Wolf, Harry Benjamin, 1880-1944

Harry Benjamin Wolf (June 16, 1880 – February 17, 1944) was an American lawyer and politician. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as a U.S. Representative from Maryland's 3rd congressional district from 1907 to 1909.

Born in Baltimore, Maryland, he attended the public schools there bedfore graduating from the law department of the University of Maryland, Baltimore in 1901. Admitted to the Maryland bar that same year, he commenced practicing law in Baltimore, specialising in criminal cases, and also engaged in the real estate business and hotel-property investments, even creating a successful ferry company. Wolf served as a member of the Maryland House of Delegates from 1906 to 1908. He was elected as a Democrat to the Sixtieth Congress, serving from March 4, 1907 to March 3, 1909. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1908 to the Sixty-first Congress, being beaten by John Kronmiller, and resumed the practice of his profession and other business interests in Baltimore.

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