List of Governors of Maryland
Governors
Maryland did not have a Lieutenant Governor until 1864; the office was abolished in 1867 and re-established in 1970. Served as Acting Governor following the death of Governor George Plater.

List of Governors of Maryland

Section Title: Governors
Table Section Text: Maryland did not have a Lieutenant Governor until 1864; the office was abolished in 1867 and re-established in 1970. Served as Acting Governor following the death of Governor George Plater.

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

Governor	Term in office	Party	Term	Previous office	Lieutenant governor

1	Thomas Johnson (governor).jpeg	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)	Governor's Executive Council (1777–1779)

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 Maryland State Delegate (1761–1774)

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 Continental Congress (1787–1788)

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)

-	James Brice August 26, 1746 – July 11, 1801 (Aged 55)	February 10, 1792 – April 5, 1792	Federalist	Mayor of Annapolis (1782–1783; 1787–1788)

2	-	Thomas Sim Lee October 29, 1745 – November 9, 1819 (Aged 74)	April 5, 1792 – November 14, 1794	Federalist	16 (1792)	Governor of Maryland (1779–1782) Continental Congress (1783–1784)

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)

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)

15	-	Charles Carnan Ridgely December 6, 1760 – July 17, 1829 (Aged 68)	January 2, 1816 – January 8, 1819	Federalist	39 (1816)	Maryland State Senator (1796–1800)

40 (1817)

41 (1818)

16	-	Charles Goldsborough July 15, 1765 – December 13, 1834 (Aged 69)	January 8, 1819 – December 20, 1819	Federalist	42 (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	43 (1819)

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)

19	-	Joseph Kent January 14, 1779 – November 24, 1837 (Aged 58)	January 9, 1826 – January 15, 1829	Democratic-Republican	49 (1826)	U.S. Representative from Maryland's 2nd (1819–1826)

50 (1827)

51 (1828)

20	-	Daniel Martin December 1780 – July 11, 1831 (Aged 50)	January 15, 1829 – January 15, 1830	Anti-Jacksonian	52 (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	53 (1830)	Maryland State Delegate (1816–1817)

20	-	Daniel Martin December 1780 – July 11, 1831 (Aged 50)	January 13, 1831 – July 11, 1831	Anti-Jacksonian	54 (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

55 (1832)

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)

61 (1838)

25	-	William Grason March 11, 1788 – July 2, 1868 (Aged 80)	January 7, 1839 – January 3, 1842	Democratic	62 (1838)	Maryland State Delegate (1837)

26	-	Francis Thomas February 3, 1799 – January 22, 1876 (Aged 76)	January 3, 1842 – January 6, 1845	Democratic	63 (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	64 (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	65 (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	66 (1850)	Maryland State Delegate (1845)

30	-	Thomas Watkins Ligon May 10, 1810 – January 12, 1881 (Aged 70)	January 11, 1854 – January 13, 1858	Democratic	67 (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	68 (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	69 (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	70 (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	71 (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	72 (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	73 (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	74 (1887)	Maryland State Senator (1884–1886)

42	-	Frank Brown August 8, 1846 – February 3, 1920 (Aged 73)	January 13, 1892 – January 8, 1896	Democratic	75 (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	76 (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	77 (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	78 (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	79 (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	80 (1911)	Comptroller of Maryland (1898–1900)

48	-	Emerson Harrington March 26, 1864 – December 15, 1945 (Aged 81)	January 12, 1916 – January 14, 1920	Democratic	81 (1915)	Comptroller of Maryland (1912–1916)

49	-	Albert Ritchie August 29, 1876 – February 24, 1936 (Aged 59)	January 14, 1920 – January 9, 1935	Democratic	82 (1919)	Attorney General of Maryland (1915–1919)

83 (1923)

84 (1926)

85 (1930)

50	-	Harry Nice December 5, 1877 – February 25, 1941 (Aged 63)	January 9, 1935 – January 11, 1939	Republican	86 (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	87 (1938)	Attorney General of Maryland (1935–1939)

88 (1942)

52	William Preston Lane Jr. May 12, 1892 – February 7, 1967 (Aged 74)	January 3, 1947 – January 10, 1951	Democratic	89 (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	90 (1950)	Mayor of Baltimore (1943–1947)

91 (1954)

54	-	John Millard Tawes April 8, 1894 – June 25, 1979 (Aged 85)	January 14, 1959 – January 25, 1967	Democratic	92 (1958)	Comptroller of Maryland (1950–1959)

93 (1962)

55	-	Spiro T. Agnew November 9, 1918 – September 17, 1996 (Aged 77)	January 25, 1967 – January 7, 1969	Republican	94 (1966)	Baltimore County Executive (1962–1966)

56	1marvinmandel.JPG	Marvin Mandel April 19, 1920 – August 30, 2015 (Aged 95)	January 7, 1969 – January 17, 1979	Democratic	95 (1969)	Speaker of the Maryland House of Delegates (1964–1969)	Blair Lee III

96 (1970)

97 (1974)

Blair Lee III May 19, 1916 – October 25, 1985 (Aged 69)	June 4, 1977 – January 15, 1979	Democratic	Lieutenant Governor of Maryland (1971–1979)	Blair Lee III (Continued to serve as Lieutenant Governor while Acting Governor)

57	-	Harry R. Hughes November 13, 1926 – March 13, 2019 (Aged 92)	January 17, 1979 – January 20, 1987	Democratic	98 (1978)	Maryland State Senator (1959–1971)	Samuel Bogley

99 (1982)	J. Joseph Curran Jr.

58	-	William Donald Schaefer November 2, 1921 – April 18, 2011 (Aged 89)	January 20, 1987 – January 18, 1995	Democratic	100 (1986)	Mayor of Baltimore (1971–1987)	Melvin Steinberg

101 (1990)

59	-	Parris N. Glendening June 11, 1942 (Age 76)	January 18, 1995 – January 15, 2003	Democratic	102 (1994)	Prince George's County Executive (1983–1994)	Kathleen Kennedy Townsend

103 (1998)

60	-	Robert (Bob) Ehrlich Jr. November 25, 1957 (Age 61)	January 15, 2003 – January 17, 2007	Republican	104 (2002)	U.S. Representative from Maryland's 2nd (1995–2003)	Michael Steele

61	-	Martin O'Malley January 18, 1963 (Age 56)	January 17, 2007 – January 21, 2015	Democratic	105 (2006)	Mayor of Baltimore (1999–2007)	Anthony G. Brown

106 (2010)

62	-	Lawrence (Larry) Hogan Jr. May 25, 1956 (Age 62)	January 21, 2015 – Incumbent	Republican	107 (2014)	Maryland Secretary of Appointments (2003–2007)	Boyd Rutherford

108 (2018)

Sentence(s)

William Smallwood was the Governor of Maryland.

final_sentence: William Smallwood was the Governor of Maryland.