William B. Clagett
Politician
1854 – 1911
Who was William B. Clagett?
William Baruch Clagett was a Maryland tidewater tobacco farmer. In 1892, he was appointed as tobacco inspector by Governor Frank Brown; he also served as chair of the Democratic State Central Committee. In 1894, Clagett missed election to the U.S. House of Representatives by one vote. Instead, Clagett entered politics when elected as a state senator from Prince George's County in 1897, serving from 1898–1901 and 1906–1910. Governor Austin L. Crothers appointed Clagett as the 21st Comptroller of Maryland, replacing Joshua W. Hering who had been appointed to the Maryland Public Service Commission. Clagett died of Bright's disease and was interred at Trinity Protestant Episcopal Church, in Upper Marlboro, where he served as a vestryman. As of March 2002, Clagett's farm, Navajo, was still in operation, by the eleventh generation of his family. After descendant Charles Clagett's death in 1971, with his will having made clear that he wanted the property used for educational purposes, his estate bequeathed the farm's 283 acres to the Chesapeake Bay Foundation in 1981.
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- Born
- Aug 13, 1854
Upper Marlboro - Also known as
- William Clagett
- Spouses
- Religion
- Episcopal Church
- Died
- Jul 25, 1911
Buffalo Springs
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on July 23, 2013
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