Comptrollers of Maryland - William Donald Schaefer, J. Millard Tawes, Charles H. Stanley, William Pinkney Whyte, Emerson Harrington (Paperback)

Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: William Donald Schaefer, J. Millard Tawes, Charles H. Stanley, William Pinkney Whyte, Emerson Harrington, Philip Francis Thomas, Phillips Lee Goldsborough, William B. Clagett, Comptroller of Maryland, Louis L. Goldstein, Robert L. Swann, William Henry Purnell. Excerpt: Charles H. Stanley Charles Harvey Stanley (November 20, 1842 December 20, 1913) was a Prince George's County, Maryland lawyer and Democratic Party politician. Early life and family Stanley, a descendant of James Stanley, 7th Earl of Derby, was born on November 20, 1842, in Saybrook, Connecticut, to Rev. Dr. Harvey Stanley and Mary Anne (Kinne) Stanley of North Carolina. In 1851, he moved to Prince George's County, Maryland with his parents, where he attended local schools and received private tutoring. He was a Confederate American Civil War veteran, having served as a private in Company B of the First Regiment, Maryland Cavalry from 1862 to 1865. After his military service, Stanley taught school and studied law under General Thomas Bowie; he was admitted to the Maryland Bar in 1869. Stanley married his first wife, Ella Lee Hodges (January 1841 October 1, 1881) on November 26, 1871; the couple had no children. Margaret Snowden became Stanley's second wife on September 11, 1884. Nine children were born of this marriage, six of whom survived to 1907: Harvey; Charles H. Stanley, Jr.; William; John Snowden; Margaret Snowden; and Elizabeth Hopkins. Career Stanley was a farmer, farm investor, and charter member of the Vansville Farmers' Club of Prince George's County. He also worked as a banker, including roles as founder and president of Citizen's National Bank of Laurel from March 1890 to 1913. Stanley was director of the B