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KENT COUNTY— Two Members.
CECIL R. ATKINSON, Democrat.

Mr. Atkinson was born in Chicago, June 30, 1870, and
educated in Philadelphia. He is engaged in farming and
bay freighting.

ISAAC GIBES, Democrat.

Mr. Gibbs is a farmer living at Massey. He was born near
Middletown, Del., August 5, 1854, and went to school in
New Castle county.

MONTGOMERY COUNTY—Four Members.
EDMUND L. AMISS, Democrat.

Mr. Amiss is a grandson of John Amiss, who fought under
Washington in the Revolutionary War, and son of Elijah
Amiss, captain in the War of 1812, and was himself a soldier
in the Civil War, since which time he has been engaged in
teaching. He was born April 26, 1844.

W. A. JOHNSTON, Democrat.

Mr. Johnston was a member of the House in 1902, and was
again elected this fall to the same position. He was born in
1865. After leaving Dartmouth College he studied law in
Washington, and attended the National University Law
School of the District of Columbia, graduating in 1888. Since
that time he has practiced his profession.

BENJAMIN F. LANSDALE, Democrat.

Mr. Lansdale's ancestors settled in Maryland early in the
seventeenth century. His father figured prominently in
Washington from 1845 to 1870 as a real estate broker and
contractor. Mr. Lansdale was born in Washington in Feb-
ruary, 1845.

JOHN W. WILLIAMS, Democrat.

Mr. Williams, son of Mr. James Williams, a prominent
business man of the county, was born at Boyds, May 24,
1873, and educated in the schools of the county and Business
College of Washington. He is a telegraph operator, and has