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Politicians in Nautical and Maritime Trades in Maryland
including Shipbuilding and Fishing

  Stanley G. Adams (1907-1954) — of Isle of Wight County, Va.; Colonial Beach, Westmoreland County, Va. Born in Eclipse, Nansemond County (now part of Suffolk), Va., December 16, 1907. Republican. Ferry boat captain; farmer; real estate business; hotel owner; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; chair of Westmoreland County Republican Party, 1944-50; candidate for Virginia state senate, 1947; candidate for U.S. Representative from Virginia, 1948; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Virginia, 1952. Methodist. Member, Rotary; Elks; American Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars. Died, from an intestinal blood clot, in Physicians Memorial Hospital, La Plata, Charles County, Md., November 7, 1954 (age 46 years, 326 days). Interment at Oak Grove Cemetery, Oak Grove, Va.
  Relatives: Son of John Quincy Adams and Cecil May (Barkelow) Adams; married to Marie Miller.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Bernard Nadal Baker (1854-1918) — also known as Bernard N. Baker — of Catonsville, Baltimore County, Md. Born in Baltimore, Md., May 11, 1854. Democrat. Glass manufacturing business; established Atlantic Transport Line, operating steamships, shipping freight and passengers from Baltimore and Philadelphia to Europe; also had lighterage and cold storage enterprises; philanthropist; member, U.S. Shipping Board, 1917; resigned 1917. Died in Cottage Hospital, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara County, Calif., December 20, 1918 (age 64 years, 223 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Charles J. Baker; married 1877 to Elizabeth Elton Livezey; married 1916 to Rosalie Barry.
  Baker Avenue, in Catonsville, Maryland, is named for him.
  See also Wikipedia article
  Martin Baker (b. 1878) — Born in Baltimore, Md., February 22, 1878. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; sailor; U.S. Vice Consul in Rotterdam, 1915-17. Burial location unknown.
  Louis Victor Baughman (1845-1906) — also known as L. Victor Baughman; "Little Napoleon of Western Maryland" — of Frederick County, Md. Born in Frederick, Frederick County, Md., April 11, 1845. Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; lawyer; newspaper editor; farmer; horseman; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Maryland, 1880 (member, Credentials Committee), 1888; candidate for U.S. Representative from Maryland 6th District, 1886; Maryland state comptroller, 1888-92; president, Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company; president, Frederick, Northern & Gettysburg Electric Railway Company. Died near Frederick, Frederick County, Md., November 30, 1906 (age 61 years, 233 days). Interment at St. John's Catholic Church Cemetery, Frederick, Md.
  Relatives: Son of John William Baughman and Mary Jane (Jamison) Baughman; married 1881 to Helen Abell.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
Frederick W. Feldner Frederick W. Feldner (1865-1910) — of Baltimore, Md. Born in Baltimore, Md., June 1, 1865. Democrat. Lawyer; president, Cape May Hotel company; president, Furst-Clark Dredging company; real estate developer; Consul for Colombia in Baltimore, Md., 1901-07. Along with his wife, daughter, son-in-law, and chauffeur, he was killed when their car collided with a fast-moving Pennsylvania Railroad train, near Cape May, Cape May County, N.J., August 9, 1910 (age 45 years, 69 days). Interment at Loudon Park Cemetery, Baltimore, Md.
  Relatives: Son of Frederick Feldner and Dorothea Carolyn (Plitt) Feldner; married, January 23, 1888, to Amalia 'Mollie' Rausch.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Image source: Baltimore Sun, August 10, 1910
  Charles Ranlett Flint (1850-1934) — also known as Charles R. Flint; "Father of Trusts" — of Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in Thomaston, Knox County, Maine, January 24, 1850. Shipping business; shipowner; financier; Consul for Chile in New York, N.Y., 1877-79; Consul-General for Costa Rica in New York, N.Y., 1891-96; in the 1890s, he consolidated groups of smaller companies to form large corporations or "trusts": U.S. Rubber (1892); American Chicle (chewing gum) (1899); American Woolen (1899); founder, in 1911, of the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company, which later became International Busines Machines (IBM). Died, in his room at the Shoreham Hotel, Washington, D.C., February 26, 1934 (age 84 years, 33 days). Interment at Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
  Relatives: Son of Benjamin Chapman Flint and Sarah (Tobey) Flint; half-brother of Wallace Benjamin Flint; married, November 21, 1883, to Emma Katherine 'E. Kate' Simmons; married, July 28, 1927, to Charlotte Reeves.
  See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  William Harrison Jr. (c.1750-1789) — of Maryland. Born in Charles County, Md., about 1750. Shipbuilder; Delegate to Continental Congress from Maryland, 1785-87; member of Maryland state senate, 1786-89; died in office 1789. Protestant. Died in Charles County, Md., July 21, 1789 (age about 39 years). Burial location unknown.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  John Brown Kimberly (b. 1855) — also known as John B. Kimberly — of Fort Monroe, Elizabeth City County (now part of Hampton), Va. Born in Baltimore, Md., December 31, 1855. Republican. Merchant; hotel owner; steamship agent; postmaster; director of banks and electric railways; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Virginia, 1912, 1916, 1920, 1924. Episcopalian. Member, Rotary. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of William H. Kimberly and Ann (Brown) Kimberly; married, October 28, 1888, to Leonora V. Allen.
  Horace W. Metcalf (b. 1833) — of Damariscotta, Lincoln County, Maine; Baltimore, Md.; Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa. Born in Damariscotta, Lincoln County, Maine, May 28, 1833. Member of shipbuilding firms; coal business; U.S. Consul in Newcastle-on-Tyne, 1890-93, 1897-1911. Burial location unknown.
Hermann Oelrichs Hermann Oelrichs (1850-1906) — of New York, New York County, N.Y. Born in Baltimore, Md., June 8, 1850. Democrat. Steamship agent; banker; member of Democratic National Committee from New York, 1888. German ancestry. Died, from liver trouble, on board the S.S. Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse, in the North Atlantic Ocean, September 1, 1906 (age 56 years, 85 days). Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of Henry Ferdinand Oelrichs and Julia Matilda (May) Oelrichs; married 1890 to Theresa Alice 'Tessie' Fair (daughter of James Graham Fair).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Image source: Washington Times, September 4, 1906
  Seth Ledyard Phelps (1824-1885) — of Maryland. Born in 1824. Agent, Pacific Mail Steamship Company; U.S. Commercial Agent (Consul) in Acapulco, 1864; member District of Columbia board of commissioners, 1875-79; President of the District of Columbia Board of Commissioners, 1878-79; U.S. Minister to Peru, 1883-85, died in office 1885. Died in Lima, Peru, June 24, 1885 (age about 60 years). Burial location unknown.
  See also U.S. State Dept career summary
  Prospero Schiaffino (1846-1910) — of Baltimore, Md. Born in Camoglia, Italy, October 17, 1846. Shipbroker; steamship agent; Consular Agent for Italy in Baltimore, Md., 1890-1907; Vice-Consul for Spain in Baltimore, Md., 1896-98, 1900-07. Catholic. Italian ancestry. Member, Knights of Columbus. Died in Walbrook, Baltimore, Md., November 12, 1910 (age 64 years, 26 days). Interment at New Cathedral Cemetery, Baltimore, Md.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Irving Murray Scott (1837-1903) — also known as Irving M. Scott — Born in Baltimore County, Md., December 25, 1837. Republican. Civil engineer; shipbuilder; candidate for Presidential Elector for California. Died in San Francisco, Calif., April 28, 1903 (age 65 years, 124 days). Interment at Cypress Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, Calif.
  Relatives: Son of John Scott and Elizabeth (Littig) Scott; married, October 7, 1863, to Laura Hord.
  The World War II Liberty ship SS Irving M. Scott (built 1943 at Richmond, California; scrapped 1960) was named for him.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Samuel Smith (1752-1839) — of Baltimore, Md. Born in Carlisle, Cumberland County, Pa., July 27, 1752. Democrat. Colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; shipowner; member of Maryland state house of delegates, 1790-92; U.S. Representative from Maryland, 1793-1803, 1816-22 (5th District 1793-1801, at-large 1801-03, 5th District 1816-22); U.S. Senator from Maryland, 1803-15, 1822-33; mayor of Baltimore, Md., 1835-38. Presbyterian. Died in Baltimore, Md., April 22, 1839 (age 86 years, 269 days). Interment at Old Westminster Burying Ground, Baltimore, Md.
  Relatives: Brother of Robert Smith.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  John Harrison Surratt Jr. (1844-1916) — also known as John H. Surratt, Jr. — of Surrattsville (now Clinton), Prince George's County, Md. Born in Washington, D.C., April 13, 1844. Postmaster at Surrattsville, Md., 1862-63; dismissed as postmaster in 1863 for alleged disloyalty to the Union; became a Confederate courier and spy; he and others attempted to kidnap President Abraham Lincoln; later, the plot to kill the President and other government officials was formulated at his mother's boarding house in Washington; he denied involvement in the assassination, but fled overseas; he was arrested in Alexandria, Egypt, and sent back to the U.S.; tried in a Maryland court in 1867 for his alleged involvement in the murder plot, but the jury couldn't reach a verdict, and a mistrial was declared; treasurer of a steamship company. Died, from pneumonia, in Baltimore, Md., April 21, 1916 (age 72 years, 8 days). Interment at New Cathedral Cemetery, Baltimore, Md.
  Relatives: Son of John Harrison Surratt and Mary (Jenkins) Surratt; married 1872 to Mary Victorine Hunter.
  See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  John Millard Tawes (1894-1979) — also known as J. Millard Tawes — of Crisfield, Somerset County, Md. Born in Crisfield, Somerset County, Md., April 8, 1894. Democrat. Secretary-treasurer, Tawes Shipbuilding Co. and Tawes Baking Co.; director, Bank of Crisfield; Somerset County Clerk of Court, 1930-38; Maryland state comptroller, 1939-47, 1950-59; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Maryland, 1940, 1944, 1948, 1952, 1956; Governor of Maryland, 1959-67; member of Democratic National Committee from Maryland, 1963; Maryland state treasurer, 1973-75. Methodist. Member, Elks; Knights of Pythias; Rotary; Freemasons; Order of the Eastern Star; Shriners; Tall Cedars of Lebanon. Died in Crisfield, Somerset County, Md., June 25, 1979 (age 85 years, 78 days). Interment at Sunny Ridge Memorial Park Cemetery, Crisfield, Md.
  Relatives: Son of James Beauregard Tawes and Alice Virginia (Byrd) Tawes; married, December 25, 1915, to Helen Avalynne Gibson.
  See also National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial
  George A. von Lingen (1838-1907) — of Baltimore, Md. Born in Bremen, Germany, July 4, 1838. Steamship agent; Consul for Germany in Baltimore, Md., 1877-1903. Died, from acute pulmonary trouble, in Baltimore, Md., June 26, 1907 (age 68 years, 357 days). Interment at Green Mount Cemetery, Baltimore, Md.
  Relatives: Married to Alba Webb.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
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