John P. Poe, Sr.

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John Prentiss Poe, Sr. (August 22, 1836 - October 14, 1909) was Attorney General of the State of Maryland from 1891 to 1895. He was born in Baltimore, the son of Neilson Poe and wife Josephine Emily Clemm. He attended Princeton University, graduating with the class of 1854. He married Anne Johnson Hough and had six sons and three daughters. All six sons played football for Princeton. Son Edgar Allan Poe served as state Attorney General from 1907 to 1911. Another son, John Prentiss "Johnny" Poe, Jr. coached at Navy and Virginia, and was killed in the Battle of Loos in World War I. Art Poe was selected to the College Football Hall of Fame, and Gresham Poe was head coach at Virginia. John Poe, Sr. died in Ruxton, Baltimore County, October 14, 1909.

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• About the office and list of Attorneys General of Maryland, from the Maryland Archives.

• Bernstein, Mark F.. "A Princeton hero's search for meaning", Princeton Alumni Weekly, September 10, 2003. Retrieved on 2008-03-11. 

• "John Prentiss Poe Dies in Baltimore", Washington Times, October 14, 1909. Retrieved on 2008-03-18. 

Preceded by William Pinkney Whyte

Attorney General of Maryland 1891—1895

Succeeded by Harry M. Clabaugh