ant of some of the first settlers of Delaware. He was edu-
cated in the public schools of Harford county and Havre de
Grace Academy, and grauated from a business college in
Poughkeepsie, N. Y., in 1864. He early engaged in the lum-
ber business in Havre de Grace. He was elected a member
of the House of Delegates of Maryland in 1876, 1878, 1880,
and was Speaker of the House in 1892. He was a member of
the National Democratic Convention of 1892, which nomi-
nated Cleveland; of 1896, which nominated Bryan the first
time; a delegate-at-large to the National Democratic Conven-
tion of 1900, and a delegate-at-large and chairman of the
delegation to the National Democratic Convention of 1904,
which nominated Parker. From 1888 to 1897 Mr. Vandiver
was secretary and treasurer of the Democratic State Central
Committee, and in 1897 became chairman of the committee
by appointment of Colonel Buchanan Schley. He was re-
appointed chairman of the committee by Colonel L. Victor
Baughman in August, 1899, with the full concurrence of the
State Convention, which position he now holds. As chair-
man of the Democratic State Central Committee Mr. Van-
diver conducted the re-organiation primary campaign in
Baltimore in the fall of 1898, which resulted in the precinct
organization of Baltimore, of which Hon. James P. Gorter
is the head. Mr. Vandiver managed the State campaign in
1899, which restored the Democratic party to power in the
State, as well as exercised an influence in his advisory
capacity in the municipal campaign in Baltimore in the
spring of 1899, which restored the Democratic party to
power in the city. From July, 1893, to October 1, 1897, Mr.
Vandiver was Collector of Internal Revenue for the District
of Maryland, District of Columbia and Delaware and two
counties of Virginia, being appointed by President Cleveland
and serving at the time of the preparation for the collection
of the income tax. Mr. Vandiver resigned as Collector of
Internal Bevenue to take effect October 1, 1897, and upon his
retirement was highly complimented by the Commissioner of
Internal Bevenue upon the very efficient and satisfactory
condition of his office, the national administration at that
time being Republican. On January II, 1900, Mr. Vandiver
was elected Treasurer of the State of Maryland, receiving
the entire vote of his party in both the Senate and House in
open session and without party caucus, which, office he now
fills, having been elected at the sessions of the General As-
sembly of 1902 and 1904 without opposition. Mr. Vandiver
was appointed on the staff of the late Governor Robert M.
McLane with the rank of colonel, and on the staff of Gov-
ernor John Walter Smith with the rank of brigadier-general.
He is a director in the First -National Bank of Havre de