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American politician
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Male
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Birth:
1829
Death:
20 September 1889
The details
Biography
Jesse K. Hines (1829 – September 20, 1889) was a Democratic member of the Maryland House of Delegates from Kent County and served as the Speaker of the House for the 1874 session. Prior to his service in the state House, Hines was a Clerk of the Circuit Court for Kent County. Hines served as a captain in the Union Army during the Civil War.
Hines was the third state Insurance Commissioner, from 1877 until his death twelve years later in Baltimore. In 1881, he fought "graveyard insurance" companies whose policies had become a popular means for western Marylanders to speculate on others' deaths.