List of Governors of Maryland

The Governor of Maryland heads the executive branch of the government of the U.S. state of Maryland and is commander-in-chief of the state's military forces.[1] The governor is the highest-ranking official in the state, and the constitutional powers of Maryland's governors make them among the most powerful governors in the United States.[2]

Since the American Revolution, Maryland has had a number of state constitutions that have specified different terms of office and methods of selection of its governors. Under the constitution of 1776, governors were appointed by the legislature to one-year terms. An 1838 constitutional amendment allowed the direct election of governors to three-year terms, although the governors came from rotating election districts. The terms were lengthened to four years in the 1851 Constitution and election districts were abolished in the 1864 version.[1] Since then, governors have been elected by the entire state of Maryland.

Maryland governors are limited to two consecutive terms, making former two-term governors eligible to run after four years out of office.[3] Thomas Sim Lee, Daniel Martin, and Robert Bowie have served non-consecutive terms as Governor of Maryland. Albert Ritchie holds the record of Maryland's longest-serving governor with 14 years of service.[4] Maryland has never had a female governor,[5] although one woman, Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, served as Lieutenant Governor under Parris Glendening from 1995 to 2003.[6]

The current governor is Republican Larry Hogan, who was elected on November 4, 2014.[7]

Governors

  Federalist (8)   Democratic-Republican (9)   Anti-Jacksonian (3)   Jacksonian (1)   Whig (3)   Democratic (27)   Constitutional Union (1)   Republican (9)

Governor[5] Term in office[8] Party Term Previous office[8] Lieutenant governor[6][lower-alpha 1]
1   Thomas Johnson
November 4, 1732 – October 26, 1819
(Aged 86)		 March 21, 1777
–
November 12, 1779
 Independent 1
(1777)		 Continental Congress
(1774–1775)		 None
2
(1778)
2 Thomas Sim Lee
October 29, 1745 – November 9, 1819
(Aged 74)		 November 12, 1779
–
November 22, 1782
 Independent 3
(1779)		 None
4
(1780)
5
(1781)
3 William Paca
October 31, 1740 – October 13, 1799
(Aged 58)		 November 22, 1782
–
November 26, 1785
 Independent 6
(1782)		 Maryland State Senator
(1777–1779)
7
(1783)
8
(1784)
4 William Smallwood
1732 – February 14, 1792
(Aged 59–60)		 November 26, 1785
–
November 24, 1788
 Independent 9
(1785)		 Colonel
Continental Army
10
(1786)
11
(1787)
5   John Eager Howard
June 4, 1752 – October 12, 1827
(Aged 75)		 November 24, 1788
–
November 14, 1791
 Federalist 12
(1788)		 Captain
Continental Army
13
(1789)
14
(1790)
6 George Plater
November 8, 1735 – February 10, 1792
(Aged 56)		 November 14, 1791
–
February 10, 1792
Federalist 15
(1791)		 Maryland State Senator
(1777–1790)
2 Thomas Sim Lee
October 29, 1745 – November 9, 1819
(Aged 74)		 April 5, 1792
–
November 14, 1794
 Federalist 16
(1792)		 None
17
(1793)
7 John Hoskins Stone
1750 – October 5, 1804
(Aged 53–54)		 November 14, 1794
–
November 17, 1797
 Federalist 18
(1794)		 Maryland State Delegate
(1790)
19
(1795)
20
(1796)
8   John Henry
November 1750 – December 16, 1798
(Aged 48)		 November 17, 1797
–
November 14, 1798
 Democratic-Republican 21
(1797)		 Maryland State Senator
(1789–1797)
9   Benjamin Ogle
January 27, 1749 – July 7, 1809
(Aged 60)		 November 14, 1798
–
November 10, 1801
 Federalist 22
(1798)		 None
23
(1799)
24
(1800)
10   John F. Mercer
May 17, 1759 – July 30, 1821
(Aged 62)		 November 10, 1801
–
November 13, 1803
 Democratic-Republican 25
(1801)		 U.S. Representative
from Maryland's 2nd
(1793–1794)
26
(1802)
11 Robert Bowie
March 1750 – January 8, 1818
(Aged 67)		 November 15, 1803
–
November 10, 1806
 Democratic-Republican 27
(1803)		 Maryland State Delegate
(1801–1803)
28
(1804)
29
(1805)
12 Robert Wright
November 20, 1752 – September 7, 1826
(Aged 73)		 November 12, 1806
–
June 9, 1809
 Democratic-Republican 30
(1806)		 U.S. Senator
from Maryland
(1801–1806)
31
(1807)
32
(1808)
13 Edward Lloyd V
July 22, 1779 – June 2, 1834
(Aged 54)		 June 9, 1809
–
November 16, 1811
 Democratic-Republican 33
(1809)		 Maryland State Delegate
(1800–1805)
34
(1810)
11 Robert Bowie
March 1750 – January 8, 1818
(Aged 67)		 November 16, 1811
–
November 25, 1812
 Democratic-Republican 35
(1811)		 Maryland State Delegate
(1801–1803)
14   Levin Winder
September 4, 1757 – July 1, 1819
(Aged 61)		 November 25, 1812
–
January 2, 1816
 Federalist 36
(1812)		 Maryland State Delegate
(1806–1809)
37
(1813)
38
(1814)
39
(1815)
15 Charles Carnan Ridgely
December 6, 1760 – July 17, 1829
(Aged 68)		 January 2, 1816
–
January 8, 1819
 Federalist 40
(1816)		 Maryland State Senator
(1796–1800)
41
(1817)
42
(1818)
16 Charles Goldsborough
July 15, 1765 – December 13, 1834
(Aged 69)		 January 8, 1819
–
December 20, 1819
 Federalist 43
(1819)		 U.S. Representative
from Maryland's 8th
(1805–1817)
17   Samuel Sprigg
1783 – April 21, 1855
(Aged 71–72)		 December 20, 1819
–
December 16, 1822
 Democratic-Republican N/A None
44
(1820)
45
(1821)
18 Samuel Stevens Jr.
July 13, 1778 – February 7, 1860
(Aged 81)		 December 16, 1822
–
January 9, 1826
 Democratic-Republican 46
(1822)		 Maryland State Delegate
(1819–1820)
47
(1823)
48
(1824)
49
(1825)
19 Joseph Kent
January 14, 1779 – November 24, 1837
(Aged 58)		 January 9, 1826
–
January 15, 1829
 Democratic-Republican 50
(1826)		 U.S. Representative
from Maryland's 2nd
(1819–1826)
51
(1827)
52
(1828)
20   Daniel Martin
December 1780 – July 11, 1831
(Aged 50)		 January 15, 1829
–
January 15, 1830
 Anti-Jacksonian 53
(1829)		 Maryland State Delegate
(1819–1820)
21   Thomas King Carroll
April 29, 1793 – October 3, 1873
(Aged 80)		 January 15, 1830
–
January 13, 1831
 Jacksonian 54
(1830)		 Maryland State Delegate
(1816–1817)
20   Daniel Martin
December 1780 – July 11, 1831
(Aged 50)		 January 13, 1831
–
July 11, 1831
 Anti-Jacksonian 55
(1831)		 Maryland State Delegate
(1819–1820)
22 George Howard
November 21, 1789 – August 2, 1846
(Aged 56)		 July 11, 1831
–
January 17, 1833
 Anti-Jacksonian None
23   James Thomas
March 11, 1785 – December 25, 1845
(Aged 60)		 January 17, 1833
–
January 14, 1836
 Whig 56
(1833)		 Maryland State Senator
(1826–1831)
57
(1834)
58
(1835)
24 Thomas Veazey
January 31, 1774 – July 1, 1842
(Aged 68)		 January 14, 1836
–
January 7, 1839
 Whig 59
(1836)		 Maryland State Delegate
(1811–1812)
60
(1837)
25   William Grason
March 11, 1778 – July 2, 1868
(Aged 80)		 January 7, 1839
–
January 3, 1842
 Democratic 61
(1838)		 Maryland State Delegate
(1837)
26 Francis Thomas
February 3, 1799 – January 22, 1876
(Aged 76)		 January 3, 1842
–
January 6, 1845
 Democratic 62
(1841)		 U.S. Representative
from Maryland's 6th
(1835–1841)
27   Thomas Pratt
February 18, 1804 – November 9, 1869
(Aged 65)		 January 6, 1845
–
January 3, 1848
 Whig 63
(1844)		 Maryland State Delegate
(1832–1835)
28   Philip F. Thomas
September 12, 1810 – October 2, 1890
(Aged 80)		 January 3, 1848
–
January 6, 1851
 Democratic 64
(1847)		 U.S. Representative
from Maryland's 1st
(1839–1841)
29 Enoch Lowe
August 10, 1820 – August 23, 1892
(Aged 72)		 January 6, 1851
–
January 11, 1854
 Democratic 65
(1850)		 Maryland State Delegate
(1845)
30 Thomas Watkins Ligon
May 10, 1810 – January 12, 1881
(Aged 70)		 January 11, 1854
–
January 13, 1858
Democratic 66
(1853)		 U.S. Representative
from Maryland's 3rd
(1845–1849)
31   Thomas H. Hicks
September 2, 1798 – February 14, 1865
(Aged 66)		 January 13, 1858
–
January 8, 1862
 Constitutional Union 67
(1857)		 Maryland State Delegate
(1830–1836)
32   Augustus Bradford
January 9, 1806 – March 1, 1881
(Aged 75)		 January 8, 1862
–
January 10, 1866
 Republican N/A Baltimore County Clerk of Courts
(1845–1851)
33 Thomas Swann
March 3, 1809 – July 24, 1883
(Aged 74)		 January 10, 1866
–
January 13, 1869
 Republican Mayor of Baltimore
(1856–1860)		   Christopher C. Cox
34   Oden Bowie
November 10, 1826 – December 4, 1894
(Aged 68)		 January 13, 1869
–
January 10, 1872
 Democratic 68
(1867)		 Maryland State Senator
(1867–1869)		 None
35 William Pinkney Whyte
August 9, 1824 – March 17, 1908
(Aged 83)		 January 10, 1872
–
March 4, 1874
 Democratic 69
(1871)		 U.S. Senator
from Maryland
(1868–1869)
36 James Black Groome
April 4, 1838 – October 5, 1893
(Aged 55)		 March 4, 1874
–
January 12, 1876
Democratic Maryland State Delegate
(1872–1874)
37 John Lee Carroll
September 30, 1830 – February 27, 1911
(Aged 80)		 January 12, 1876
–
January 14, 1880
 Democratic 70
(1875)		 Maryland State Senator
(1867–1876)
38 William T. Hamilton
September 8, 1820 – October 26, 1888
(Aged 68)		 January 14, 1880
–
January 9, 1884
 Democratic 71
(1879)		 U.S. Senator
from Maryland
(1869–1875)
39 Robert Milligan McLane
June 23, 1815 – April 16, 1898
(Aged 82)		 January 9, 1884
–
March 27, 1885
 Democratic 72
(1883)		 U.S. Representative
from Maryland's 4th
(1879–1883)
40 Henry Lloyd
February 21, 1852 – December 20, 1920
(Aged 68)		 March 27, 1885
–
January 11, 1888
 Democratic Maryland State Senator
(1882–1885)
41 Elihu Emory Jackson
November 3, 1837 – December 27, 1907
(Aged 70)		 January 11, 1888
–
January 13, 1892
 Democratic 73
(1887)		 Maryland State Senator
(1884–1886)
42 Frank Brown
August 8, 1846 – February 3, 1920
(Aged 73)		 January 13, 1892
–
January 8, 1896
 Democratic 74
(1891)		 Maryland State Delegate
(1876–1878)
43   Lloyd Lowndes Jr.
February 21, 1845 – January 8, 1905
(Aged 59)		 January 8, 1896
–
January 10, 1900
 Republican 75
(1895)		 U.S. Representative
from Maryland's 6th
(1873–1875)
44   John W. Smith
February 5, 1845 – April 19, 1925
(Aged 80)		 January 10, 1900
–
January 13, 1904
 Democratic 76
(1899)		 U.S. Representative
from Maryland's 1st
(1899–1900)
45 Edwin Warfield
May 7, 1848 – March 31, 1920
(Aged 71)		 January 13, 1904
–
January 8, 1908
 Democratic 77
(1903)		 Maryland State Senator
(1881–1887)
46 Austin Lane Crothers
May 17, 1860 – May 25, 1912
(Aged 52)		 January 8, 1908
–
January 10, 1912
 Democratic 78
(1907)		 Maryland State Delegate
(1897–1900)
47   Phillips Lee Goldsborough
August 6, 1865 – October 22, 1946
(Aged 81)		 January 10, 1912
–
January 12, 1916
 Republican 79
(1911)		 Comptroller of Maryland
(1898–1900)
48   Emerson Harrington
March 26, 1864 – December 15, 1945
(Aged 81)		 January 12, 1916
–
January 14, 1920
Democratic 80
(1915)		 Comptroller of Maryland
(1912–1916)
49 Albert Ritchie
August 29, 1876 – February 24, 1936
(Aged 59)		 January 14, 1920
–
January 9, 1935
 Democratic 81
(1919)		 Attorney General of Maryland
(1915–1919)
82
(1923)
83
(1926)
84
(1930)
50   Harry Nice
December 5, 1877 – February 25, 1941
(Aged 63)		 January 9, 1935
–
January 11, 1939
 Republican 85
(1934)		 Baltimore City Alderman
(1903–1905)
51   Herbert O'Conor
November 17, 1896 – March 4, 1960
(Aged 63)		 January 11, 1939
–
January 3, 1947
 Democratic 86
(1938)		 Attorney General of Maryland
(1935–1939)
87
(1942)
52 William Preston Lane Jr.
May 12, 1892 – February 7, 1967
(Aged 74)		 January 3, 1947
–
January 10, 1951
 Democratic 88
(1946)		 Attorney General of Maryland
(1930–1934)
53   Theodore Roosevelt McKeldin
November 20, 1900 – August 10, 1974
(Aged 73)		 January 10, 1951
–
January 14, 1959
 Republican 89
(1950)		 Mayor of Baltimore
(1943–1947)
90
(1954)
54   John Millard Tawes
April 8, 1894 – June 25, 1979
(Aged 85)		 January 14, 1959
–
January 25, 1967
 Democratic 91
(1958)		 Comptroller of Maryland
(1950–1959)
92
(1962)
55   Spiro T. Agnew
November 9, 1918 – September 17, 1996
(Aged 77)		 January 25, 1967
–
January 7, 1969
 Republican 93
(1966)		 Baltimore County Executive
(1962–1966)
56   Marvin Mandel
April 19, 1920 – August 30, 2015
(Aged 95)		 January 7, 1969
–
January 17, 1979
 Democratic 94
(1969)		 Speaker of the Maryland
House of Delegates
(1964–1969)		   Blair Lee III
95
(1974)
57 Harry R. Hughes
November 13, 1926
(Age 90)		 January 17, 1979
–
January 20, 1987
 Democratic 96
(1978)		 Maryland State Senator
(1959–1971)		 Samuel Bogley
97
(1982)		 J. Joseph Curran Jr.
58 William Donald Schaefer
November 2, 1921 – April 18, 2011
(Aged 89)		 January 20, 1987
–
January 18, 1995
 Democratic 98
(1986)		 Mayor of Baltimore
(1971–1989)		 Melvin Steinberg
99
(1990)
59 Parris L. Glendening
June 11, 1942
(Age 74)		 January 18, 1995
–
January 15, 2003
 Democratic 100
(1994)		 Prince George's County Executive
(1983–1994)		 Kathleen Kennedy Townsend
101
(1998)
60   Robert (Bob) Ehrlich Jr.
November 25, 1957
(Age 59)		 January 15, 2003
–
January 17, 2007
 Republican 102
(2002)		 U.S. Representative
from Maryland's 2nd
(1995–2003)		   Michael Steele
61   Martin O'Malley
January 18, 1963
(Age 54)		 January 17, 2007
–
January 21, 2015
 Democratic 103
(2006)		 Mayor of Baltimore
(1999–2007)		   Anthony G. Brown
104
(2010)
62   Lawrence (Larry) Hogan Jr.
May 25, 1956
(Age 60)		 January 21, 2015
–
Incumbent
 Republican 105
(2014)		 Maryland Secretary of Appointments
(2003–2007)		   Boyd Rutherford

Living former U.S. governors of Maryland

As of May 2017, four former U.S. governors of Maryland are currently living, the oldest being Harry Hughes (1979–1987, born 1926). The most recent U.S. governor of Maryland to die was Marvin Mandel (served 1969–1979, born 1920), on August 30, 2015.[11] The most recently serving governor to die was William Donald Schaefer (served 1987–1995, born 1921) on April 18, 2011.[12]

GovernorGubernatorial termDate of birth (and age)
Harry R. Hughes 1979–1987 November 13, 1926
Parris N. Glendening 1995–2003 June 11, 1942
Robert L. Ehrlich, Jr. 2003–2007 November 25, 1957
Martin O'Malley 2007–2015 January 18, 1963

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Maryland Governor - Origin & Functions". Maryland Manual Online. Retrieved June 24, 2007.
  2. ↑ Prah, Pamela (March 9, 2007). "Massachusetts gov rated most powerful (archived)". Stateline.Org. Retrieved June 25, 2007.
  3. ↑ "Maryland Governor: Origins and Functions". Maryland Manual Online. Maryland State Archives. 2006. Retrieved June 27, 2007.
  4. ↑ "Albert C. Ritchie, State House titan". The Baltimore Sun. July 22, 1999. Retrieved May 30, 2017.
  5. 1 2 "Archives of Maryland Historical List Governors of Maryland, 1634--". Maryland State Archives. January 21, 2015. Retrieved May 30, 2017.
  6. 1 2 "Maryland Lieutenant Governors". Maryland State Archives. May 1, 2017. Retrieved May 30, 2017.
  7. ↑ Wagner, John; Johnson, Jenna (November 5, 2014). "Republican Larry Hogan wins Md. governor’s race in stunning upset". The Washington Post. Retrieved November 5, 2014.
  8. 1 2 "Maryland : Past Governors Bios". National Governors Association. 2015. Retrieved May 30, 2017.
  9. ↑ Dayhoff, Kevin (December 7, 2005). "Why We Have a Lieutenant Governor". The Tentacle. Retrieved May 30, 2017.
  10. ↑ Papenfouse, Edward. The Archives of Maryland, new series, An Historical List of Public Officials of Maryland. I. Annapolis, MD: Maryland State Archives: 1990.
  11. ↑ Dresser, Michael; Colin Campbell (August 31, 2015). "Former Maryland Gov. Marvin Mandel dies". The Baltimore Sun. Retrieved May 30, 2017.
  12. ↑ Bernstein, Adam (April 18, 2011). "William Donald Schaefer dies; Maryland governor, comptroller, Baltimore mayor". The Washington Post. Retrieved May 30, 2017.

Notes

  1. ↑ Maryland did not have a Lieutenant Governor until 1864; the office was abolished in 1867 and re-established in 1970.[9][10]
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