SKETCHES OF MEMBERS OF HOUSE OF DELEGATES. 265

HARFORD COUNTY— Four Members.

CHARLES A. ANDREW, Democrat.

Mr. Charles A. Andrew, who resides at Berkley, was bom
at Darlington, Md., September 19, 1857. He is a canner and
farmer.

DANIEL H. CARROLL OF P., Democrat.
Mr. Carroll is engaged in merchandising and insurance,
having relinquished milling, in which he was interested for
six years. He was born near Belair in 1878, and is a grad-
uate of Eaton & Burnett's Business College of Baltimore.
This is Mr. Carroll's second term in the Legislature, having
served in the session of 1902.

THOMAS HITCHCOCK, Democrat.

Mr. Hitchcock, one of the Harford members, was born at
Upper Cross Roads, May 14, 1864, and received his education
in the public schools of the county. He is a farmer and mer-
chant.

GEORGE W. MCCOMAS, Democrat.

Mr. McComas is acquainted with legislative affairs, having
represented his county in 1902. He was born in Harford
County in 1841, and educated at Newton Academy in Balti-
more. He is a farmer and canner of farm products. His
great_:uncle, Henry C. McComas, fell in defense of Baltimore
in 1812.

HOWARD COUNTY—Two Members.
MATTHEW H. GILL, Democrat.

Mr. Gill was born at Elkridge April 4, 1869, and received
his education in the public schools and Baltimore. For awhile
he was employed by the Viaduct Manufacturing Company,
and in 1887 he became interested with the company in con-
ducting experiments with storage battery for street car pur-
poses, and claims to be one of the first to run a car by this
process.

JAMES W. PEARRE, Democrat.

Mr. Pearre, son of Rev. James and Eliza Pearre, was born
near Unionville, August 9, 1839. He was educated at Dick-
inson Seminary and Asbury University, Indiana, and after-
wards studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1861.
Until 1886 he practiced his profession, when ill-health com-
pelled him to seek a less sedentary life. He purchased a
farm in Howard County, and has been interested in farming
has been president of the Board of School