calif.
  Relatives: Son of Charles Edward Utt and Mary M. (Sheldon) Utt; married, May 7, 1921, to Charlene Elizabeth Drips.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Christopher Van Hollen Jr. (b. 1959) — also known as Chris Van Hollen — of Kensington, Montgomery County, Md. Born in Karachi, Pakistan, of American parents, January 10, 1959. Democrat. Lawyer; member of Maryland state house of delegates, 1990-94; member of Maryland state senate, 1994-2002; U.S. Representative from Maryland 8th District, 2003-17; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Maryland, 2004, 2008; U.S. Senator from Maryland, 2017-. Episcopalian. Still living as of 2018.
  Relatives: Son of Christopher Van Hollen and Edith Eliza (Farnsworth) Van Hollen.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier
  Deborah A. Vollmer (b. 1948) — of California; Chevy Chase, Montgomery County, Md. Born January 15, 1948. Democrat. Lawyer; candidate for U.S. Representative from California 21st District, 1992, 1996; candidate for U.S. Representative from Maryland 8th District, 1998, 2000, 2002. Female. Member, Americans for Democratic Action. Still living as of 2002.
  Relatives: Daughter of Erwin P. Vollmer and Aline Fruhauf Vollmer.
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