Isidor Rayner

American politician (1850-1912)

"Senator Rayner" redirects here. For the North Carolina State Senate member, see Kenneth Rayner.

Isidor Rayner

United States Senator
from Maryland
In office
March 4, 1905 – November 25, 1912
Preceded by| Louis E. McComas
Succeeded by| William P. Jackson
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Maryland's 4th district
In office
March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1889
Preceded by| John Van Lear Findlay
Succeeded by| Henry Stockbridge, Jr.
In office
March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1895
Preceded by| Henry Stockbridge, Jr.
Succeeded by| John K. Cowen
Attorney General of Maryland
In office
1899–1903
Governor| Lloyd Lowndes Jr.
John W. Smith
Preceded by| George Riggs Gaither Jr.
Succeeded by| William Shepard Bryan Jr.
Member of the Maryland Senate
In office
1885-1886
Member of the Maryland House of Delegates
In office
1878-1884
Personal details
Born| (1850-04-11)April 11, 1850
Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
Died| November 25, 1912(1912-11-25) (aged 62)
Washington, D.C., U.S.
Resting place| Rock Creek Cemetery
Washington, D.C., U.S.
Political party| Democratic

Isidor Rayner (April 11, 1850 – November 25, 1912) was a Democratic member of the United States Senate, representing the State of Maryland from 1905 to 1912. He also represented the Fourth Congressional District of Maryland from 1887 to 1889, and 1891 to 1895.

Rayner was born into a German-Jewish family[1] in Baltimore, Maryland, and attended local private schools. He later attended the University of Maryland, Baltimore, and the University of Virginia. He began to study law and was admitted to the Maryland bar in 1871.

Rayner was elected to the Maryland House of Delegates and served from 1878 to 1884. In 1885, he was elected to the Maryland State Senate, serving one year until 1886.

Rayner was elected the same year to the 50th United States Congress. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1888 to the 51st Congress, but was victorious in the next two elections to the 52nd and 53rd Congresses. He declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1894.

Five years later in 1899, Rayner was chosen to be the Attorney General of Maryland, serving until 1903. He was elected as a Democrat in 1905 to the U.S. Senate, and was reelected again in 1911. While senator, he served as chairman of the Committee on Indian Depredations (Sixty-second Congress).

In 1912, Rayner died in Washington, D.C., while serving as senator. He is buried at Rock Creek Cemetery.

## See also

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* List of Jewish American jurists
* List of Jewish members of the United States Congress
* List of United States Congress members who died in office (1900–49)

## References

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1. ^ "The Jewish Museum of Maryland". Archived from the original on 2008-07-23. Retrieved 2008-08-19.

* United States Congress. "Isidor Rayner (id: R000086)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

## External links

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Isidor Rayner.

* Works by or about Isidor Rayner at the Internet Archive
* Isidor Rayner, late a senator from Maryland, Memorial addresses delivered in the House of Representatives and Senate frontispiece 1914

U.S. House of Representatives

Preceded by

John Van Lear Findlay

|  Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Maryland's 4th congressional district
1887–1889  | Succeeded by

Henry Stockbridge, Jr.

Preceded by

Henry Stockbridge, Jr.

|  Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Maryland's 4th congressional district
1891–1895  | Succeeded by

John Kissig Cowen

Legal offices
Preceded by

George Riggs Gaither Jr.

|  Attorney General of Maryland
1899–1903  | Succeeded by

William Shepard Bryan Jr.

U.S. Senate
Preceded by

Louis E. McComas

|  U.S. senator (Class 1) from Maryland
1905–1912
Served alongside: Arthur Pue Gorman, William Pinkney Whyte, John Walter Smith | Succeeded by

William P. Jackson

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United States senators from Maryland

Class 1|

* Carroll
* Potts
* Howard
* S. Smith
* Harper
* Hanson
* Pinkney
* S. Smith
* Kent
* Merrick
* Johnson
* Stewart
* Pratt
* Kennedy
* Johnson
* Whyte
* Hamilton
* Whyte
* Gorman
* McComas
* Rayner
* Jackson
* Lee
* France
* Bruce
* P. Goldsborough
* Radcliffe
* O'Conor
* Beall Sr.
* J. Tydings
* Beall Jr.
* Sarbanes
* Cardin
* Alsobrooks

Class 3|

* Henry
* J. Lloyd
* Hindman
* Wright
* Reed
* R. Goldsborough
* E. Lloyd
* Chambers
* R. Goldsborough
* Spence
* Kerr
* Pearce
* Hicks
* Creswell
* Vickers
* Dennis
* Groome
* Wilson
* Gibson
* Wellington
* Gorman
* Whyte
* J. Smith
* Weller
* M. Tydings
* Butler
* Brewster
* Mathias
* Mikulski
* Van Hollen

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Maryland's delegation(s) to the 59th–62nd United States Congresses (ordered by seniority)

| 59th |

Senate:

* ▌A. P. Gorman (D)
* ▌I. Rayner (D)

* ▌W. P. Whyte (D)

House:

* ▌J. F. C. Talbott (D)
* ▌S. E. Mudd I (R)
* ▌G. A. Pearre (R)
* ▌F. C. Wachter (R)
* ▌J. Gill (D)
* ▌T. A. Smith (D)

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60th |

Senate:

* ▌I. Rayner (D)
* ▌W. Whyte (D)

* ▌J. Smith (D)

House:

* ▌J. Talbott (D)
* ▌S. Mudd I (R)
* ▌G. Pearre (R)
* ▌W. Jackson (R)
* ▌J. Gill (D)
* ▌H. Wolf (D)

61st |

Senate:

* ▌I. Rayner (D)
* ▌J. Smith (D)

House:

* ▌J. Talbott (D)
* ▌S. Mudd I (R)
* ▌G. Pearre (R)
* ▌J. Gill (D)
* ▌J. Covington (D)
* ▌J. Kronmiller (R)

62nd |

Senate:

* ▌I. Rayner (D)
* ▌J. Smith (D)

* ▌W. Jackson (R)

House:

* ▌J. Talbott (D)
* ▌J. Covington (D)
* ▌G. Konig (D)
* ▌D. Lewis (D)
* ▌J. Linthicum (D)
* ▌T. Parran (R)

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