Solomon Etting

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Solomon, as an elected member of the Baltimore City Council, was the first Jew to hold public office in t he state of Maryland. His name is in the Baltimore section of the 1843 list of first subscribers to the Occident and American Jewish Advocate. See http://www.jewish-history.com/Occident/volume1/july1843/subscrib.htm for more names. He also helped organize the successful campaign that, in 1823, eliminated a clause in the Maryland constitution requiring public office holders to affirm the divinity of Christ when taking their oath of office, a requirement that effectively prohibited observant Jews from holding office, according to the <A HREF ="http://www.ajhs.org/reference/loeb/menu.cfm#">Database of Early American Jewish Portraits</A>

Solomon Etting was on the Board of Managers of the Maryland Colonization Society, 1831-1847.

See his obituary in <A HREF ="http://www.jewish-history.com/Occident/volume5/sep1847/obit.html">The Occident and American Jewish Advocate</A>