Today there exist nine structures with recognized historical markers dating back to the 18th century, including the DeBaum House on Kings Highway, the Smith House on Gilchrest Road and the Snedeker House, where the Commander-in-chief George Washington is believed to have spent a night.

Wayne Thomas Gilchrest ( born April 15, 1946 ) is a former Republican member of the United States House of Representatives who represented.

Gilchrest is a member of many moderate Republican groups such as the Republican Main Street Partnership, Republicans for Environmental Protection, and the Republican Majority For Choice.

For example, Eve Fairbanks described right-wing opponents of moderate Republican Congressman Wayne Gilchrest as " Jacobin conservatives " in The New Republic.

In 2008, the moderate Gilchrest was defeated in the Republican primary by State Senator Andy Harris.

Aside from his socially moderate stance, Gilchrest has drawn attention for his stance on the Iraq War.

Gilchrest was a Republican co-sponsor of Rep. Marty Meehan's " Military Readiness Enhancement Act " which would have repealed the " Don't ask, don't tell " policy.

That year, State Senator Andrew Harris, State Senator E. J. Pipkin, Joe Arminio, and Robert Banks challenged Gilchrest in the 2008 Republican primary.

Harris defeated Gilchrest in the Republican primary, with Pipkin finishing third.

Gilchrest said that the Republican party " has become more narrow, more self-serving, more centered around ' I want, I want, I want.

Gilchrest was ranked as the House's most liberal Republican in 2008 ( his final term ) by the National Journal, placing him to the left of 8 House Democrats.

In July 2008, the first Republican cosponsor, Rep. Wayne Gilchrest ( R-MD ) signed on.

Nine-term Republican congressman Wayne Gilchrest was defeated for his party's nomination in February 2008.

In the 1988 election, his Republican opponent was Wayne Gilchrest, a high school teacher who had never run for office before.

She lost in the Democratic Primary to Congressman Roy Dyson, who then lost to first time candidate Republican Wayne T. Gilchrest in the General election, who subsequently lost the Republican nomination in 2008.

For example, Republican Congressman Wayne Gilchrest pro-choice on the abortion issue was defeated by pro-life state senator Andy Harris in the Republican primary in 2008.

Gilchrest was decorated with the Purple Heart, Bronze Star, and Navy Commendation Medal.

On February 14, 2008, Rep. Jones was one of only three Republicans ( along with Ron Paul and Wayne Gilchrest ) to vote to hold George W. Bush confidantes Joshua Bolten and Harriet Miers in contempt of Congress for failing to testify and provide documents relevant to the firing of federal prosecutors.

Despite the fact that he did not officially endorse Obama, in an October 2 Washington Post article, Gilchrest sharply criticized his own party and their presidential nominee, fellow Vietnam veteran John McCain.

Gilchrest also spoke in favor of same-sex marriage while the Maryland Legislature was considering legalizing it, calling same-sex marriage a matter of " social justice, civil rights and a more viable democracy.

Gilchrest also joined 16 Republicans and 229 Democrats voting in favor of House Concurrent Resolution ( H. CON. RES ) 63, a non-binding resolution expressing disapproval for the Iraq War troop surge of 2007.

* On April 28, 2009, Pennsylvania Senator Arlen Specter specifically mentioned the Club for Growth's previous activity in supporting conservative primary opponents against Republicans such as Wayne Gilchrest, Joe Schwarz, Lincoln Chafee and Heather Wilson, in his decision to run for re-election as a Democrat in 2010.

Born in Rahway, New Jersey, Gilchrest was the fourth child of Elizabeth and Arthur Gilchrest's six boys.

Rep. Gilchrest ( second from left ) and others join President George W. Bush for the signing of the North American Wetlands Conservation Reauthorization Act.

While teaching at Kent County High School on the Eastern Shore, Gilchrest ran against four-term 1st District Democratic incumbent Roy Dyson in 1988.

Despite being badly outspent, Gilchrest nearly unseated Dyson, losing by only 460 votes.

Gilchrest won by only 3 %, largely by swamping McMillen on the Eastern Shore.

But apart from racial problems, the old unreconstructed South -- to use the moderate words favored by Mr. Thomas Griffith -- finds itself unsympathetic to most of what is different about the civilization of the North.

The long-range objective is to bring about consolidation of ownership through use of land exchange authority and through purchase on a moderate scale of inholdings which comprise key tracts for recognized National Forest programs such as recreation development, or which are a source of damage to lands in National Forests and National Grasslands.

It is convenient to classify a child's onset ages and completion ages as `` advanced '', `` moderate '' ( modal ), or `` delayed '' according to whether the child's age equivalent `` dots '' appeared to the left of, upon, or to the right of the appropriate short transverse line.

The pattern of general business activity which probably lies ahead of us is a further moderate softening through the spring of 1961 before a new rise in economic activity gets under way.

Three seconds flat is the usual time, and the space is crossed by moderate mileage, while the overwhelming immensity of such journeys must be conceived as a static pulsation through an enormous number of coexistent frequencies which perpetuate all events.

A recent systematic review suggested that physical therapy is effective, but there is only moderate evidence to support this conclusion.

Terrain is most rugged in the extreme southeast, which is drained by the Bargushat River, and most moderate in the Araks River valley to the extreme southwest.

West of Markovo it is in the Anadyr Highlands ( moderate mountains and valleys with a few trees ) and east of Markovo it moves into the Anadyr lowlands ( very flat treeless tundra with lakes and bogs ).

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Annual precipitation is with moderate rainfall throughout the year.

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The climate is pleasant, moderated by the southeast trade winds for about nine months of the year and with moderate rainfall.

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Cycling is a very efficient and effective mode of transportation optimal for short to moderate distances.

He is respectfully called " Ayatollah " by his supporters but is considered, and is, a moderate Islamist.