Rayner, Isidor, 1850-1912

<p>Isidor Rayner (April 11, 1850 – November 25, 1912) was a Democratic member of the United States Senate, representing the State of Maryland from 1905 to 1912. He also represented the Fourth Congressional District of Maryland from 1887 to 1889, and 1891 to 1895.</p>

<p>Rayner was born into a German-Jewish family in Baltimore, Maryland, and attended local private schools. He later attended the University of Maryland, Baltimore, and the University of Virginia. He began to study law and was admitted to the Maryland bar in 1871.</p>

<p>Rayner was elected to the Maryland House of Delegates and served from 1878 to 1884. In 1885, he was elected to the Maryland State Senate, serving one year until 1886.</p>

RAYNER, Isidor, a Representative and a Senator from Maryland; born in Baltimore, Md., April 11, 1850; attended private schools, the University of Maryland at Baltimore, and the University of Virginia at Charlottesville; studied law; admitted to the Maryland bar in 1871; member, State house of delegates 1878-1884; member, State senate 1885-1886; elected as a Democrat to the Fiftieth Congress (March 4, 1887-March 3, 1889); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1888 to the Fifty-first Congress; elected to the Fifty-second and Fifty-third Congresses (March 4, 1891-March 3, 1895); declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1894; attorney general of Maryland 1899-1903; elected as a Democrat in 1905 to the United States Senate; reelected in 1911 and served from March 4, 1905, until his death; chairman, Committee on Indian Depredations (Sixty-second Congress); died in Washington, D.C., November 25, 1912; interment in Rock Creek Cemetery.