A Representative
and a Senator from Maryland; born in Salisbury, Wicomico
County, Md., February 3, 1933; attended the public schools
of Salisbury; graduated, Princeton University 1954; attended
Balliol College, Oxford, England, as a Rhodes Scholar 1954-1957;
graduated, Harvard Law School 1960.
Aadmitted to the Maryland
bar in 1960 and commenced practice in Baltimore; law clerk,
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Judicial Circuit
1960-1961; legislative draftsman, Maryland Department of
Legislative Reference, Maryland General Assembly 1961;
administrative assistant to chairman, President’s
Council of Economic Advisers 1962-1963; executive director,
Charter Revision Commission of Baltimore City 1963-1964;
member, Maryland house of delegates 1967-1971.
Elected
as a Democrat to the Ninety-second Congress in 1970; reelected
to the Ninety-third and Ninety-fourth Congresses (January
3, 1971-January 3, 1977); was not a candidate for reelection
to the House of Representatives, but was elected in 1976
to the United States Senate and reelected in 1982, 1988,
1994 and 2000 for the term ending January 3, 2007; chair,
Joint Economic Committee (One Hundredth through One Hundred
Second Congresses), Committee on Banking, Housing, and
Urban Affairs (One Hundred Seventh Congress [January 3-20,
2001; June 6, 2001-January 3, 2003]); not a candidate for
reelection in 2006.
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