Jesse Price

Jesse Dashiel Price (born August 15, 1863 in Whitehaven , Wicomico County , Maryland , † May 14, 1939 in Ocean City , Maryland) was an American politician . Between 1914 and 1919 he represented the state of Maryland in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Jesse Price attended the public schools in his home country and then worked in commerce, crafts and banking. At the same time he embarked on a political career as a member of the Democratic Party . In 1903 he became a member of Salisbury City Council ; from 1903 to 1907 he served as a treasurer in Wicomico County. He was then a member from 1908 to 1914 and President of the Maryland Senate from 1912 . According to the constitution at the time, he was ex officio vice governor of his state.

After the resignation of MP James Harry Covington , Price was elected as its successor to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , at the by-election due for the first seat of Maryland , where he took up his new mandate on November 14, 1914. After two re-elections, he could remain in Congress until March 3, 1919 . World War I fell during his time in Congress . In 1918 Price was defeated by Republican William Noble Andrews .

After his tenure in the US House of Representatives, Price resumed his previous activities. Between 1923 and 1935 he was a member of his state's tax commission. He died in Ocean City on May 14, 1939 and was buried in Salisbury.

Web links

Jesse Price in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

personal data
SURNAME	Price, Jesse
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Price, Jesse Dashiel (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American politician
DATE OF BIRTH	August 15, 1863
PLACE OF BIRTH	Whitehaven , Maryland
DATE OF DEATH	May 14, 1939
Place of death	Ocean City , Maryland