J. Albert Roney Jr. (died May 12, 1979) was an American politician and judge from Maryland. He served as a member of the

Maryland Senate The Maryland Senate, sometimes referred to as the Maryland State Senate, is the upper house of the General Assembly, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Maryland. Composed of 47 senators elected from an equal number of constituent single ...

, 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 1963 to 1967.

Early life

J. Albert Roney Jr. graduated from the

University of Maryland School of Law The University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law (formerly University of Maryland School of Law from 1924 to 2011) is the law school of the University of Maryland, Baltimore and is located in Baltimore, Maryland. Founded in 1816, it i ...

. He was

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in 1936.

Career

Roney worked with Henry A. Warburton in

Elkton, Maryland Elkton is a town in and the county seat of Cecil County, Maryland, United States. The population was 15,776 at the 2020 census, up from 15,443 in 2010. It was formerly called Head of Elk because it sits at the head of navigation on the Elk R ...

. In 1938, he took over the law practice of Harold E. Cobourn. In 1938, Roney ran for the Democratic nomination for the

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, but lost. J. Albert Roney Jr. served as

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for

from 1951 to 1962. He served as a Democratic member of the

, representing Cecil County, from 1963 to 1967. He was defeated in the 1966 election. Roney was appointed as assistant judge of the circuit court on December 18, 1969. He was elected as judge of the circuit court from the second judicial circuit in 1972. He served in that role until his death. He was a director of Union Hospital.

Personal life

Roney married Nancy Davis Smith. They had a son and daughter, James A. III and Sayre. Roney died on May 12, 1979, at the age of 65, in Union Hospital in Elkton. He was buried at North East Methodist Cemetery in

North East, Maryland North East is a town in Cecil County, Maryland, United States. It is located between Philadelphia and Baltimore. The population was 3,572 at the 2010 census. The Turkey Point Light Station was listed on the National Register of Historic Places ...

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Roney, J. Albert Jr. Year of birth uncertain 1910s births 1979 deaths People from Cecil County, Maryland University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law alumni State's attorneys in Maryland Democratic Party Maryland state senators Maryland state court judges 20th-century Maryland state court judges 20th-century American lawyers 20th-century members of the Maryland General Assembly