governor predecessor successor party profession office birth_date term_start order article_title term_end name
william donald schaefer j. jr. . joseph curran , jr. . james clark , kathleen . kennedy townsend thomas v. mike miller , jr. democrat attorney at law 5th lieutenant governor of maryland 04 october 1933 january 21 , 1987 january 1983 1967 president of the maryland state senate maryland senate melvin steinberg
 january 18 , 1995 1987 1987 melvin a. steinberg
melvin steinberg

melvin a. steinberg , born , served as the fifth lieutenant governor of maryland from 1987 to 1995 under governor william donald schaefer .
he was also president of the maryland state senate from january 1983 to 1987 , and a member of the state senate from 1967 until his election to the position of lieutenant governor .
steinberg graduated from the university of baltimore with an a.a. degree in 1952 and with a j.d. degree in 1955 .
the relationship between steinberg and schaefer was strained , with each publicly criticising the other and extensive coverage being devoted to their personal relationship .
despite their differences , they worked together for eight years -lrb- 1987 -- 1995 -rrb- , winning two elections in the process .
steinberg ran for the democratic gubernatorial nomination in 1994 launching his campaign pledging a war on crime , but was defeated by parris glendening , who went on to become governor .
steinberg then took up a career in lobbying .
in 1998 , he drew criticism for supporting the republican candidate for governor , ellen sauerbrey , rather than endorsing glendening in his bid for re-election ; sauerbrey was a critic of abortion and of gun control , positions opposite those held by steinberg .
