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Stockbridge, Henry

lawyer, journalist, jurist, congressman, was born Sept. 18, 1856, in Baltimore, Md. In 1887 he became one of the editorial staff of the Baltimore American, with which paper he is still connected. In 1882 he was appointed an examiner in equity by the supreme bench of Baltimore City. He was elected to the fiftyfirst congress as a republican. During 1887-89 he was on the editorial staff of the Baltimore American. In 1891 he was appointed commissioner of emigration at the port of Baltimore; and in 1896 was elected associate judge of the supreme court of Baltimore City.

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