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inset 0 -2px 0 #FEFEFE;">Princeton Tigers</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; white-space: nowrap; border-top: 1px solid #ccc;">Position</th><td class="infobox-data category" style="border-top: 1px solid #ccc;"><a href="/wiki/Quarterback" title="Quarterback">Quarterback</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#000000;color:#FFFFFF; border:3px solid #FF6000; border-left: none; border-right: none; box-shadow: inset 0 2px 0 #FEFEFE, inset 0 -2px 0 #FEFEFE;">Personal information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; white-space: nowrap; border-top: 1px solid #ccc;">Born:</th><td class="infobox-data" style="border-top: 1px solid #ccc;"><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1871-09-15</span>)</span>September 15, 1871<br /><a href="/wiki/Baltimore" title="Baltimore">Baltimore</a>, Maryland, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; white-space: nowrap; border-top: 1px solid #ccc;">Died:</th><td class="infobox-data" style="border-top: 1px solid #ccc;">November 29, 1961<span style="display:none">(1961-11-29)</span> (aged 90)<br /><a href="/wiki/Chestnut_Hill,_Pennsylvania" class="mw-redirect" title="Chestnut Hill, Pennsylvania">Chestnut Hill, Pennsylvania</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#000000;color:#FFFFFF; border:3px solid #FF6000; border-left: none; border-right: none; box-shadow: inset 0 2px 0 #FEFEFE, inset 0 -2px 0 #FEFEFE;">Career history</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; white-space: nowrap; border-top: 1px solid #ccc;">College</th><td class="infobox-data plainlist" style="border-top: 1px solid #ccc;"><a href="/wiki/Princeton_Tigers" title="Princeton Tigers">Princeton</a> (1889–1890)</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#000000;color:#FFFFFF; border:3px solid #FF6000; border-left: none; border-right: none; box-shadow: inset 0 2px 0 #FEFEFE, inset 0 -2px 0 #FEFEFE;">Career highlights and awards</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-top: 1px solid #ccc;"><div style="text-align: left;"> <ul><li>First-team <a href="/wiki/College_Football_All-America_Team" title="College Football All-America Team">All-American</a> (<a href="/wiki/1889_College_Football_All-America_Team" title="1889 College Football All-America Team">1889</a>)</li></ul></div> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-top: 1px solid #ccc;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:#eee;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Attorney_General_of_Maryland" title="Attorney General of Maryland">Attorney General of Maryland</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />1911–1915</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Isaac_Lobe_Straus" title="Isaac Lobe Straus">Isaac Lobe Straus</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Albert_Ritchie" title="Albert Ritchie">Albert Ritchie</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:#eee">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Resting place</th><td class="infobox-data label"><a href="/wiki/St._Thomas_Church_(Owings_Mills,_Maryland)" title="St. Thomas Church (Owings Mills, Maryland)">St. Thomas Church</a><br />Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouses</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1151524712">.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin2px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-2px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin3px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-3px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-display-ws{display:inline;white-space:nowrap}</style></li></ul> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;margin-top:1px;white-space:normal;">Annie T. McKay</div> <div class="marriage-line-margin2px"></div> <div style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:1px;"></div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> 1895; died 1928)<wbr /></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1151524712"></li></ul> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;">Marie L. McIlhenny</div> <div style="display:inline-block;"></div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> 1932)<wbr /></div> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data">1</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Parent</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/John_P._Poe,_Sr." class="mw-redirect" title="John P. Poe, Sr.">John Prentiss Poe</a> (father)</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Relatives</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Edgar_Allan_Poe" title="Edgar Allan Poe">Edgar Allan Poe</a> (great uncle)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Alma_mater" title="Alma mater">Alma mater</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Princeton_University" title="Princeton University">Princeton University</a> (<a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Arts" title="Bachelor of Arts">BA</a>)<br /><a href="/wiki/University_of_Maryland_School_of_Law" class="mw-redirect" title="University of Maryland School of Law">University of Maryland School of Law</a> (<a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Laws" title="Bachelor of Laws">LLB</a>)</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Edgar Allan Poe</b> (September 15, 1871 – November 29, 1961) was <a href="/wiki/Attorney_General_of_Maryland" title="Attorney General of Maryland">Attorney General of the State of Maryland</a> from 1911 to 1915. He was born in <a href="/wiki/Baltimore,_Maryland" class="mw-redirect" title="Baltimore, Maryland">Baltimore</a>, the son of former Maryland Attorney General <a href="/wiki/John_P._Poe,_Sr." class="mw-redirect" title="John P. Poe, Sr.">John Prentiss Poe</a>. He was named for his great uncle and second cousin, twice removed, the celebrated author <a href="/wiki/Edgar_Allan_Poe" title="Edgar Allan Poe">Edgar Allan Poe</a>, who died in 1849.<sup id="cite_ref-Pri_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Pri-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life_and_education">Early life and education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Edgar_Allan_Poe_(attorney_general)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life and education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Edgar Allan Poe was born on September 15, 1871, in <a href="/wiki/Baltimore" title="Baltimore">Baltimore</a>, Maryland, to Anne Johnson (née Hough) and <a href="/wiki/John_P._Poe,_Sr." class="mw-redirect" title="John P. Poe, Sr.">John Prentiss Poe</a>. He was educated at George G. Carey's private school.<sup id="cite_ref-men_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-men-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-death_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-death-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-death2_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-death2-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Poe was the great nephew of famous poet <a href="/wiki/Edgar_Allan_Poe" title="Edgar Allan Poe">Edgar Allan Poe</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-death_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-death-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Poe attended <a href="/wiki/Princeton_University" title="Princeton University">Princeton University</a>, where he played <a href="/wiki/Varsity_team" title="Varsity team">varsity</a> <a href="/wiki/College_football" title="College football">football</a>. He was the <a href="/wiki/Quarterback" title="Quarterback">quarterback</a> of the 1889 team, which finished with a perfect 10–0 record. After that season, Poe was named the quarterback of the very first <a href="/wiki/1889_College_Football_All-America_Team" title="1889 College Football All-America Team">1889 College Football All-America Team</a>. After Princeton beat Harvard, 41–15, a Harvard man reportedly asked a Princeton alumnus whether Poe was related to the great Edgar Allan Poe. According to the story, "the alumnus looked at him in astonishment and replied, 'He <i>is</i> the great Edgar Allan Poe.'"<sup id="cite_ref-Pri_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Pri-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He also played <a href="/wiki/Princeton_Tigers_men%27s_lacrosse" title="Princeton Tigers men's lacrosse">men's lacrosse</a> at Princeton and was team captain.<sup id="cite_ref-death_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-death-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Poe was given the title of "one of 'the Poe Brothers of Princeton'" throughout his life due to his football legacy at Princeton.<sup id="cite_ref-death2_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-death2-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Poe graduated <a href="/wiki/Phi_Beta_Kappa" title="Phi Beta Kappa">Phi Beta Kappa</a> in 1891 with a <a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Arts" title="Bachelor of Arts">Bachelor of Arts</a> degree. He next attended the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Maryland_School_of_Law" class="mw-redirect" title="University of Maryland School of Law">University of Maryland School of Law</a>, where he received a <a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Laws" title="Bachelor of Laws">Bachelor of Laws</a> degree in 1893.<sup id="cite_ref-men_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-men-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Hall_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hall-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career">Career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Edgar_Allan_Poe_(attorney_general)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Edgar_Allan_Poe_(attorney_general)_(1914)_(cropped).png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Edgar_Allan_Poe_%28attorney_general%29_%281914%29_%28cropped%29.png/220px-Edgar_Allan_Poe_%28attorney_general%29_%281914%29_%28cropped%29.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="262" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Edgar_Allan_Poe_%28attorney_general%29_%281914%29_%28cropped%29.png/330px-Edgar_Allan_Poe_%28attorney_general%29_%281914%29_%28cropped%29.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Edgar_Allan_Poe_%28attorney_general%29_%281914%29_%28cropped%29.png/440px-Edgar_Allan_Poe_%28attorney_general%29_%281914%29_%28cropped%29.png 2x" data-file-width="1115" data-file-height="1327" /></a><figcaption>Poe in 1914 publication</figcaption></figure> <p>After traveling for more than a year in Europe, Poe joined his father and brothers in the family's law firm, John P. Poe & Sons. He was with the law firm from 1895 to 1909. Poe was a lecturer at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Baltimore_School_of_Law" title="University of Baltimore School of Law">University of Baltimore School of Law</a> from 1897 to 1901. He was appointed as the Deputy State's Attorney for Baltimore in 1900, a position he held until 1903. Poe served as <a href="/wiki/State%27s_attorney" class="mw-redirect" title="State's attorney">state's attorney</a> from 1903 to November 1903. He was a lecturer at the University of Maryland School of Law from 1901 to 1913. He was with the firm Bartlett, Poe, Clagett & Bland in 1911. He also served as deputy city solicitor from 1903 to 1908 and as city solicitor from 1908 to 1911 for Baltimore City before being elected as <a href="/wiki/Attorney_General_of_Maryland" title="Attorney General of Maryland">Attorney General of the State of Maryland</a>, a position he held from 1911 to 1915.<sup id="cite_ref-men_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-men-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Hall_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hall-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As city solicitor, he defended an ordinance that would enshrine segregation between blacks and whites in housing.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Poe was a <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democrat</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Edgar_Allan_Poe_(attorney_general)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1895, Poe married Annie T. McKay, and they had a son, Edgar Allan Poe, Jr. His son, who also graduated from Princeton, was severely wounded in <a href="/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">World War I</a> while serving as a <a href="/wiki/U.S._Marine_Corps" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Marine Corps">U.S. Marine Corps</a> second lieutenant in France.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His wife died in 1928. In 1932, Poe married Mrs. Marie L. McIlhenny of Philadelphia.<sup id="cite_ref-death2_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-death2-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Poe family lived at Stemmer Run in Green Spring Valley in Baltimore.<sup id="cite_ref-death2_5-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-death2-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Poe enjoyed sailing and sailed in <a href="/wiki/Jamestown,_Rhode_Island" title="Jamestown, Rhode Island">Jamestown, Rhode Island</a>. He owned a summer home in <a href="/wiki/Northeast_Harbor,_Maine" title="Northeast Harbor, Maine">Northeast Harbor, Maine</a>. He was an <a href="/wiki/Episcopalian" class="mw-redirect" title="Episcopalian">Episcopalian</a>. He was a vestryman at <a href="/wiki/St._Paul%27s_Episcopal_Church_(Baltimore,_Maryland)" title="St. Paul's Episcopal Church (Baltimore, Maryland)">Old St. Paul's Church</a> in Baltimore and later became a vestryman at St. Paul's Episcopal Church in <a href="/wiki/Chestnut_Hill,_Pennsylvania" class="mw-redirect" title="Chestnut Hill, Pennsylvania">Chestnut Hill, Pennsylvania</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-death2_5-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-death2-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Poe died on November 29, 1961, at his home in Chestnut Hill.<sup id="cite_ref-death_4-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-death-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was buried at the church cemetery of <a href="/wiki/St._Thomas_Church_(Owings_Mills,_Maryland)" title="St. Thomas Church (Owings Mills, Maryland)">St. Thomas Church</a> in Baltimore.<sup id="cite_ref-death2_5-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-death2-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Edgar_Allan_Poe_(attorney_general)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-Pri-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Pri_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Pri_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.princeton.edu/pr/pwb/03/1013/2n.shtml">"Memories of the Poe brothers"</a>. Princeton Weekly Bulletin. October 13, 2003.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Memories+of+the+Poe+brothers&rft.pub=Princeton+Weekly+Bulletin&rft.date=2003-10-13&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.princeton.edu%2Fpr%2Fpwb%2F03%2F1013%2F2n.shtml&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AEdgar+Allan+Poe+%28attorney+general%29" class="Z3988"></span>("Edgar Allan Poe 1891 was quarterback and captain in his junior and senior years. He was named All-American in 1889.")</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFFloyd_Conner2000" class="citation book cs1">Floyd Conner (2000). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=70WyLIsE5wcC"><i>Football's Most Wanted, p. 47</i></a>. Brassey's. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-57488-309-1" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-57488-309-1"><bdi>978-1-57488-309-1</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Football%27s+Most+Wanted%2C+p.+47&rft.pub=Brassey%27s&rft.date=2000&rft.isbn=978-1-57488-309-1&rft.au=Floyd+Conner&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3D70WyLIsE5wcC&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AEdgar+Allan+Poe+%28attorney+general%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-men-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-men_3-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-men_3-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-men_3-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation book cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/distinguishedmen00unse/page/n51/mode/2up"><i>Distinguished Men of Baltimore and of Maryland</i></a>. Baltimore American. 1914. p. 45<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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