{{short description|American politician (1837–1917)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=June 2023}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Herman Stump | image = Herman Stump (Maryland Congressman).jpg | office = Commissioner General of Immigration | president = Grover Cleveland<br>William McKinley | term_start = April 8, 1893 | term_end = June 30, 1897{{efn |Superintendent of Immigration from April 8, 1893 – March 1, 1895.}} | predecessor = William D. Owen | successor = Terence V. Powderly | state1 = Maryland | district1 = {{ushr|MD|2|2nd}} | term_start1 = March 4, 1889 | term_end1 = March 3, 1893 | predecessor1 = Frank Shaw | successor1 = Joshua Talbott | office2 = President of the Maryland Senate | term2 = 1880 | predecessor2 = Edward Lloyd | successor2 = George Williams | office3 = Member of the Maryland Senate | term_start3 = 1878 | term_end3 = 1880 | predecessor3 = John Walsh | successor3 = Edward Allen | constituency3 = Harford County | birth_date = {{birth date|1837|8|8}} | birth_place = Oakington Farm, Maryland, U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|1917|1|9|1837|8|8}} | death_place = Bel Air, Maryland, U.S. | party = Democratic | spouse = {{marriage|Mary Fernandez de Velasco|1903}} | relatives = Henry W. Archer (cousin) | education = University of Delaware (attended) | signature = Signature of Herman Stump (1837–1917).png | footnotes = {{noteslist}} }} '''Herman Stump Jr.''' (August 8, 1837 – January 9, 1917) was an American politician and lawyer. He is most notable for his service in the Maryland Senate and as a member of the United States House of Representatives.
==Early life== Herman Stump Jr.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://msa.maryland.gov/msa/speccol/sc3500/sc3520/001600/001614/html/msa01614.html |title=Herman Stump, Jr. |website=Maryland Manual On-Line |publisher=Maryland State Archives |date=2000-09-05 |access-date=2022-11-28}}</ref> was born on Oakington Farm in Harford County, Maryland, the son of Sarah (née Biays) and John Wilson Stump.{{sfn|''Genealogical and Memorial Encyclopedia of the State of Maryland''|pages=647-649}} His cousin was judge Frederick Stump.{{sfn|''Representative Men of Maryland and DC''|page=518}} He was educated by private tutors and attended Delaware College.{{sfn|''Genealogical and Memorial Encyclopedia of the State of Maryland''|pages=647-649}} Stump attended Delaware College and studied law with his cousin Henry W. Archer, was admitted to the bar on November 11, 1856, and commenced practice in Bel Air.{{sfn|''Genealogical and Memorial Encyclopedia of the State of Maryland''|pages=647-649}}{{sfn|''The Aegis, Col. Stump Dead (January 12, 1917)''}}{{sfn|''Representative Men of Maryland and DC''|page=548}}
==Career== He became a noted trial attorney, and was notable for his representation of several female defendants in murder cases, including the murder cases of William Scott Ketchum and Nicholas McComas.{{sfn|''Genealogical and Memorial Encyclopedia of the State of Maryland''|pages=647-649}}{{sfn|''Representative Men of Maryland and DC''|page=548}} He also became active in the Maryland Militia, and attained the rank of colonel.{{sfn|''Genealogical and Memorial Encyclopedia of the State of Maryland''|pages=647-649}} Stump purchased a Bel Air plantation called "Waverly", where he farmed and raised livestock.{{sfn|''Genealogical and Memorial Encyclopedia of the State of Maryland''|pages=647-649}}
===Political career=== Stump was elected to the Maryland State Senate in 1878 and served until 1880.{{sfn|''Genealogical and Memorial Encyclopedia of the State of Maryland''|pages=647-649}}{{sfn|''The Aegis, Col. Stump Dead (January 12, 1917)''}} He served as chairman of the state Democratic convention in 1879, and was the Senate's President pro tempore in 1880.{{sfn|''Genealogical and Memorial Encyclopedia of the State of Maryland''|pages=647-649}} He was defeated in the 1881 state senate election by Edward M. Allen.{{sfn|''The Aegis, Col. Stump Dead (January 12, 1917)''}}
In 1888, Stump was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives.{{sfn|''Genealogical and Memorial Encyclopedia of the State of Maryland''|pages=647-649}} He served in the 51st and 52nd Congresses (March 4, 1889 - March 3, 1893).{{sfn|''Genealogical and Memorial Encyclopedia of the State of Maryland''|pages=647-649}} He was not a candidate for re-nomination in 1892.{{sfn|''Genealogical and Memorial Encyclopedia of the State of Maryland''|pages=647-649}}
After the completion of his last term in Congress, Stump was appointed U.S. Superintendent of Immigration by President Grover Cleveland and served from April 8, 1893, to July 16, 1897.{{sfn|''Genealogical and Memorial Encyclopedia of the State of Maryland''|pages=647-649}}
===Later life=== Stump practiced law in Bel Air until retiring in 1902, after which he continued to reside at Waverly.{{sfn|''Genealogical and Memorial Encyclopedia of the State of Maryland''|pages=647-649}}
==Personal life== In 1903, Stump married Mary Fernandez de Velasco (1853-1944) of New York City.{{sfn|''Genealogical and Memorial Encyclopedia of the State of Maryland''|pages=647-649}}{{sfn|''The Aegis, Col. Stump Dead (January 12, 1917)''}} They had no children.{{citation needed |date=October 2023}} He was a member of the Episcopal Church.{{sfn|''Representative Men of Maryland and DC''|page=548}}
Stump died at Waverly on January 9, 1917, and was interred in St. Mary's Cemetery in Emmorton, Maryland.{{sfn|''The Aegis, Col. Stump Dead (January 12, 1917)''}}{{sfn|''Where They're Buried''|page=198}}{{sfn|''Genealogical and Memorial Encyclopedia of the State of Maryland''|pages=647-649}}
== References == {{reflist}}
==Sources== ===Books=== *{{cite book |last=Spencer |first=Richard Henry |date=1919 |title=Genealogical and Memorial Encyclopedia of the State of Maryland |volume=2 |url=https://archive.org/details/genealogicalmemo02spen/page/n337 |location=New York, NY |publisher=American Historical Society, Inc. |ref={{sfnRef|''Genealogical and Memorial Encyclopedia of the State of Maryland''}}}} *{{cite book |last=Spencer |first=Richard Henry |date=1878 |title=The Biographical Cyclopedia of Representative Men of Maryland and District of Columbia |url=https://archive.org/details/biographicalcycl02nati/page/n419/mode/2up |publisher=National Biographical Publishing Company |ref={{sfnRef|''Representative Men of Maryland and DC''}}}} *{{cite book |last=Spencer |first=Thomas E. |date=1998 |title=Where They're Buried |url=https://archive.org/details/wheretheyreburie00spen |url-access=registration |page=[https://archive.org/details/wheretheyreburie00spen/page/198 198] |location=Baltimore, MD |publisher=Clearfield Company, Inc. |isbn=978-0-8063-4823-0 |ref={{sfnRef|''Where They're Buried''}}}}
===Other=== *{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/113812032/col-stump-dead-12-jan-1917-the/ |title=Col. Stump Dead |date=1917-01-12 |newspaper=The Aegis |page=3 |via=Newspapers.com |access-date=2022-11-28 |ref={{sfnRef|''The Aegis, Col. Stump Dead (January 12, 1917)''}}}}
==External links== {{CongBio|S001043}} *[https://msa.maryland.gov/msa/speccol/sc3500/sc3520/001600/001614/html/msa01614.html Maryland State Archives: Herman Stump, Jr.] *{{Find a Grave|12637088}} *[http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/stubblefield-styles.html#244.44.91 Herman Stump] at The Political Graveyard
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