Arthur Sohmer

Arthur J. Sohmer (February 16, 1926 – August 25, 1991)[1] held a number of government offices, including serving as Chief of Staff to the Vice President of the United States when Spiro T. Agnew served as Vice President of the United States.[2]

Sohmer was born in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania.[3] He served in the United States Navy during World War II and graduated from Lafayette College and the law school at the University of Maryland at Baltimore.[4]

Sohmer moved to Baltimore, Maryland in 1956.[5] In 1962 he ran for a seat in the Maryland House of Delegates but lost in the primary.[6] Later that year he managed Spiro Agnew's successful campaign for Baltimore County Executive.[7] Agnew was the first Republican to win that office, a feat not repeated until 1990. Sohmer was appointed by Agnew to the Baltimore County Tax Appeals Court in 1963 and became its chief judge in 1964.[8] Sohmer then managed Agnew's successful campaign for Governor of Maryland in 1966. Sohmer then managed appointments in the Maryland governor's office.[9]

After Agnew was elected vice president in 1968 on a ticket with Richard M. Nixon, Sohmer became Chief of Staff to the Vice President of the United States.[10] After Agnew's resignation in 1973, Sohmer held positions with the General Services Administration and the U.S. Railway Association.[11]

In 1978 Sohmer became a founding partner in the Learning Tree, a mail-order company dealing in special education materials.[12]

Sohmer died of lung cancer at his home in Woodstock, New York in 1991 at the age of 65.[13]

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