U.S. District Attorneys in Maryland
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U.S. District Attorneys in Maryland
U.S. District Attorneys for Maryland, 1789-1998(may beincomplete!)
RichardPotts 1789-92ZebulonHollingsworth 1792-1806JohnStephen 1806-10ThomasB. Dorsey 1810-12EliasGlenn 1812-24NathanielWilliams 1824-41Z.Collins Lee 1841-45WilliamL. Marshall 1845-50Z.Collins Lee 1850-53WilliamM. Addison 1853-62WilliamPrice 1862ArchibaldSterling, Jr. 1878-86ThomasGordon Hayes 1886-90JohnT. Ensor 1890-94WilliamL. Marbury 1894-98JohnCarter Rose 1898-1910JohnPhilip Hill 1910-15SamuelK. Dennis 1915-20RobertR. Carman 1920-22AmosW. W. Woodcock 1927-31SimonE. Sobeloff 1931-34BernardJ. Flynn 1934-53GeorgeC. Doub 1953-56WalterE. Black, Jr. 1956-57LeonH. A. Pierson 1957-61JosephD. Tydings 1961-63RobertH. Kernon 1963ThomasJ. Kenney 1963-67StephenH. Sachs 1967-70GeorgeBeall 1970-75JervisS. Finney 1975-78RussellT. Baker 1978-81HerbertBetter 1981J.Frederick Motz 1981-85CatherineC. Blake 1985-86BreckinridgeL. Willcox 1986-91RichardD. Bennett 1991-93GaryP. Jordan 1993LynneAnn Battaglia 1993-98
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