# Herman Stump
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{{short description|American politician (1837–1917)}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Herman Stump
| image = Herman Stump (Maryland Congressman).jpg
| office = [Commissioner General of Immigration](/source/United_States_Immigration_and_Naturalization_Service)
| president = [Grover Cleveland](/source/Grover_Cleveland)
[William McKinley](/source/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](/source/William_D._Owen)
| successor = [Terence V. Powderly](/source/Terence_V._Powderly)
| state1 = [Maryland](/source/Maryland)
| district1 = {{ushr|MD|2|2nd}}
| term_start1 = March 4, 1889
| term_end1 = March 3, 1893
| predecessor1 = [Frank Shaw](/source/Frank_Thomas_Shaw)
| successor1 = [Joshua Talbott](/source/Joshua_Frederick_Cockey_Talbott)
| office2 = [President of the Maryland Senate](/source/President_of_the_Maryland_Senate)
| term2 = 1880
| predecessor2 = [Edward Lloyd](/source/Edward_Lloyd_(1825-1907))
| successor2 = [George Williams](/source/George_Hawkins_Williams)
| office3 = Member of the [Maryland Senate](/source/Maryland_Senate)
| term_start3 = 1878
| term_end3 = 1880
| predecessor3 = [John Walsh](/source/John_Carroll_Walsh)
| successor3 = [Edward Allen](/source/Edward_M._Allen_(Maryland_politician))
| constituency3 = [Harford County](/source/Harford_County%2C_Maryland)
| birth_date = {{birth date|1837|8|8}}
| birth_place = [Oakington Farm](/source/Harford_County%2C_Maryland), [Maryland](/source/Maryland), U.S.
| death_date = {{death date and age|1917|1|9|1837|8|8}}
| death_place = [Bel Air, Maryland](/source/Bel_Air%2C_Maryland), U.S.
| party = [Democratic](/source/Democratic_Party_(United_States))
| spouse = {{marriage|Mary Fernandez de Velasco|1903}}
| relatives = [Henry W. Archer](/source/Henry_W._Archer) (cousin)
| education = [University of Delaware](/source/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](/source/Maryland_Senate) and as a member of the [United States House of Representatives](/source/United_States_House_of_Representatives).
==Early life==
Herman Stump Jr.[{{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](/source/Maryland_State_Archives) |date=2000-09-05 |access-date=2022-11-28}}] was born on Oakington Farm in [Harford County, Maryland](/source/Harford_County%2C_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](/source/University_of_Delaware).{{sfn|''Genealogical and Memorial Encyclopedia of the State of Maryland''|pages=647-649}} Stump attended [Delaware College](/source/Delaware_College) and [studied law](/source/reading_law) with his cousin [Henry W. Archer](/source/Henry_W._Archer), was [admitted to the bar](/source/Admission_to_the_bar_in_the_United_States) on November 11, 1856, and commenced practice in [Bel Air](/source/Bel_Air%2C_Maryland).{{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](/source/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](/source/Maryland_Army_National_Guard), and attained the rank of [colonel](/source/Colonel_(United_States)).{{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](/source/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](/source/President_of_the_Maryland_State_Senate) 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](/source/Edward_M._Allen_(Maryland_politician)).{{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](/source/51st_United_States_Congress) and [52nd](/source/52nd_United_States_Congress) 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](/source/Immigration_and_Naturalization_Service) by President [Grover Cleveland](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Emmorton%2C_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 ==
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==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](/source/The_Aegis_(newspaper)) |page=3 |via=[Newspapers.com](/source/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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