Editing North Brentwood, Maryland (section)

===First election===
The town held its first election on July 7, 1924.<ref name= mayor>{{cite news |title= Suburban: North Brentwood |newspaper= The Washington Post |date= June 29, 1924 |page= 7 |url= https://www.proquest.com/docview/149538333/}}</ref> [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] Jeremiah Hawkins ran unopposed for the town's first mayor.<ref name= election>{{cite news |title= News From Suburbs of Capital: Hyattsville |newspaper= The Washington Post |date= July 7, 1924 |page= 5 |url= https://www.proquest.com/docview/149435154/ }}</ref> Peter Randall and Frank Baden ran for Council member representing ward one.<ref name= election/> Horace Allen ran unopposed to represent ward two on the council.<ref name= election/>  Julius Wheeler and Joseph L. Gordan ran for Council member representing ward three.<ref name= election/> Mahlia Brown and John Gilmore ran for treasurer.<ref name= election/> Hawkins, Randall, Allen, Wheeler, and Gilmore were elected.<ref name= 1924g>{{cite news |title= M'Quin Elected Edmonston Mayor: Defeats S.E. Smith: North Brentwood Elects Colored Man as Its First Mayor, Jeremiah Hawkins |newspaper= The Washington Post |date= July 8, 1924 |page= 8 |url= https://www.proquest.com/docview/149474891/ }}</ref>