Wolf, Harry Benjamin, 1880-1944

WOLF, Harry Benjamin, a Representative from Maryland; born in Baltimore, Md., June 16, 1880; attended the public schools of Baltimore and was graduated from the law department of the University of Maryland at Baltimore in 1901; was admitted to the bar the same year and commenced the practice of law in Baltimore; also engaged in the real estate business and hotel property investments; member of the State house of delegates 1906-1908; elected as a Democrat to the Sixtieth Congress (March 4, 1907-March 3, 1909); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1908 to the Sixty-first Congress; resumed the practice of his profession and other business interests in Baltimore, Md.; died in Baltimore, Md., February 17, 1944; interment in Hebrew Friendship Cemetery.

<p>Harry Benjamin Wolf (June 16, 1880 – February 17, 1944) was an American politician and Congressman from Maryland.</p>

<p>Born in Baltimore, Maryland from Jacob Wolf and Mollie Furstenberg Wolf, he had two other siblings.</p>

<p>Wolf attended the public schools of the city. To earn money, he was a paperboy and sold fruit, before he and his brother bought a horse and a wagon in order to sell bananas bought on the waterfront to Baltimore shopkeepers, earning an important sum of money.</p>

<p>He graduated from the law department of the University of Maryland, Baltimore in 1901.</p>

<p><b>RACES</b>
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<li>11/03/1908 MD District 3 Lost 48.24% (-0.87%)</li>
<li>11/06/1906 MD District 3 Won 49.82% (+2.80%)</li>
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