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Practically self taught, Posey was admitted to the bar at age 22 and in 1882 became publisher and editor in chief of The Maryland Independent until his death. [6] [7]A Republican, Posey served one term in the Maryland House of Delegates (1888–1890) and two terms as a member of the Maryland Senate (1890–1894).
The Maryland Independent was founded by John S. Button, a local printer and Freemason. [3] Its Republican slant paralleled the growing popularity of the Republican party in Charles County, and when former state's attorney Eugene Diggs [4] joined the newspaper as an editor in 1877, he maintained this advocacy for Republican candidates and policies. [5]
Peter J. Messitte, 83, American jurist, judge of the U.S. District Court for Maryland (since 1993). [329] Zora Palová, 77, Slovak glass artist. [330] Donald Pelmear , 100, British actor . [331] Qiu Dahong, 94, Chinese coastal and offshore engineer, member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. [332]
George William Owings III was born on April 11, 1945, in Daytona Beach, Florida, to Mary (née Maxwell) and George W. Owings Jr. [1] [2] His father was elected to the Maryland House of Delegates in 1938 [3] and later served as chief clerk in 1956. [4] Owings attended Calvert High School in Prince Frederick, Maryland.
Hyman A. Pressman (April 23, 1914 – March 15, 1996) served as the Comptroller of Baltimore City, Maryland, from 1963 to 1991. He ran for Governor of Maryland in 1966 as an Independent after the Democratic Party nominated segregationist George P. Mahoney as its candidate. Pressman's gubernatorial candidacy may have been a spoiler for Mahoney.
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Richard Weldon (born September 26, 1958) was a member of the Maryland House of Delegates representing Maryland District 3B, which then included parts of Frederick and Washington County, Maryland. He defeated Lisa Baugher in 2002 for the new 3B district. He defeated Paul Gilligan in 2006 to retain his seat.
Daley and his partner, F. Marcellus Cox, ran the paper together until 1889, when Daley left Port Tobacco to pursue other opportunities. A competitor newspaper, the Maryland Independent, was begun in Port Tobacco in 1874, and its editor, Adrian Posey, narrowly averted a duel with Cox over comments published during the 1884 presidential election. [5]