Jesse Dashiell Price (August 15, 1863 – May 14, 1939) was a Congressman for the 1st congressional district ofMaryland who served two full terms and one partial term from 1914 to 1919.
Price was born inWhitehaven, Maryland, and engaged in mercantile and manufacturing enterprises and in banking. He served as a member of the city council ofSalisbury, Maryland, in 1903, and as treasurer ofWicomico County, Maryland, from 1903 to 1907. He served in theMaryland State Senate from 1908 to 1916 and served as president of the senate and ex officioLieutenant Governor from 1912 to 1916, when he resigned to enter Congress.
Price was elected as a Democrat to Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation ofJ. Harry Covington, serving the1st Congressional district of Maryland from November 3, 1914, to March 3, 1919, but was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1918. He resumed his former business pursuits, and later served as a member of the Maryland State tax commission from 1923 to 1935. He died atOcean City, Maryland, and is interred in Parsons Cemetery of Salisbury.
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| Preceded by | President of the Maryland State Senate 1912–1914 | Succeeded by |
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| Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromMaryland's 1st congressional district 1914–1919 | Succeeded by |
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