Thomas Watkins Ligon

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Thomas Watkins Ligon (May 10, 1810January 12, 1881), a Democrat, was the 30th Governor of Maryland in the United States from 1854 to 1858. Born in 1810 in Farmville, Virginia, he was also a member of the United States House of Representatives, serving Maryland's third Congressional district from 1845 until 1849. He died in 1881 in Ellicott City, Maryland and is buried at the St John's Cemetery near Ellicott City, Maryland.

Preceded by
John Wethered
U.S. Representative for Maryland's 3rd Congressional District
1845—1849
Succeeded by
Edward Hammond
Preceded by
Enoch Louis Lowe
Governor of Maryland
1854–1858
Succeeded by
Thomas H. Hicks