The Secretary of State and Mrs. Simmons have six children,
namely: Miss Harriett Ruth Simmons, Mr. Lawrence F. Sim-
mons, Mary Higgins Simmons (now Mrs. Byron E. Harring-
ton), Thomas W. Simmons, Jr., Anna Howard Simmons and
John Frederick Simmons.

Comptroller of the Treasury: HUGH A. McMullen (Demo-
crat), Cumberland, Maryland.

Hugh A. McMullen, the son of Hugh and Bliza McMullen,
was born at Franklin, Allegany County, Maryland, December
9th, 1859. His father was a native of Ireland, coming to
America in 1845. He enlisted in the U. S. Army at Galena,
III., in 1846, for service in Mexico. His mother, Eliza Mc-
Mullen, was born in Frederick County, Maryland.

Hugh A. McMullen attended the public and private schools
of Allegany County until the age of ten and one-half years, at
which time he began work in a store. He continued at this
occupation until the age of sixteen, when he began work at a
mine in Lonaconing, Maryland. After five years employment
he gave up this work and in 1880 went to Colorado where he
was engaged in contracting and "prospecting" for two years.
Beturning to Allegany County in 1882 he began business in
partnership with his brothers, Daniel F. and John P. McMul-
len, which partnership has always continued. Mr. McMullen
is engaged in the mining, mercantile and banking business
and is identified with many of the business enterprises of his
county. He-was married at Mt. Savage, Maryland, June 18,
1889, to Anna M. Mulledy. His children are Mary Elizabeth,
Daniel F., Jr., Catherine, Hugh A., Jr., Alice, Helen, Jose-
phine and John.

He was elected Comptroller of the State Treasury of Mary-
land November 2nd, 1915.

State Treasurer: JOHN M. DENNIS (Democrat), Baltimore.

John M. Dennis was born February 23, 1866, at Frederick,
Maryland. He is the son of the late Colonel George Robertson
Dennis and Fanny McPherson Dennis. Colonel George
Robertson Dennis was born on a farm named "Essex," in
Somerset County, Maryland, March 16th, 1831, he being a
direct descendant of John Dennis who sailed from Gravesend,
England, July, 1638, at the age of 22 years, in the ship Mer-
chants Hope. He settled in Accomac County. Virginia, mar-