Background
Sohmer was born in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania.
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Arthur J. Sohmer
Edit ProfileVice President of the United States
Education
He served in the United States Navy during World World War II and graduated from Lafayette College and the law school at the University of Maryland at Baltimore.
Career
Sohmer moved to Baltimore, Maryland in 1956. In 1962 he ran for a seat in the Maryland House of Delegates but lost in the primary. Later that year he managed Spiro Agnew"s successful campaign for Baltimore County Executive.
Sohmer was appointed by Agnew to the Baltimore County Tax Appeals Court in 1963 and became its chief judge in 1964.
Sohmer then managed Agnew"s successful campaign for Governor of Maryland in 1966. Sohmer then managed appointments in the Maryland governor"s office.
After Agnew"s resignation in 1973, Sohmer held positions with the General Services Administration and the United States. Railway Association. In 1978 Sohmer became a founding partner in the Learning Tree, a mail-order company dealing in special education materials.
Sohmer died of lung cancer at his home in Woodstock, New York in 1991 at the age of 65.
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August 25, 1991 (aged 65)