Isidor Rayner | |
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| United States Senator from Maryland | |
| In office March 4, 1905 – November 25, 1912 | |
| Preceded by | Louis E. McComas |
| Succeeded by | William P. Jackson |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Maryland's 4th district | |
| In office March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1889 | |
| Preceded by | John Van Lear Findlay |
| Succeeded by | Henry Stockbridge, Jr. |
| In office March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1895 | |
| Preceded by | Henry Stockbridge, Jr. |
| Succeeded by | John K. Cowen |
| Attorney General of Maryland | |
| In office 1899–1903 | |
| Governor | Lloyd Lowndes Jr. John W. Smith |
| Preceded by | George Riggs Gaither Jr. |
| Succeeded by | William Shepard Bryan Jr. |
| Member of the Maryland Senate | |
| In office 1885-1886 | |
| Member of the Maryland House of Delegates | |
| In office 1878-1884 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | April 11, 1850 Baltimore, Maryland, U.S. |
| Died | November 25, 1912 (aged 62) Washington, D.C., U.S. |
| Resting place | Rock Creek Cemetery Washington, D.C., U.S. |
| Party | Democratic |
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.
Rayner was born into a German-Jewish family[1] 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.
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.
Rayner was elected the same year to the 50th United States Congress. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1888 to the 51st Congress, but was victorious in the next two elections to the 52nd and 53rd Congresses. He declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1894.
Five years later in 1899, Rayner was chosen to be the Attorney General of Maryland, serving until 1903. He was elected as a Democrat in 1905 to the U.S. Senate, and was reelected again in 1911. While senator, he served as chairman of the Committee on Indian Depredations (Sixty-second Congress).
In 1912, Rayner died in Washington, D.C., while serving as senator. He is buried at Rock Creek Cemetery.
See also
- List of Jewish American jurists
- List of Jewish members of the United States Congress
- List of members of the United States Congress who died in office (1900–1949)
References
- ^ "The Jewish Museum of Maryland". Archived from the original on 2008-07-23. Retrieved 2008-08-19.
- United States Congress. "Isidor Rayner (id: R000086)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
External links
- Works by or about Isidor Rayner at the Internet Archive
- Isidor Rayner, late a senator from Maryland, Memorial addresses delivered in the House of Representatives and Senate frontispiece 1914
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- 1850 births
- 1912 deaths
- American people of German-Jewish descent
- Democratic Party Maryland state senators
- Maryland attorneys general
- Democratic Party members of the Maryland House of Delegates
- Politicians from Baltimore
- University of Maryland, Baltimore alumni
- Jewish United States senators
- Jewish United States representatives
- Burials at Rock Creek Cemetery
- Democratic Party United States senators from Maryland
- Democratic Party United States representatives from Maryland
- 20th-century United States senators
- 19th-century United States representatives
- 19th-century members of the Maryland General Assembly
