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'''Walter Mitchell Digges''' was a lawyer, judge, and state representative in Maryland |
'''Walter Mitchell Digges''' was a lawyer, judge, and state representative in Maryland. |
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| ⚫ | Digges became president of the Charles County Bank of Eastern Shore Trust Company from 1908 until 1923. Digges was a memmber [[Maryland House of Delegates]] from 1910 until 1912. He was a naval officer at the Port of Baltimore from 1913 until 1921, a Chief judge of thr 7th Judicial Circuit Court in Maryland from 1923 and associate judgeon the Maryland Court of Appeals. The [[Digges Amendment]] that would have barred African Americans from voting is named for him.<ref>https://books.google.com/books?id=ct02DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA339&lpg=PA339&dq=walter+digges+maryland&source=bl&ots=0YBRrxNjzW&sig=v7xQIABnoA0ItcqENQW7liXZ20Y&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwju7d7fuM3ZAhUEaq0KHSatA4QQ6AEIUjAI#v=onepage&q=walter%20digges%20maryland&f=false</ref> |
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Digges was born on February 17, 1877 in [[Charles County, Maryland]] to John Thomas (Doctor of Medicine) and Catherine (Mitchell) Digges. He studied at [[Charlotte Hall Military Academy]], [[Maryland Agricultural College]] (1891-1893), and the University of Maryland (1902 graduate). Digges was admitted to the Maryland bar in 1902. |
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| ⚫ | Digges became president of the Charles County Bank of Eastern Shore Trust Company from 1908 until 1923. Digges was a memmber [[Maryland House of Delegates]] from 1910 until 1912. He was a naval officer at the Port of Baltimore from 1913 until 1921, a Chief judge of thr 7th Judicial Circuit Court in Maryland from 1923 and associate judgeon the Maryland Court of Appeals. The [[Digges Amendment]] that would have barred African Americans from voting is named for him.<ref>https://books.google.com/books?id=ct02DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA339&lpg=PA339&dq=walter+digges+maryland&source=bl&ots=0YBRrxNjzW&sig=v7xQIABnoA0ItcqENQW7liXZ20Y&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwju7d7fuM3ZAhUEaq0KHSatA4QQ6AEIUjAI#v=onepage&q=walter%20digges%20maryland&f=false</ref> |
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Digges married Mary Natalie Jenkins and theu had four children: Eleanor Jenkins Digges, John Dudley Digges, |
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Walter Mitchell Digges, and Edward Simms Digges. |
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==References== |
==References== |
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Revision as of 13:07, 2 March 2018
Walter Mitchell Digges was a lawyer, judge, and state representative in Maryland.
Digges became president of the Charles County Bank of Eastern Shore Trust Company from 1908 until 1923. Digges was a memmber Maryland House of Delegates from 1910 until 1912. He was a naval officer at the Port of Baltimore from 1913 until 1921, a Chief judge of thr 7th Judicial Circuit Court in Maryland from 1923 and associate judgeon the Maryland Court of Appeals. The Digges Amendment that would have barred African Americans from voting is named for him.[1]