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Henry E. Bateman  (ca. 1807-1892)

Photo of Henry E. Bateman, Comptroller of Maryland from 1853-1854

Queen Anne's and Talbot Counties Newspaper Editor, Democrat
Comptroller - 1853-1854

An influential newspaper editor of the Centreville Times and later the Easton Star, Bateman was the second Maryland Comptroller. After the Civil War, he led a Talbot County delegation that helped successfully overturn the wartime Union constitution with a new document in 1867.


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