List of Governors of Maryland

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The following is a list of all Governors of Maryland.

See Governor of Maryland for more information on the office.

1 Colonial Period
2 Governors under Statehood
3 Notes
4 References

[edit] Colonial Period

[edit] Proprietary Governors

Leonard Calvert, 1634–1647
Thomas Greene, 1647–1649
William Stone, 1649–1655
Josias Fendall, 1656–1660
Phillip Calvert, 1660
Charles Calvert, 1661–1675
Jesse Wharton, 1675–1680
William Joseph, 1680–1689

[edit] Leader of the Protestant Associators

John Coode, 1689–1690
Nehemiah Blakiston, 1691–1692

[edit] Royal Governors

Sir Lionel Copley, 1692–1693
Sir Thomas Lawrence, 1693–1694
Sir Edmund Andros, 1693
Colonel Nicholas Greenberry, 1693–1694
Sir Edmund Andros, 1694
Sir Thomas Lawrence, 1694
Sir Francis Nicholson, 1694–1699
Colonel Nathaniel Blakiston, 1699–1702
Thomas Tench, 1702–1704
Colonel John Seymour, 1704–1709
Major General Edward Lloyd, 1709–1714
John Hart, 1714–1715

[edit] Governors of Restored Proprietary Government

John Hart, 1715 - 1720
Thomas Brooke, 1720
Charles Calvert, 1721 - 1727
Benedict Leonard Calvert, 1727 - 1731
Samuel Ogle, 1731 - 1732
Charles Calvert, 1732 - 1733
Samuel Ogle, 1733 - 1742
Thomas Bladen, 1742 - 1746/47
Samuel Ogle, 1746/47 - 1752
Benjamin Tasker, 1752 - 1753
Horatio Sharpe, 1753 - 1769
Robert Eden, 1769 - 1776

[edit] Governors under Statehood

[edit] Governors Elected by the Legislature under the Maryland Constitution of 1776

#	Name	Party	Term
1	Thomas Johnson	None	March 21, 1777–November 12, 1779
2	Thomas Sim Lee	None	November 12, 1779–November 22, 1782
3	William Paca	None	November 22, 1782–November 26, 1785
4	William Smallwood	None	November 26, 1785–November 24, 1788
5	John Eager Howard	Federalist	November 24, 1788–November 14, 1791
6	George Plater	None	November 14, 1791–February 13, 1792
7	James Brice (acting)	Federalist	February 13, 1792–April 5, 1792
8	Thomas Sim Lee	Federalist	April 5, 1792–November 14, 1794
9	John Hoskins Stone	Federalist	November 14, 1794–November 17, 1797
10	John Henry	Democratic-Republican	November 17, 1797–November 14, 1798
11	Benjamin Ogle	Federalist	November 14, 1798–November 10, 1801
12	John Francis Mercer	Democratic-Republican	November 10, 1801–November 13, 1803
13	Robert Bowie	Democratic-Republican	November 15, 1803–November 10, 1806
14	Robert Wright	Democratic-Republican	November 12, 1806–June 9, 1809
15	Edward Lloyd	Democratic-Republican	June 9, 1809–November 16, 1811
16	Robert Bowie	Democratic-Republican	November 16, 1811–November 25, 1812
17	Levin Winder	Federalist	November 25, 1812–January 2, 1816
18	Charles Carnan Ridgely	Federalist	January 2, 1816–January 8, 1819
19	Charles Goldsborough	Federalist	January 8, 1819–December 20, 1819
20	Samuel Sprigg	Democratic	December 20, 1819–December 16, 1822
21	Samuel Stevens, Jr.	Democratic	December 16, 1822–January 9, 1826
22	Joseph Kent	Democratic-Republican	January 9, 1826–January 15, 1829
23	Daniel Martin	National Republican	January 15, 1829–January 15, 1830
24	Thomas King Carroll	Democratic	January 15, 1830–January 13, 1831
25	Daniel Martin	National Republican	January 13, 1831–July 11, 1831
26	George Howard	National Republican	July 11, 1831–January 17, 1833
27	James Thomas	Whig	January 17, 1833–January 14, 1836
28	Thomas W. Veazey	Whig	January 14, 1836–January 7, 1839

[edit] Governors Elected by the People under the Constitutional Amendments of 1838

#	Name	Party	Term
1	William Grason	Democratic	January 7, 1839–January 3, 1842
2	Francis Thomas	Democratic	January 3, 1842–January 6, 1845
3	Thomas G. Pratt	Whig	January 6, 1845–January 3, 1848
4	Phillip F. Thomas	Democratic	January 3, 1848–January 6, 1851
5	Enoch Louis Lowe	Democratic	January 6, 1851–January 11, 1854

[edit] Governors Elected by the People under the Maryland Constitution of 1851

#	Name	Party	Term
1	Thomas W. Ligon	Democratic	January 11, 1854–January 13, 1858
2	Thomas H. Hicks	American; later Republican	January 13, 1858–January 8, 1862
3	Augustus Bradford	Unionist	January 8, 1862–January 10, 1866

[edit] Governor Elected by the People under the Maryland Constitution of 1864

#	Name	Picture	Party	Term
1	Thomas Swann		Democratic	January 10, 1866–January 13, 1869

[edit] Governors Elected by the People under the Maryland Constitution of 1867

#	Name	Party	Term
1	Oden Bowie	Democratic	January 13, 1869–January 10, 1872
2	William Pinkney Whyte	Democratic	January 10, 1872–March 4, 1874
3	James B. Groome	Democratic	March 4, 1874–January 12, 1876
4	John Lee Carroll	Democratic	January 12, 1876–January 14, 1880
5	William T. Hamilton	Democratic	January 14, 1880–January 9, 1884
6	Robert Milligan McLane	Democratic	January 9, 1884–March 27, 1885
7	Henry Lloyd	Democratic	March 27, 1885–January 11, 1888
8	Elihu Emory Jackson	Democratic	January 11, 1888–January 13, 1892
9	Frank Brown	Democratic	January 13, 1892–January 8, 1896
10	Lloyd Lowndes, Jr.	Republican	January 8, 1896–January 10, 1900
11	John Walter Smith	Democratic	January 10, 1900–January 13, 1904
12	Edwin Warfield	Democratic	January 13, 1904–January 8, 1908
13	Austin Lane Crothers	Democratic	January 8, 1908–January 10, 1912
14	Phillips Lee Goldsborough	Republican	January 10, 1912–January 12, 1916
15	Emerson C. Harrington	Democratic	January 12, 1916–January 14, 1920
16	Albert C. Ritchie	Democratic	January 14, 1920–January 9, 1935
17	Harry W. Nice	Republican	January 9, 1935–January 11, 1939
18	Herbert R. O'Conor	Democratic	January 11, 1939–January 3, 1947
19	William Preston Lane, Jr.	Democratic	January 3, 1947–January 10, 1951
20	Theodore R. McKeldin	Republican	January 10, 1951–January 14, 1959
21	J. Millard Tawes	Democratic	January 14, 1959–January 25, 1967
22	Spiro Agnew	Republican	January 25, 1967–January 7, 1969
23	Marvin Mandel^[1]	Democratic	January 7, 1969–January 17, 1979
24	Harry R. Hughes	Democratic	January 17, 1979–January 20, 1987
25	William Donald Schaefer	Democratic	January 20, 1987–January 18, 1995
26	Parris N. Glendening	Democratic	January 18, 1995–January 15, 2003
27	Robert L. Ehrlich	Republican	January 15, 2003–January 17, 2007
28	Martin O'Malley	Democratic	January 17, 2007–present

[edit] Notes

^ Blair Lee III served as acting governor from June 4, 1977–January 15, 1979 in place of Marvin Mandel. Mandel didn't resign; he bestowed his powers & duties on Lee until further notice. Mandel rescinded his decision in 1979, shortly before the expiration of his second term.

[edit] References

Archives of Maryland, Historical List, Governors of Maryland, 1634–present.

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Legislative:	General Assembly: Senate (List of Senators, President of the Senate), House of Delegates (List of Delegates)
Judicial:	Court of Appeals (List of Judges) \| Court of Special Appeals

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List of Governors of Maryland

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Contents

[edit] Colonial Period

[edit] Proprietary Governors

[edit] Leader of the Protestant Associators

[edit] Royal Governors

[edit] Governors of Restored Proprietary Government

[edit] Governors under Statehood

[edit] Governors Elected by the Legislature under the Maryland Constitution of 1776

[edit] Governors Elected by the People under the Constitutional Amendments of 1838

[edit] Governors Elected by the People under the Maryland Constitution of 1851

[edit] Governor Elected by the People under the Maryland Constitution of 1864

[edit] Governors Elected by the People under the Maryland Constitution of 1867

[edit] Notes

[edit] References

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