- John F. Slade III
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name = John F. Slade III
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order = Associated Judge, 4th District Court
term_start = October 22, 1999
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successor = "Incumbent"
birth_date = Birth date and age|1945|8|5|mf=y
birth_place =Leonardtown, Maryland
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party = Democrat
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order2 = House of Delegates, District 29B
term_start2 = 1983
term_end2 = September 30, 1999 [Maryland Archives [http://www.msa.md.gov/msa/mdmanual/06hse/html/hseapp.html] ]
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predecessor2 =
successor2 =John L. Bohanan, Jr.
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successor3 =Background
John F. Slade III is an Associate Judge with the 4th District Court of Maryland. Prior to that, he was originally elected to the
Maryland House of Delegates in 1982 to represent District 29C, which represented St. Mary's and Calvert Counties. He ran unopposed in that election. [Maryland Elections [http://www.elections.state.md.us/elections/1986/results_1986/gahod.html] ] Judge Slade is married to Dorothy Rose Martin Slade and has three children: John IV, Julie and Daniel.Education
Judge Slade went to
Great Mills High School inGreat Mills, MD . After high school he went toSt. Mary's College of Maryland , where he received his Associates degree in 1964. He then attended the University of Maryland, getting his Bachelor's degree in Economics in 1967. Two years later, he graduated from theUniversity of Baltimore School of Law and was admitted to the Maryland Bar in 1970.Career
After receiving his law degree, Slade was a public defender in St. Mary's county until 1974, when he became an Assistant State's Attorney, also for St. Mary's County. In 1986, he advanced to District Public Defender, District 4 for Calvert, Charles, and St. Mary's Counties.
In 1982, he ran for the
Maryland House of Delegates in District 29B and won. He served for 16 years in the General Assembly before becoming a member of the District Court. While a member of the House of Delegates, he was the chair of the Joint Audit Committee from 1995 until 1997 and chair of the St. Mary's County Delegation from 1995 until 1999.Over his career, Judge Slade has won several awards including the Cross Bottany Award, the St. Mary's College of Maryland Alumni Award, the Outstanding Young Men of America Award and the Delegate of the Year, as awarded by the Maryland Association of Psychosocial Services. Finally, he is a foundation member of the Zeta Chapter of
Phi Beta Kappa at St. Mary's College.Election Results
*1998 Race for Maryland House of Delegates – District 29Bcite web| url=http://www.elections.state.md.us/elections/1998/results_1998/gaall.html| title=House of Delegates Results |publisher=Maryland State Board of Elections Retrieved on Nov. 2, 2007] ::Voters to choose one::
*1986 Race for Maryland House of Delegates – District 29Ccite web| url=http://www.elections.state.md.us/elections/1986/results_1986/gahod.html| title=House of Delegates Results |publisher=Maryland State Board of Elections Retrieved on Nov. 02, 2007] ::Voters to choose one::
References
External links
* [http://www.msa.md.gov/msa/mdmanual/32dc/html/msa12307.html/ Maryland Archives]
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