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.

Contents

[edit] Colonial Period

[edit] Proprietary Governors

  1. Leonard Calvert, 1634–1647
  2. Thomas Greene, 1647–1649
  3. William Stone, 1649–1655
  4. Josias Fendall, 1656–1660
  5. Phillip Calvert, 1660 (Catholic Encyclopedia article)
  6. Charles Calvert, 1661–1675
  7. Jesse Wharton, 1675–1680
  8. William Joseph, 1680–1689

[edit] Leader of the Protestant Associators

  1. John Coode, 1689–1690
  2. Nehemiah Blakiston, 1691–1692

[edit] Royal Governors

  1. Sir Lionel Copley, 1692–1693
  2. Sir Thomas Lawrence, 1693–1694
  3. Sir Edmund Andros, 1693
  4. Colonel Nicholas Greenberry, 1693–1694
  5. Sir Edmund Andros, 1694
  6. Sir Thomas Lawrence, 1694
  7. Sir Francis Nicholson, 1694–1699
  8. Colonel Nathaniel Blakiston, 1699–1702
  9. Thomas Tench, 1702–1704
  10. Colonel John Seymour, 1704–1709
  11. Major General Edward Lloyd, 1709–1714
  12. John Hart, 1714–1715

[edit] Governors of Restored Proprietary Government

  1. John Hart, 1715 - 1720
  2. Thomas Brooke, 1720
  3. Charles Calvert, 1721 - 1727
  4. Benedict Leonard Calvert, 1727 - 1731
  5. Samuel Ogle, 1731 - 1732
  6. Charles Calvert, 1732 - 1733
  7. Samuel Ogle, 1733 - 1742
  8. Thomas Bladen, 1742 - 1746/47
  9. Samuel Ogle, 1746/47 - 1752
  10. Benjamin Tasker, 1752 - 1753
  11. Horatio Sharpe, 1753 - 1769
  12. Robert Eden, 1769 - 1776

[edit] Governors under Statehood

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


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

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


# Name Picture Party Term
1 William Grason Democrat 1839–1841
2 Francis Thomas Thomas Democrat 1841–1845
3 Thomas G. Pratt Pratt Whig 1845–1848
4 Phillip F. Thomas Thomas Democrat 1848–1851
5 Enoch Louis Lowe Democrat 1851–1854

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


# Name Picture Party Term
1 Thomas W. Ligon Democrat 1854–1858
2 Thomas H. Hicks
Hicks
 Democrat; later Republican 1858–1862
3 Augustus Bradford Bradford Unionist 1862–1866

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

# Name Picture Party Term
1 Thomas Swann Swann Democrat 1866–1869

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


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

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Blair Lee III served as acting governor from 1977-1979 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.

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