Background
Preston was born in Harford County, Maryland in 1860.
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James Preston
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Saint John"s College.
Career
He served in the Maryland House of Delegates from 1890-1894. He briefly served as Speaker of the Maryland House of Delegates in 1894. Preston then served as the Mayor of Baltimore from 1911-1919.
In 1912, he was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention.
While there, he received a few votes for the vice presidential nomination. Preston died on July 14, 1938.
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United States