William B. Clagett

William B. Clagett
William B. Clagett, Maryland Comptroller 1910–1911
21st Comptroller of Maryland
In office June 1, 1910 – July 25, 1911
Preceded by	Joshua W. Hering
Succeeded by	Charles H. Stanley
Maryland State Senator
In office 1898–1901 and 1906–1910
Constituency	Prince George's County, Maryland
Personal details
Born	(1854-08-13)August 13, 1854 near Upper Marlboro, Maryland
Died	July 25, 1911(1911-07-25) (aged 56) Buffalo Lithia Springs, Virginia
Resting place	Trinity Protestant Episcopal Church, Upper Marlboro, Maryland
Political party	Democratic
Spouse(s)	Kate Croswell Duckett (1857–1906) on December 3, 1883; Estelle Noble Keiholtz (d. 1933) c. 1909
Relations	Charles Clagett and Mary (Mullikin) Clagett
Children	Marguerite Waring (1886–1949), Rachel, Louise, Charles (with second wife), and William B. Jr.
Residence	Upper Marlboro, Maryland

William Baruch Clagett (August 12 or 13, 1854 – July 25, 1911) was a Maryland tidewater tobacco farmer. In 1892, he was appointed as tobacco inspector by Governor Frank Brown; he also served as chair of the Democratic State Central Committee. In 1894, Clagett missed election to the U.S. House of Representatives by one vote. Instead, Clagett entered politics when elected as a state senator from Prince George's County in 1897, serving from 1898–1901 and 1906–1910. Governor Austin L. Crothers appointed Clagett as the 21st Comptroller of Maryland, replacing Joshua W. Hering who had been appointed to the Maryland Public Service Commission. Clagett died of Bright's disease and was interred at Trinity Protestant Episcopal Church, in Upper Marlboro, where he had served as a vestryman. As of March 2002, Clagett's farm, Navajo, was still in operation, by the eleventh generation of his family. After descendant Charles Clagett's death in 1971, with his will having made clear that he wanted the property used for educational purposes, his estate bequeathed the farm's 283 acres (115 ha) to the Chesapeake Bay Foundation in 1981.