Trout Run (retreat) Trout Run (retreat) Trout Run is a property in the Catoctin Mountains near Thurmont, Maryland, that was visited on several occasions by Presidents Herbert Hoover, Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Dwight Eisenhower. Originally called Catoctin Lodge, it is located about away from the presidential retreat at Camp David and was established by one of Hoover's senior aides. It subsequently became the property of the family of a senior State Department official, who owned it for nearly 70 years, before it was acquired in 2013 by an arm of the Church of Scientology. It became the focus of controversy in 2015 when
1956 United States presidential election in Maryland to sweep all Maryland’s counties and Baltimore City. , this is the last election in which the City of Baltimore voted for the Republican candidate. 1956 United States presidential election in Maryland The 1956 United States presidential election in Maryland took place on November 6, 1956, as part of the 1956 United States presidential election. Maryland voters chose nine representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Maryland was won by incumbent President Dwight D. Eisenhower (R–Pennsylvania), running with Vice President Richard Nixon, with 60.04 percent of the popular vote, against Adlai Stevenson (D–Illinois),