Elwood Balderston (died November 21, 1921) was an American politician from Maryland. He served as a member of the

Maryland House of Delegates The Maryland House of Delegates is the lower house of the Maryland General Assembly, legislature of the U.S. state of Maryland. It consists of 141 delegates elected from 47 districts. The House of Delegates Chamber is in the Maryland State House ...

, representing

Cecil County Cecil County is a county located in the U.S. state of Maryland at the northeastern corner of the state, bordering both Pennsylvania and Delaware. As of the 2020 United States census, the population was 103,725. The county seat is Elkton. The ...

from 1916 to 1917.

Early life

Elwood Balderston was born to Lloyd Balderston.

Career

Balderston was a Republican. He was a member of the

, representing

, from 1916 to 1917. Elmwood served as secretary of the Cecil Farmers' Club and president of Cecil Farmers' Telephone Company. He also served as president of the Cecil County Community Council.

Personal life

Balderston married. He had three sons, Mark, Lloyd and Richard. His son Mark was dean of

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in North Carolina. Balderston died on November 21, 1921, at the age of 64, at his home in

Colora, Maryland Colora is an unincorporated community in western Cecil County, Maryland, United States, near Conowingo and Port Deposit. The ZIP Code of this area is 21917, and has some historic houses and some new structures, including several development nei ...

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Balderston, Elwood Year of birth uncertain 1850s births 1921 deaths Politicians from Cecil County, Maryland Republican Party members of the Maryland House of Delegates 20th-century members of the Maryland General Assembly