Radcliffe photograph collection

George Lovic Pierce Radcliffe (1877-1974) was a lawyer, banker, farmer, politician, historian and humanitarian. Born on his family's farm in Dorchester Co., Maryland, Radcliffe grew up on the Eastern Shore, graduated from Cambridge High School, then went to Baltimore, earning a Ph.D. at Johns Hopkins University in 1901. He taught history at Baltimore City College, then took a law degree at the Univeristy of Maryland in 1903. After admission to the bar, he worked as a business attorney, becoming president of the American Bonding Company and also 1st Vice President of Fidelity and Deposit Company of Maryland by 1913. Turning his attention to political service, he was Liquor License Commissioner of Baltimore City from 1916-1919, and became Secretary of State of Maryland in 1919. In the 1930s, he was regional advisor of the Public Works Administration, at the request of Franklin Roosevelt. He was a United States Senator from 1934-1946.

He was involved in a myriad of public welfare organizations, including working as state chairman of the Infantile Paralysis March of Dimes Campaign for over thirty years. A lifelong interest in Maryland history impelled his involvement in many roles and activities beyond his professional and political life; foremost, he was President of the Maryland Historical Society from 1939-1964, and the Society's chairman from 1965-1974.

George Radcliffe married Mary McKim Marriott (1881-1963) in 1906, and the couple had a son, George Marriott Radcliffe.

The Susquehanna Railroad Bridge was built for the Philadelphia, Wilmington, and Baltimore Railroad between 1861-1865. The draw bridge had fourteen piers and spanned from Havre de Grace to Perryville.