Benjamin Tasker
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Benjamin Tasker (1690 - June 19, 1768) was the Provincial Governor of Maryland from 1752 to 1753.
Tasker became a naval officer at Annapolis, Maryland in 1719 and served until 1742. He also served in the municipal and provincial government as: member and president of the Governor's Council, 1722-1768; member of the Lower House of the Maryland legislature, 1715-1717, 1720-1722; member of the Upper House, 1722-1766, 1768; President of the Upper House, 1734-1766, 1768; Annapolis alderman, 1720, 1754-1766; Mayor of Annapolis, 1721-1722, 1726-1727, 1747-1748, 1750-1753, 1756-1757; President of the Council in 1752; acting governor of Maryland, 1753. In 1731, Tasker was one of the founders of the Baltimore Ironworks Co.
Tasker married Ann Bladen in 1711. They had a son Benjamin Tasker, Jr. (1720-1760). Their daughter Anne Tasker (1723-1817), married the much older Samuel Ogle (1694-1752). On his passing in 1768, Benjamin Tasker was buried in St. Anne’s Churchyard in Annapolis.
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| Preceded by: Thomas Larkin |
Mayor of Annapolis 1721–1722 |
Succeeded by: Vachel Denton |
| Preceded by: Vachel Denton |
Mayor of Annapolis 1726–1727 |
Succeeded by: Vachel Denton |
| Preceded by: Michael MacNamara |
Mayor of Annapolis 1747–1748 |
Succeeded by: John Ross |
| Preceded by: John Bullen |
Mayor of Annapolis 1750–1753 |
Succeeded by: Michael MacNamara |
| Preceded by: Samuel Ogle |
Provincial Governor of Maryland 1752—1753 |
Succeeded by: Horatio Sharpe |
| Preceded by: John Brice, Jr. |
Mayor of Annapolis 1756–1757 |
Succeeded by: John Bullen |
