Isidor Rayner
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United States Senator from Maryland |
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In office March 4, 1905 – November 25, 1912 |
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| Preceded by | Louis E. McComas |
| Succeeded by | William P. Jackson |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Maryland's 4th district |
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In office March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1889 |
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| Preceded by | John Van Lear Findlay |
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In office March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1895 |
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| Succeeded by | John K. Cowen |
| Attorney General of Maryland | |
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In office 1899–1903 |
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| Preceded by | George Riggs Gaither, Jr. |
| Succeeded by | William Shepard Bryan, Jr. |
| Member of the Maryland Senate | |
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In office 1885-1886 |
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| Member of the Maryland House of Delegates | |
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In office 1878-1884 |
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April 11, 1850 Baltimore, Maryland |
| Died | November 25, 1912 (aged 62) Washington, D.C. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Religion | Judaism |
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 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.
Several 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.
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