Hodges, James
merchant, public official, was born Aug. 11, 1822, in Liberty Hall, Md. In 1846, in connection with ficial, was born Aug. 11, 1822, in Liberty his brother he started a wholesale house in Baltimore, Md., which is now one of the largest business houses in that city.
In 1885 he was elected mayor of Baltimore, and his administration marked by wisdom and purity. In 1887 he was a candidate for the democratic was nomination for governor of Maryland, and in 1891 he was a candidate for the same office. He has traveled extensively and possesses one of the finest collections of rare works of art in America. 1866, in Worthington Springs, Fla. He