Isidor Rayner (1850-1912) of Baltimore, Md., was a lawyer and United States representative 1887-1889 and 1891-1895, and senator, 1905-1912. The collection includes scattered letters and speeches and 11 scrapbooks regarding the political and legal career of Isidor Rayner. The scrapbooks contain clippings and other records of celebrated legal cases conducted by Rayner and his son William B. Rayner (born 1872), including their defense of Admiral Winfield Scott Schley at a court of inquiry in 1901, and of their activities in state and national Democratic politics.
