| Notes on Murray Vandiver:
- Born 14 September 1845 at Havre de Grace, Maryland
- December 1864 Graduated from Eastman National Poughkeepsie Business College, N.Y.
- 1865 Started a Lumber Business in Havre de Grace
- 1878 Joined his father in brick molding sand shipping business
- June 1886 Married Annie Clayton
- Parents, Robert R. and Mary Russell Vandiver
- Had three brothers and three sisters
- Two children, Robert M. and Dorothy
- Died 23 May 1916 near Blue Ridge Summit, Pennsylvania
- Buried at Angel Hill Cemetery, Harford County, Maryland
Political Affairs:
- 1873 Harford County, Maryland, Democratic Executive Committee
- 1876 Elected to Maryland House of Delegates (Harford County)
- 1878 Re-elected to Maryland House of Delegates
- 1878 Wrote the Charter that incorporated the City of Havre de Grace
- 1880 Elected to Maryland House of Delegates
- 1885-1886 Mayor of Havre de Grace
- 1887-1892 Secretary and Treasurer of the Democratic State Executive Committee
- 1892 Elected to the Maryland House of Delegates
- 1892 Chosen as Speaker of the House
- 1892 Delegate to the Democratic National Convention (Chicago), voted for Hon. A.P. Gorman, nomination went to Cleveland
- 1892 Appointed a Commissioner to the Worlds Fair (1892-1893 Chicago)
- 1892-1893 Appointed by President Grover Cleveland to position of Collector of Internal Revenue for Maryland, Washington D.C., Delaware and Virginia’s Eastern Shore
- 1896 Delegate to Democratic National Convention (Chicago), voted for former Pennsylvania Governor, Robert E. Pattison, nomination went to William Jennings Bryan
- 1897-1901 Chairman, Democratic State Central Committee
- 1900 Delegate to Democratic National Convention (Kansas City, Missouri), nomination to William Jennings Bryan
- 1900-1916 Elected Treasurer of the State of Maryland
- 1904 Delegate to the Democratic National Convention (St. Louis, Missouri), nomination to Alton B. Parker
- Appointed Colonel on staff of Governor Robert M. McLane and Brigadier General on the staff of Governor John Walter Smith
Official Documents:
Inventory of Personal Estate
Death Certificate
Federal Census: 1860
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