Political party strength in Maryland
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The following table indicates the party of elected officials in the U.S. state
of Maryland
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The table also indicates the historical party composition in the:
For years in which a presidential election
was held, the table indicates which party's nominees received the state's electoral votes.
The parties are as follows: (A), (AA), (D), (DR), (F), (I), (N), (NR), (NU), (PA), (R), (W), and .
U.S. state
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of Maryland
Maryland
Maryland is a U.S. state located in the Mid Atlantic region of the United States, bordering Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware to its east...
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The table also indicates the historical party composition in the:
For years in which a presidential election
United States presidential election
Elections for President and Vice President of the United States are indirect elections in which voters cast ballots for a slate of electors of the U.S. Electoral College, who in turn directly elect the President and Vice President...
was held, the table indicates which party's nominees received the state's electoral votes.
The parties are as follows: (A), (AA), (D), (DR), (F), (I), (N), (NR), (NU), (PA), (R), (W), and .
| Year | |Executive offices | |General Assembly Maryland General Assembly The Maryland General Assembly is the state legislature of the U.S. state of Maryland. It is a bicameral body. The upper chamber, the Maryland State Senate, has 47 representatives and the lower chamber, the Maryland House of Delegates, has 141 representatives... | |United States Congress United States Congressional Delegations from Maryland These are tables of congressional delegations from Maryland to the United States Senate and United States House of Representatives.-United States Senate:The alternating grey and white boxes indicate the duration of the actual six-year Senate terms.... | |Electoral College votes United States presidential election Elections for President and Vice President of the United States are indirect elections in which voters cast ballots for a slate of electors of the U.S. Electoral College, who in turn directly elect the President and Vice President... |
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| Governor | Lieutenant Governor Lieutenant Governor of Maryland The Lieutenant Governor of Maryland is the second highest ranking official in the executive branch of the state government of Maryland in the United States. He or she is elected on the same ticket as the Governor of Maryland and must meet the same qualifications.The current Lieutenant Governor is... | Attorney General Attorney General of Maryland The Attorney General of Maryland is the chief legal officer of the State of Maryland in the United States and is elected by the people every four years with no term limits... | Comptroller Comptroller of Maryland The Comptroller of Maryland, United States, currently Peter Franchot, is the state's chief financial officer and is also elected by the people for a four year term. The comptroller is not term-limited. The office was established by the Maryland Constitution of 1851 due to concern about the... | State Senate | State House Maryland House of Delegates The Maryland House of Delegates is the lower house of the General Assembly, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Maryland, and is composed of 141 Delegates elected from 47 districts. The House chamber is located in the state capitol building on State Circle in Annapolis... | U.S. Senator (Class I) | U.S. Senator (Class III) | U.S. House | ||
| 1777 | Thomas Johnson (N) | |||||||||
| James Tilghman James Tilghman James Tilghman was a prominent lawyer and public servant in colonial Maryland and Pennsylvania.The fourth son of Colonel Richard Tilghman and Anna Maria Lloyd, he was born at his family's estate, the Hermitage, on the Chester River in Talbot County on Maryland's Eastern Shore... |
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| 1778 | Luther Martin Luther Martin Luther Martin was a politician and one of United States' Founding Fathers, who refused to sign the Constitution because he felt it violated states' rights... |
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| 1780 | Thomas Sim Lee Thomas Sim Lee Thomas Sim Lee was an American planter and statesman of Frederick County, Maryland. Although not a signatory to the Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation or the US Constitution, he was an important participant in the process of their creation... (F) |
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| 1783 | William Paca William Paca William Paca was a signatory to the United States Declaration of Independence as a representative of Maryland, and later Governor of Maryland and a United States federal judge.-Early life:... (N) |
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| 1786 | William Smallwood William Smallwood William Smallwood was an American planter, soldier and politician from Charles County, Maryland. He served in the American Revolutionary War, rising to the rank of major general... (N) |
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| 1789 | John Eager Howard John Eager Howard John Eager Howard was an American soldier and politician from Maryland. He was elected as governor of the state in 1789, and served three one-year terms. He also was elected to the Continental Congress, Congress of the United States and the US Senate. He was born in and died in Baltimore County... (F) |
Charles Carroll Charles Carroll of Carrollton Charles Carroll of Carrollton was a wealthy Maryland planter and an early advocate of independence from Great Britain. He served as a delegate to the Continental Congress and later as United States Senator for Maryland... (PA) |
John Henry (PA) | 4AA, 2PA | George Washington George Washington George Washington was the dominant military and political leader of the new United States of America from 1775 to 1799. He led the American victory over Great Britain in the American Revolutionary War as commander-in-chief of the Continental Army from 1775 to 1783, and presided over the writing of... (N) |
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| 1791 | 3AA, 3PA | |||||||||
| George Plater George Plater George Plater was an American planter, lawyer, and statesman from Saint Mary's County, Maryland. He represented Maryland in the Continental Congress from 1778 to 1780, and briefly served as the sixth Governor of Maryland in 1791 and 1792.-Early life and education:Plater was born on the family... (N) |
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| James Brice James Brice James Brice was an American planter, lawyer, and politician from Annapolis, Maryland. He was Governor of Maryland in 1792, and one of the largest land owners on the east coast.... (F) |
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| Thomas Sim Lee (F) | ||||||||||
| 1793 | Richard Potts Richard Potts Richard Potts was an American politician and jurist.-Early life and career:Potts was born in Upper Marlboro, Maryland, and lived there until he moved with his family to the Barbados Islands in 1757. He returned to Maryland and settled in the state capital of Annapolis in 1761, where he studied law... (PA) |
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| 1795 | John Hoskins Stone John Hoskins Stone John Hoskins Stone was an American planter, soldier, and politician from Charles County, Maryland. During the Revolutionary War he led the 1st Maryland Regiment of the Continental Army... (F) |
4DR, 4F | ||||||||
| 1796 | John Adams John Adams John Adams was an American lawyer, statesman, diplomat and political theorist. A leading champion of independence in 1776, he was the second President of the United States... (F) |
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| 1797 | John Eager Howard (F) | 6F, 2DR | ||||||||
| 1798 | John Henry (DR) | James Lloyd James Lloyd (Maryland) James Lloyd was an American politician.Born at Farley near Chestertown, Maryland, Lloyd pursued classical studies and studied law, was admitted to the bar, and commenced practice. He was commissioned second lieutenant in the Kent County militia in 1776 and served during the American... (F) |
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| 1799 | Benjamin Ogle Benjamin Ogle Benjamin Ogle was the ninth Governor of Maryland from 1798 to 1801.-Early life:The Ogle family was quite prominent for many centuries in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumberland, England, dating from the medieval period. Born in Annapolis, Maryland, Benjamin Ogle was the son of former Provincial... (F) |
5F, 3DR | ||||||||
| 1800 | Thomas Jefferson Thomas Jefferson Thomas Jefferson was the principal author of the United States Declaration of Independence and the Statute of Virginia for Religious Freedom , the third President of the United States and founder of the University of Virginia... (DR) and John Adams (F) |
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| 1801 | William Hindman William Hindman William Hindman was an American lawyer and statesman from Talbot County, Maryland. He represented Maryland in the Continental Congress, and in the federal Congress as both a Representative from the second and seventh districts, and as a U.S... (F) |
6DR, 2F | ||||||||
| 1802 | John Francis Mercer John Francis Mercer John Francis Mercer was an American lawyer, planter, and politician from Virginia and Maryland. Born in 1759 in Marlborough, Stafford County, Virginia, to John Mercer and Ann Roy Mercer, he graduated from the College of William and Mary in 1775 and was a delegate for Virginia to the Continental... (DR) |
Robert Wright Robert Wright (politician) Robert Wright was an American politician.Wright was born at Narborough, near Chestertown, Maryland, attended the common schools, and the Kent Free School of Chestertown. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1773, and commenced practice in Chestertown... (DR) |
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| 1803 | Samuel Smith Samuel Smith (Maryland) Samuel Smith was a United States Senator and Representative from Maryland, a mayor of Baltimore, Maryland, and a general in the Maryland militia. He was the brother of cabinet secretary Robert Smith.-Biography:... (DR) |
7DR, 2F | ||||||||
| 1804 | Robert Bowie Robert Bowie Robert Bowie served as the 11th Governor of the state of Maryland in the United States, from 1803 to 1806, and from 1811 to 1812.... (DR) |
Thomas Jefferson (DR) | ||||||||
| 1805 | William Pinkney William Pinkney William Pinkney was an American statesman and diplomat, and the seventh U.S. Attorney General.-Biography:Born in Annapolis, Maryland, Pinkney studied medicine and law, becoming a lawyer after his admission to the bar in 1786... (DR) |
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| John Thomson Mason John Thomson Mason John Thomson Mason, Jr. was a U.S. Congressman from Maryland, representing the sixth district from 1841 to 1843.-Early life and education:... |
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| John Johnson | ||||||||||
| 1807 | Robert Wright (DR) | Philip Reed Philip Reed Philip Reed was a United States Senator representing Maryland from 1806 to 1813.Born near Chestertown, Maryland, in 1760, Reed completed preparatory studies and served with the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War, attaining the rank of captain of infantry... (DR) |
6DR, 3F | |||||||
| 1808 | James Madison James Madison James Madison, Jr. was an American statesman and political theorist. He was the fourth President of the United States and is hailed as the “Father of the Constitution” for being the primary author of the United States Constitution and at first an opponent of, and then a key author of the United... (DR) |
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| Edward Lloyd Edward Lloyd (Governor of Maryland) Edward Lloyd V served as the 13th Governor of Maryland from 1809 to 1811, and as a United States Senator from Maryland between 1819 and 1826. He also served as a U.S... (DR) |
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| 1811 | John Montgomery John Montgomery (Maryland politician) John Montgomery was an American lawyer from Baltimore, Maryland. He represented the sixth district of Maryland in the U.S. Congress from 1807 until 1811, and later served as the Attorney General of Maryland and Mayor of Baltimore .-References:... (DR) |
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| 1812 | Robert Bowie (DR) | |||||||||
| 1813 | Levin Winder Levin Winder Levin Winder in Baltimore, Maryland.During the Revolutionary War, he was appointed major of the 4th Maryland Regiment, finally attaining the rank of lieutenant colonel at war's end... (F) |
Robert Henry Goldsborough Robert Henry Goldsborough Robert Henry Goldsborough was an American politician from Talbot County, Maryland.Goldsborough was born at "Myrtle Grove" near Easton, Maryland. He was educated by private tutors and graduated from St. John's College in Annapolis, Maryland in 1795... (F) |
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| 1815 | vacant | 5F, 4DR | ||||||||
| 1816 | Charles Carnan Ridgely Charles Carnan Ridgely Charles Carnan Ridgely was born Charles Ridgely Carnan. He is also known as Charles Ridgely of Hampton. He served as the 15th Governor of the state of Maryland in the United States from 1815 to 1818. He also served in the Maryland House of Delegates from 1790 to 1795, and in the Maryland State... (F) |
Robert Goodloe Harper Robert Goodloe Harper Robert Goodloe Harper , a Federalist, was a member of the United States Senate from Maryland, serving from January 1816 until his resignation in December of the same year. He also served in the South Carolina House of Representatives , the U.S. House of Representatives from South Carolina , and in... (F) |
James Monroe James Monroe James Monroe was the fifth President of the United States . Monroe was the last president who was a Founding Father of the United States, and the last president from the Virginia dynasty and the Republican Generation... (DR) |
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| 1817 | Alexander Contee Hanson Alexander Contee Hanson Alexander Contee Hanson was an American lawyer, publisher, and statesman. He represented the third district of Maryland in the U.S. House, and the state of Maryland in the U.S. Senate.... (F) |
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| 1818 | Luther Martin | |||||||||
| 1819 | Charles Goldsborough Charles Goldsborough Charles Goldsborough served as the 16th Governor of the state of Maryland in the United States in 1819.Goldsborough was born at "Hunting Creek", near Cambridge, Maryland, and pursued an academic course. He graduated from the University of Pennsylvania at Philadelphia in 1784 and began to study law... (F) |
Edward Lloyd (DR) | 7DR, 2F | |||||||
| 1820 | Samuel Sprigg Samuel Sprigg Samuel Sprigg served as the 17th Governor of the state of Maryland in the United States from 1819 to 1822.-Background:... (D) |
William Pinkney (DR) | ||||||||
| 1821 | 6DR, 3F | |||||||||
| 1822 | Thomas Beale Dorsey | vacant | ||||||||
| 1823 | Samuel Stevens, Jr. Samuel Stevens, Jr. Samuel Stevens, Jr. served as the 18th Governor of the state of Maryland in the United States from 1822 to 1826. He intermittently represented Talbot County, Maryland in the House of Delegates from 1807 to 1820.-Biography:... (D) |
Samuel Smith (DR) | 4NR, 3F, 2DR | |||||||
| 1824 | Thomas Kell | Andrew Jackson Andrew Jackson Andrew Jackson was the seventh President of the United States . Based in frontier Tennessee, Jackson was a politician and army general who defeated the Creek Indians at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend , and the British at the Battle of New Orleans... (DR) |
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| 1825 | 6NR, 3DR | |||||||||
| 1826 | Joseph Kent Joseph Kent Joseph Kent , a Whig, was a United States Senator from Maryland, serving from 1833 until his death in 1837... (DR) |
Ezekiel F. Chambers Ezekiel F. Chambers Ezekiel Forman Chambers was an American politician.Born in Chestertown, Maryland, Chambers was graduated from Washington College at Chestertown in 1805. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1808, and commenced practice in Chestertown... (NR) |
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| 1827 | Roger B. Taney Roger B. Taney Roger Brooke Taney was the fifth Chief Justice of the United States, holding that office from 1836 until his death in 1864. He was the first Roman Catholic to hold that office or sit on the Supreme Court of the United States. He was also the eleventh United States Attorney General. He is most... (F) |
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| 1828 | John Quincy Adams John Quincy Adams John Quincy Adams was the sixth President of the United States . He served as an American diplomat, Senator, and Congressional representative. He was a member of the Federalist, Democratic-Republican, National Republican, and later Anti-Masonic and Whig parties. Adams was the son of former... and Richard Rush Richard Rush Richard Rush was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was the second son of Benjamin Rush, one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence and Julia Rush. He entered the College of New Jersey at the age of 14, and graduated in 1797 as the youngest member of his class... (NR) |
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| 1829 | Daniel Martin Daniel Martin (Governor of Maryland) Daniel Martin served as the 20th Governor of the state of Maryland in the United States from 1829 to January 3, 1830, and from January 3, 1831 until his death. He also served in the Maryland House of Delegates in 1813, 1815, 1817, 1819, and 1820... (NR) |
Samuel Smith (D) | 6D, 3NR | |||||||
| 1830 | Thomas King Carroll Thomas King Carroll Thomas King Carroll served as the 21st Governor of the state of Maryland in the United States from 1830 to 1831. He also served as a judge, and in the Maryland House of Delegates from 1816 to 1817.-Biography:... (D) |
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| 1831 | Daniel Martin (NR) | Josiah Bayly (F) | 5NR, 4D | |||||||
| George Howard George Howard (Governor of Maryland) George Howard was the 22nd Governor of the State of Maryland in the United States from 1831 to 1833. Howard was well known as a fervent anti-Jacksonian during his term in office. He was the only son of a governor to have been elected governor.-Biography:He was born on November 21, 1789, in the... (NR) |
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| 1832 | Henry Clay Henry Clay Henry Clay, Sr. , was a lawyer, politician and skilled orator who represented Kentucky separately in both the Senate and in the House of Representatives... and John Sergeant John Sergeant (politician) John Sergeant was an American politician who represented Pennsylvania in the House of Representatives. He was born in Philadelphia to Jonathan Dickinson Sergeant and Margaret Spencer... (NR) |
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| 1833 | James Thomas James Thomas (Governor of Maryland) James Thomas served as the 23rd Governor of the state of Maryland in the United States from 1833 to 1836. He practiced medicine and served as judge in several courts throughout Maryland, and served in the Maryland State Senate from 1824–1830.-Biography:He was born at "De la Brooke Manor," in... (W) |
Joseph Kent (NR) | 6D, 2NR | |||||||
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| 1835 | Robert Henry Goldsborough (NR) | 4D, 4NR | ||||||||
| 1836 | Thomas Veazey Thomas Veazey Thomas Ward Veazey was a Maryland politician that served in a variety of roles. The zenith of his career was being the 24th Governor of the state from 1836 to 1839, when he was selected to serve three consecutive one-year terms by the Maryland General Assembly... (W) |
William Henry Harrison William Henry Harrison William Henry Harrison was the ninth President of the United States , an American military officer and politician, and the first president to die in office. He was 68 years, 23 days old when elected, the oldest president elected until Ronald Reagan in 1980, and last President to be born before the... and John Tyler John Tyler John Tyler was the tenth President of the United States . A native of Virginia, Tyler served as a state legislator, governor, U.S. representative, and U.S. senator before being elected Vice President . He was the first to succeed to the office of President following the death of a predecessor... (W) |
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| 1837 | John S. Spence John S. Spence John Selby Spence was an American politician.Born near Snow Hill, Maryland, Spence attended the common schools and graduated from the medical department of the University of Pennsylvania at Philadelphia in 1809 and practiced in Worcester County, Maryland... (W) |
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| 1838 | William Duhurst Merrick William Duhurst Merrick William Duhurst Merrick was a United States Senator from Maryland, serving from 1838 to 1845.Merrick was born in Annapolis, Maryland and completed preparatory studies. He later graduated from Georgetown University in Washington, D.C..Merrick held several local offices and served in the War of 1812... (W) |
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| 1839 | William Grason William Grason William Grason served as the 25th Governor of the state of Maryland in the United States from 1839 to 1842. Grason also served as a member of the Maryland House of Delegates from 1828 to 1829, and as a member of the Maryland State Senate from 1852 until 1853... (D) |
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| 1840 | William Henry Harrison and John Tyler (W) | |||||||||
| 1841 | John Leeds Kerr John Leeds Kerr John Leeds Kerr was an American politician.-Early years:Kerr was born in 1780 at Greenbury Point near Annapolis, Maryland, and graduated from St. John’s College of Annapolis in 1799... (W) |
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| 1842 | Francis Thomas Francis Thomas Francis Thomas was a Maryland politician who served as the 26th Governor of Maryland from 1842–1844. He also served as a United States Representative from Maryland, representing at separate times the fourth, fifth, sixth, and seventh districts.-Early life and career:Thomas was born in Frederick... (D) |
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| 1843 | James Pearce James Pearce James Alfred Pearce was an American politician. He was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, representing the second district of Maryland from 1835–1839 and 1841-1843. He later served as a U.S. Senator from Maryland from 1843 until his death in 1862.Pearce was the son of Gideon Pearce... (W) |
6W | ||||||||
| 1844 | Henry Clay and Theodore Frelinghuysen Theodore Frelinghuysen Theodore Frelinghuysen was an American politician, serving as New Jersey Attorney General, United States Senator, and Mayor of Newark, New Jersey before running as a candidate for Vice President with Henry Clay on the Whig ticket in the election of 1844... (W) |
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| 1845 | Thomas Pratt Thomas Pratt Thomas George Pratt was a lawyer and politician from Annapolis, Maryland. He was the 27th Governor of Maryland from 1845 to 1848 and a U.S. Senator from 1850 to 1857.-Early life and career:... (W) |
Reverdy Johnson Reverdy Johnson Reverdy Johnson was a statesman and jurist from Maryland.-Early life:Born in Annapolis, Johnson was the son of a distinguished Maryland lawyer and politician, John Johnson . He graduated from St. John's College in 1812 and then studied law... (W) |
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| 1846 | George R. Richardson | |||||||||
| 1847 | 4W, 2R | |||||||||
| 1848 | Philip Francis Thomas (D) | Zachary Taylor Zachary Taylor Zachary Taylor was the 12th President of the United States and an American military leader. Initially uninterested in politics, Taylor nonetheless ran as a Whig in the 1848 presidential election, defeating Lewis Cass... and Millard Fillmore Millard Fillmore Millard Fillmore was the 13th President of the United States and the last member of the Whig Party to hold the office of president... (W) |
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| 1849 | vacant | 3W, 3D | ||||||||
| David Stewart David Stewart (Maryland) David Stewart was an American Senator.Stewart was born in Baltimore, Maryland, completed preparatory studies, and attended the College of New Jersey . He graduated from Union College of Schenectady, New York in 1819... (W) |
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| 1850 | Thomas Pratt (W) | |||||||||
| 1851 | Enoch Louis Lowe Enoch Louis Lowe Enoch Louis Lowe served as the 29th Governor of the state of Maryland in the United States from 1851 to 1854.-Early life:... (D) |
Robert J. Brent (W) | 4W, 2D | |||||||
| 1852 | Philip Francis Thomas (D) | Franklin Pierce Franklin Pierce Franklin Pierce was the 14th President of the United States and is the only President from New Hampshire. Pierce was a Democrat and a "doughface" who served in the U.S. House of Representatives and the Senate. Pierce took part in the Mexican-American War and became a brigadier general in the Army... and William R. King William R. King William Rufus DeVane King was the 13th Vice President of the United States for about six weeks , and earlier a U.S. Representative from North Carolina, Minister to France, and a Senator from Alabama... (D) |
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| 1853 | 4D, 2W | |||||||||
| Henry E. Bateman (D) | ||||||||||
| 1854 | Thomas Watkins Ligon Thomas Watkins Ligon Thomas Watkins Ligon , a Democrat, was the 30th Governor of Maryland in the United States from 1854 to 1858. He also a member of the United States House of Representatives, serving Maryland's third Congressional district from 1845 until 1849... (D) |
William Pinkney Whyte William Pinkney Whyte William Pinkney Whyte , a member of the United States Democratic Party, was a politician who served the State of Maryland as a State Delegate, the State Comptroller, a United States Senator, the 35th Governor, the Mayor of Baltimore, Maryland, and the State Attorney General.-Early life and... (D) |
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| 1855 | 4A, 2D | |||||||||
| 1856 | William Henry Purnell William Henry Purnell William Henry Purnell was the Comptroller of Maryland from 1856–1861.In 1846, Purnell had received a degree from Delaware College . Prior to his election as comptroller Purnell practice law.... (A) |
Millard Fillmore and Andrew Jackson Donelson Andrew Jackson Donelson Andrew Jackson Donelson was an American diplomat and a candidate for Vice President of the United States.-Biography:... (A) |
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| 1857 | Anthony Kennedy Anthony Kennedy (Maryland) Anthony Kennedy was a United States Senator from Maryland, serving from 1857 to 1863. He was the brother of United States Secretary of the Navy John P. Kennedy.... (A) |
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| 1858 | Thomas Holliday Hicks Thomas Holliday Hicks Thomas Holliday Hicks was an American politician from Maryland. He served as the 31st Governor of Maryland from 1858 until 1862, and as a U.S... (A) |
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| 1860 | John C. Breckinridge John C. Breckinridge John Cabell Breckinridge was an American lawyer and politician. He served as a U.S. Representative and U.S. Senator from Kentucky and was the 14th Vice President of the United States , to date the youngest vice president in U.S... and Joseph Lane Joseph Lane Joseph Lane was an American general during the Mexican-American War and a United States Senator from Oregon.-Early life:... (D) |
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| 1861 | 6NU | |||||||||
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| Abram Lingan Jarrett (D) | ||||||||||
| 1862 | Augustus Bradford Augustus Bradford Augustus Williamson Bradford , a Democrat, was the 32nd Governor of Maryland in the United States from 1862 to 1866. He served as governor during the Civil War and paid a heavy price for his devotion to the Union.-Biography:... (NU) |
Samuel Snowden Maffit (NU) | James Pearce James Pearce James Alfred Pearce was an American politician. He was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, representing the second district of Maryland from 1835–1839 and 1841-1843. He later served as a U.S. Senator from Maryland from 1843 until his death in 1862.Pearce was the son of Gideon Pearce... (D) |
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| 1863 | Reverdy Johnson (NU) | Thomas Holliday Hicks (NU) | 3NU, 1D, 1R | |||||||
| 1864 | Alexander Randall Alexander Randall (Maryland) Alexander Randall was a U.S. Representative from Maryland.Born in Annapolis, Maryland, Randall was educated under private tutors. He graduated from St... (W) |
Henry Holliday Goldsborough (NU) | Abraham Lincoln Abraham Lincoln Abraham Lincoln was the 16th President of the United States, serving from March 1861 until his assassination in April 1865. He successfully led his country through a great constitutional, military and moral crisis – the American Civil War – preserving the Union, while ending slavery, and... and Andrew Johnson Andrew Johnson Andrew Johnson was the 17th President of the United States . As Vice-President of the United States in 1865, he succeeded Abraham Lincoln following the latter's assassination. Johnson then presided over the initial and contentious Reconstruction era of the United States following the American... (NU) |
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| 1865 | Christopher C. Cox Christopher C. Cox Christopher C. Cox was a United States politician from Maryland.Born in Baltimore, Cox was a member of the National Union Party, a coalition of Democrats loyal to the Union and Republicans during the Civil War.... (NU) |
Robert John Jump (NU) | John Creswell (NU) | 3NU, 2D | ||||||
| 1866 | Thomas Swann Thomas Swann Thomas Swann was an American politician. Initially a Know-Nothing, and later a Democrat, he served as mayor of Baltimore , as the 33rd Governor of Maryland , and as U.S... (D) |
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| 1867 | Isaac Dashiell Jones Isaac Dashiell Jones Isaac Dashiell Jones was a U.S. Congressman from Maryland, serving from 1841 to 1843.Born on the family homestead Wetipquin in Somerset County, Maryland, Jones completed preparatory studies and graduated from Washington Academy, where he became assistant tutor before his studies were completed... (W) |
William James Leonard (D) | vacant | 3D, 1C, 1R | ||||||
| 1868 | George Vickers George Vickers George Vickers , a Democrat, was a United States Senator from Maryland, serving from 1868-1873. He also served in the Maryland State Senate.... (D) |
Horatio Seymour Horatio Seymour Horatio Seymour was an American politician. He was the 18th Governor of New York from 1853 to 1854 and from 1863 to 1864. He was the Democratic Party nominee for president of the United States in the presidential election of 1868, but lost the election to Republican and former Union General of... and Francis Preston Blair, Jr. Francis Preston Blair, Jr. Francis Preston Blair, Jr. was an American politician and Union Army general during the American Civil War. He represented Missouri in both the House of Representatives and the Senate, and he was the Democratic Party's nominee for Vice President in 1868.-Early life and career:Blair was born in... (D) |
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| William Pinkney Whyte (D) | ||||||||||
| 1869 | Oden Bowie Oden Bowie Oden Bowie , a member of the United States Democratic Party, was the 34th Governor of the State of Maryland in the United States from 1869 to 1872.-Childhood:... (D) |
William Thomas Hamilton William Thomas Hamilton William Thomas Hamilton , a member of the United States Democratic Party, was the 38th Governor of Maryland in the United States from 1880 to 1884... (D) |
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| 1870 | Levin Woolford (D) | |||||||||
| 1871 | Andrew K. Syester (W) | 5D | ||||||||
| 1872 | William Pinkney Whyte (D) | Thomas A. Hendricks Thomas A. Hendricks Thomas Andrews Hendricks was an American politician who served as a Representative and a Senator from Indiana, the 16th Governor of Indiana , and the 21st Vice President of the United States... and B. Gratz Brown B. Gratz Brown Benjamin Gratz Brown was an American politician. He was a Senator, the 20th Governor of Missouri, and the Liberal Republican and Democratic Party Vice presidential candidate in the presidential election of 1872.-Early life:... (D) |
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| 1873 | George R. Dennis George R. Dennis George Robertson Dennis , a Democrat, was a United States Senator from Maryland, serving from 1873-1879. He also served in the Maryland State Senate and the Maryland House of Delegates.... (D) |
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| 1874 | James Black Groome James Black Groome James Black Groome , a member of the United States Democratic Party, was the 36th Governor of Maryland in the United States from 1874 to 1876... (D) |
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| 1875 | Charles J. M. Gwinn (D) | William Pinkney Whyte (D) | 6D | |||||||
| 1876 | John Lee Carroll John Lee Carroll John Lee Carroll , a member of the United States Democratic Party, was the 37th Governor of Maryland from 1876 to 1880.-Early life:... (D) |
Samuel J. Tilden Samuel J. Tilden Samuel Jones Tilden was the Democratic candidate for the U.S. presidency in the disputed election of 1876, one of the most controversial American elections of the 19th century. He was the 25th Governor of New York... and Thomas A. Hendricks (D) |
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| 1878 | Thomas James Keating (D) | |||||||||
| 1879 | James Black Groome (D) | 5D, 1R | ||||||||
| 1880 | William T. Hamilton (D) | Winfield Scott Hancock Winfield Scott Hancock Winfield Scott Hancock was a career U.S. Army officer and the Democratic nominee for President of the United States in 1880. He served with distinction in the Army for four decades, including service in the Mexican-American War and as a Union general in the American Civil War... and William Hayden English William Hayden English William Hayden English was an American politician from Indiana.William English was most famous for his role in the passage of the infamous, pro-slavery Lecompton Constitution of Kansas in the U.S. House of Representatives in 1858... (D) |
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| 1881 | Arthur Pue Gorman Arthur Pue Gorman Arthur Pue Gorman was a United States Senator from Maryland, serving from 1881 to 1899 and from 1903 to 1906. He also served in the Maryland House of Delegates from 1869 to 1875... (D) |
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| 1883 | Charles Boyle Roberts Charles Boyle Roberts Charles Boyle Roberts was a U.S. Congressman from Maryland, serving the second district from 1875 to 1879.... (D) |
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| 1884 | Robert Milligan McLane Robert Milligan McLane Robert Milligan McLane was an American politician, military officer, and diplomat. He served as Ambassador to Mexico, France, and China, as a member of the House of Representatives from the fourth district of Maryland, as Chairman of the Democratic National Committee, and as the 39th Governor of... (D) |
J. Frank Turner (D) | Grover Cleveland Grover Cleveland Stephen Grover Cleveland was the 22nd and 24th president of the United States. Cleveland is the only president to serve two non-consecutive terms and therefore is the only individual to be counted twice in the numbering of the presidents... and Thomas A. Hendricks (D) |
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| 1885 | Henry Lloyd (D) | Ephraim King Wilson II Ephraim King Wilson II Ephraim King Wilson II the son of Ephraim King Wilson, was a Congressional Representative and a Senator from Maryland.... (D) |
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| 1886 | ||||||||||
| 1887 | William Pinkney Whyte (D) | |||||||||
| 1888 | Elihu Emory Jackson Elihu Emory Jackson Elihu Emory Jackson , a member of the United States Democratic Party, was the 41st Governor of Maryland in the United States from 1888 to 1892. He was born in 1837 in Delmar, Maryland and died in 1907 in Baltimore, Maryland. He is buried at the Parsons Cemetery in Salisbury, Maryland... (D) |
L. Victor Baughman (D) | Grover Cleveland and Allen G. Thurman Allen G. Thurman Allen Granberry Thurman was a Democratic Representative and Senator from Ohio, as well as the nominee of the Democratic Party for Vice President of the United States in 1888.-Biography:... (D) |
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| 1889 | 4D, 2R | |||||||||
| 1890 | 3D, 3R | |||||||||
| 1891 | John Prentiss Poe (D) | vacant | 6D | |||||||
| 1892 | Frank Brown (D) | Marion deKalb Smith (D) | Charles Hopper Gibson (D) | Grover Cleveland and Adlai E. Stevenson I (D) | ||||||
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| 1894 | 5D, 1R | |||||||||
| 1895 | Harry M. Clabaugh Harry M. Clabaugh Harry M. Clabaugh was a United States federal judge.Born in Cumberland, Maryland, Clabaugh received an LL.B. from the University of Maryland in 1878. He was in private practice in Baltimore, Maryland from 1878 to 1880, and in Carroll County, Maryland from 1880 to 1904. He was a Chairman of the... (R) |
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| 1896 | Lloyd Lowndes, Jr. Lloyd Lowndes, Jr. Lloyd Lowndes, Jr. , a member of the United States Republican Party, was the 43rd Governor of Maryland in the United States from 1896 to 1900 and a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from the sixth district of Maryland from 1873 to 1875... (R) |
Robert Patterson Graham (R) | William McKinley William McKinley William McKinley, Jr. was the 25th President of the United States . He is best known for winning fiercely fought elections, while supporting the gold standard and high tariffs; he succeeded in forging a Republican coalition that for the most part dominated national politics until the 1930s... and Garret Hobart Garret Hobart Garret Augustus Hobart was the 24th Vice President of the United States, serving from March 4, 1897 until his death. He was the sixth American vice president to die in office.... (R) |
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| 1897 | George Wellington George Wellington George Louis Wellington was a Republican member of the United States Senate, representing the State of Maryland from 1897–1903. He also represented the sixth district of Maryland in the U.S. House of Representatives.... (R) |
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| 1898 | Phillips Lee Goldsborough Phillips Lee Goldsborough Phillips Lee Goldsborough I , was a Republican member of the United States Senate representing State of Maryland from 1929 to 1935... (R) |
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| 1899 | George Gaither, Jr. (R) | Louis E. McComas Louis E. McComas Louis Emory McComas , a Republican, was a member of the U.S. Congress from the sixth district of Maryland from 1883 to 1891, and a member of the United States Senate from 1899 to 1905, each time representing the State of Maryland. His granddaughter, Katharine Byron, and great-grandson, Goodloe... (R) |
4R, 2D | |||||||
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| 1900 | John Walter Smith John Walter Smith John Walter Smith , a member of the United States Democratic Party, served the State of Maryland in the United States in several different positions... (D) |
Joshua W. Hering (D) | 5R, 1D | William McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt Theodore Roosevelt Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt was the 26th President of the United States . He is noted for his exuberant personality, range of interests and achievements, and his leadership of the Progressive Movement, as well as his "cowboy" persona and robust masculinity... (R) |
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| 1901 | 6R | |||||||||
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| 1903 | William Shepard Bryan, Jr. (D) | Arthur Pue Gorman (D) | 4R, 2D | |||||||
| 1904 | Edwin Warfield Edwin Warfield Edwin Warfield , a member of the United States Democratic Party, was the 45th Governor of Maryland in the United States from 1904 to 1908.-Early life:... (D) |
Gordon T. Atkinson (D) | Theodore Roosevelt and Charles W. Fairbanks Charles W. Fairbanks Charles Warren Fairbanks was a Senator from Indiana and the 26th Vice President of the United States .... (R) |
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| 1905 | Isador Rayner (D) | 3R, 3D | ||||||||
| 1906 | ||||||||||
| William Pinkney Whyte (D) | ||||||||||
| 1907 | Isaac Lobe Straus (D) | |||||||||
| 1908 | Austin Lane Crothers Austin Lane Crothers Austin Lane Crothers , a member of the United States Democratic Party, was the 46th Governor of Maryland in the United States from 1908 to 1912.-Early life and career:... (D) |
Joshua W. Hering (D) | John Walter Smith John Walter Smith John Walter Smith , a member of the United States Democratic Party, served the State of Maryland in the United States in several different positions... (D) |
William Jennings Bryan William Jennings Bryan William Jennings Bryan was an American politician in the late-19th and early-20th centuries. He was a dominant force in the liberal wing of the Democratic Party, standing three times as its candidate for President of the United States... and John W. Kern John W. Kern John Worth Kern was a Democratic United States Senator from Indiana. While the title was not official, he is considered to be the first Senate Majority leader , while serving concurrently as Chairman of the Senate Democratic Caucus.Born in Alto, Indiana, Kern studied law at the University of... (D) |
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| William B. Clagett (D) | ||||||||||
| 1911 | Edgar Allan Poe Edgar Allan Poe (Maryland Attorney General) Edgar Allan Poe was Attorney General of the State of Maryland from 1911 to 1915. He was born in Baltimore, the son of former Maryland Attorney General John Prentiss Poe. He was named for his second cousin, twice removed, the celebrated author Edgar Allan Poe, who died in 1849.Poe attended... (D) |
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| Charles H. Stanley Charles H. Stanley Charles Harvey Stanley was a Prince George's County, Maryland lawyer and Democratic Party politician.-Early life and family:... (D) |
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| 1912 | Phillips Lee Goldsborough (R) | Emerson Harrington Emerson Harrington Emerson Columbus Harrington was the 48th Governor of Maryland in the United States from 1916 to 1920. He also served as Comptroller of the Maryland Treasury from 1912 to 1916.-Early life, career, and family:... (D) |
Woodrow Wilson Woodrow Wilson Thomas Woodrow Wilson was the 28th President of the United States, from 1913 to 1921. A leader of the Progressive Movement, he served as President of Princeton University from 1902 to 1910, and then as the Governor of New Jersey from 1911 to 1913... and Thomas R. Marshall Thomas R. Marshall Thomas Riley Marshall was an American Democratic politician who served as the 28th Vice President of the United States under Woodrow Wilson... (D) |
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| 1913 | William Purnell Jackson (R) | 6D | ||||||||
| 1914 | Blair Lee I Blair Lee I Francis Preston Blair Lee was a Democratic member of the United States Senate, representing the State of Maryland from 1914 to 1917. He was also the great-grandson of American patriot Richard Henry Lee, and grandfather of former Maryland Governor Blair Lee III... (D) |
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| 1915 | Albert Ritchie Albert Ritchie Albert Cabell Ritchie , a member of the United States Democratic Party, was the 49th Governor of Maryland in the United States from 1920 to 1935... (D) |
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| 1916 | Emerson Harrington (D) | Hugh McMullen (D) | ||||||||
| 1917 | Joseph Irwin (R) | 4D, 2R | ||||||||
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| 1919 | Alexander Armstrong (R) | 3D, 3R | ||||||||
| 1920 | Albert Ritchie (D) | E. Brooke Lee (D) | Warren G. Harding Warren G. Harding Warren Gamaliel Harding was the 29th President of the United States . A Republican from Ohio, Harding was an influential self-made newspaper publisher. He served in the Ohio Senate , as the 28th Lieutenant Governor of Ohio and as a U.S. Senator... and Calvin Coolidge Calvin Coolidge John Calvin Coolidge, Jr. was the 30th President of the United States . A Republican lawyer from Vermont, Coolidge worked his way up the ladder of Massachusetts state politics, eventually becoming governor of that state... (R) |
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| 1921 | Ovington Weller Ovington Weller Ovington Eugene Weller was a Republican member of the United States Senate, representing the State of Maryland from 1921-1927.... (R) |
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| 1922 | William S. Gordy, Jr. (D) | |||||||||
| 1923 | Thomas H. Robinson (D) | William Cabell Bruce William Cabell Bruce William Cabell Bruce was an American politician and Pulitzer Prize-winning writer who represented the State of Maryland in the United States Senate from 1923 to 1929.... (D) |
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| 1924 | Calvin Coolidge and Charles G. Dawes Charles G. Dawes Charles Gates Dawes was an American banker and politician who was the 30th Vice President of the United States . For his work on the Dawes Plan for World War I reparations he was a co-recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize. He served in the First World War, was U.S... (R) |
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| 1927 | Millard Tydings Millard Tydings Millard Evelyn Tydings was an attorney, author, soldier, state legislator, and served as a Democratic Representative and Senator in the United States Congress from Maryland.-Early life:... (D) |
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| 1928 | Herbert Hoover Herbert Hoover Herbert Clark Hoover was the 31st President of the United States . Hoover was originally a professional mining engineer and author. As the United States Secretary of Commerce in the 1920s under Presidents Warren Harding and Calvin Coolidge, he promoted partnerships between government and business... and Charles Curtis Charles Curtis Charles Curtis was a United States Representative, a longtime United States Senator from Kansas later chosen as Senate Majority Leader by his Republican colleagues, and the 31st Vice President of the United States... (R) |
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| 1929 | Phillips Lee Goldsborough (R) | 4D, 2R | ||||||||
| 1930 | William Preston Lane, Jr. William Preston Lane, Jr. William Preston Lane, Jr. was the 52nd Governor of Maryland in the United States from 1947 to 1951.-Early life and career:... (D) |
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| 1931 | 6D | |||||||||
| 1932 | Franklin D. Roosevelt Franklin D. Roosevelt Franklin Delano Roosevelt , also known by his initials, FDR, was the 32nd President of the United States and a central figure in world events during the mid-20th century, leading the United States during a time of worldwide economic crisis and world war... and John Nance Garner John Nance Garner John Nance Garner, IV , was the 32nd Vice President of the United States and the 44th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives .- Early life and family :... (D) |
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| 1933 | ||||||||||
| 1934 | Herbert O'Conor Herbert O'Conor Herbert Romulus O'Conor , a Democrat, was the 51st Governor of Maryland in the United States from 1939 to 1947. He also served in the United States Senate, representing Maryland from 1947 to 1953.... (D) |
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| 1935 | Harry Nice Harry Nice Harry Whinna Nice , a member of the United States Republican Party, was the 50th Governor of Maryland in the United States from 1935 to 1939.... (R) |
George L. P. Radcliffe George L. P. Radcliffe George Lovic Pierce Radcliffe was a Democratic member of the United States Senate, representing the State of Maryland from 1935-1947.Radcliffe was born on a farm at Lloyds, near Cambridge, Maryland... (D) |
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| 1938 | William C. Walsh (D) | |||||||||
| 1939 | Herbert O'Conor (D) | J. Millard Tawes J. Millard Tawes John Millard Tawes , a member of the United States Democratic Party, was the 54th Governor of Maryland in the United States from 1959 to 1967. He remains the only Marylander to be elected to the three positions of State Treasurer, Comptroller, and Governor.-Early life and family:Tawes was born to... (D) |
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| 1940 | Franklin D. Roosevelt and Henry A. Wallace Henry A. Wallace Henry Agard Wallace was the 33rd Vice President of the United States , the Secretary of Agriculture , and the Secretary of Commerce . In the 1948 presidential election, Wallace was the nominee of the Progressive Party.-Early life:Henry A... (D) |
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| 1943 | 4D, 2R | |||||||||
| 1944 | Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry S. Truman Harry S. Truman Harry S. Truman was the 33rd President of the United States . As President Franklin D. Roosevelt's third vice president and the 34th Vice President of the United States , he succeeded to the presidency on April 12, 1945, when President Roosevelt died less than three months after beginning his... (D) |
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| 1945 | William Curran William Curran (Maryland) William Curran was a Democratic politician from Baltimore, Maryland. He served as delegate to the Democratic National Convention from Maryland in 1924 and 1944, and as Attorney General of Maryland from 1945-1946.-References:... (D) |
5D, 1R | ||||||||
| 1946 | Hall Hammond Hall Hammond Hall Hammond was an American jurist and politician who served as Chief Judge of the Court of Appeals and Attorney General for the state of Maryland.... (D) |
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| 1947 | William Preston Lane, Jr. (D) | James J. Lacy (D) | Herbert O'Conor (D) | 4D, 2R | ||||||
| 1948 | Thomas E. Dewey and Earl Warren Earl Warren Earl Warren was the 14th Chief Justice of the United States.He is known for the sweeping decisions of the Warren Court, which ended school segregation and transformed many areas of American law, especially regarding the rights of the accused, ending public-school-sponsored prayer, and requiring... (R) |
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| 1950 | ||||||||||
| J. Millard Tawes (D) | ||||||||||
| 1951 | Theodore R. McKeldin (R) | John Marshall Butler John Marshall Butler John Marshall Butler was a Republican member of the United States Senate, representing the State of Maryland from 1951-1963.-Early life:Butler was born in Baltimore, Maryland and attended Baltimore public schools... (R) |
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| 1952 | Edward D. E. Rollins (R) | Dwight D. Eisenhower Dwight D. Eisenhower Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower was the 34th President of the United States, from 1953 until 1961. He was a five-star general in the United States Army... and Richard Nixon Richard Nixon Richard Milhous Nixon was the 37th President of the United States, serving from 1969 to 1974. The only president to resign the office, Nixon had previously served as a US representative and senator from California and as the 36th Vice President of the United States from 1953 to 1961 under... (R) |
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| 1953 | James Glenn Beall James Glenn Beall James Glenn Beall was a Republican member of the United States Senate, representing the State of Maryland from 1953–1965. He was also a United States Congressman, representing the sixth district of Maryland from 1943–1953.-Biography:... (R) |
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| 1954 | C. Ferdinand Sybert (D) | |||||||||
| 1955 | 4D, 3R | |||||||||
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| 1959 | J. Millard Tawes (D) | Louis L. Goldstein Louis L. Goldstein Louis Lazarus Goldstein served as Comptroller, or chief financial officer, of Maryland from 1959 to 1998. He was born to a storekeeper in the small town of Prince Frederick, Maryland, and also died there. As a legislator in the Maryland General Assembly, he was known for his 11th-hour strong... (D) |
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| 1960 | John F. Kennedy John F. Kennedy John Fitzgerald "Jack" Kennedy , often referred to by his initials JFK, was the 35th President of the United States, serving from 1961 until his assassination in 1963.... and Lyndon B. Johnson Lyndon B. Johnson Lyndon Baines Johnson , often referred to as LBJ, was the 36th President of the United States after his service as the 37th Vice President of the United States... (D) |
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| 1961 | Thomas B. Finan (D) | 6D, 1R | ||||||||
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| 1963 | Daniel B. Brewster Daniel Brewster Daniel Baugh Brewster was a Democratic member of the United States Senate, representing the State of Maryland from 1963 until 1969... (D) |
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| 1964 | Lyndon B. Johnson and Hubert Humphrey Hubert Humphrey Hubert Horatio Humphrey, Jr. , served under President Lyndon B. Johnson as the 38th Vice President of the United States. Humphrey twice served as a United States Senator from Minnesota, and served as Democratic Majority Whip. He was a founder of the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party and... (D) |
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| 1965 | Joseph Tydings Joseph Tydings Joseph Davies Tydings is a former Democratic member of the United States Senate, representing the state of Maryland from 1965 to 1971.... (D) |
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| 1966 | Robert C. Murphy Robert C. Murphy Robert C. Murphy was a lawyer and jurist from Baltimore County, Maryland. He served as Chief Judge of the Maryland Court of Appeals, the state's highest court, from 1972 to October 1996... (D) |
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| 1967 | Spiro Agnew Spiro Agnew Spiro Theodore Agnew was the 39th Vice President of the United States , serving under President Richard Nixon, and the 55th Governor of Maryland... (R) |
Francis B. Burch Francis B. Burch Francis B. Burch, was an American politician who served as the Attorney General for the state of Maryland from 1966 until 1978.-Education:Burch, the son of L... (D) |
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| 1968 | Hubert Humphrey and Edmund Muskie Edmund Muskie Edmund Sixtus "Ed" Muskie was an American politician from Rumford, Maine. He served as Governor of Maine from 1955 to 1959, as a member of the United States Senate from 1959 to 1980, and as Secretary of State under Jimmy Carter from 1980 to 1981... (D) |
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| 1969 | Marvin Mandel Marvin Mandel Marvin Mandel , a member of the United States Democratic Party, was the 56th Governor of Maryland in the United States from January 7, 1969, to January 17, 1979. He was Maryland's first, and, to date, only Jewish governor.- Early life :... (D) |
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| 1970 | ||||||||||
| 1971 | Blair Lee, III (D) | John Glenn Beall (R) | 5D, 3R | |||||||
| 1972 | Richard Nixon and Spiro Agnew (R) | |||||||||
| 1973 | 4D, 4R | |||||||||
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| 1975 | 5D, 3R | |||||||||
| 1976 | Jimmy Carter Jimmy Carter James Earl "Jimmy" Carter, Jr. is an American politician who served as the 39th President of the United States and was the recipient of the 2002 Nobel Peace Prize, the only U.S. President to have received the Prize after leaving office... and Walter Mondale Walter Mondale Walter Frederick "Fritz" Mondale is an American Democratic Party politician, who served as the 42nd Vice President of the United States , under President Jimmy Carter, and as a United States Senator for Minnesota... (D) |
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| 1977 | Paul Sarbanes Paul Sarbanes Paul Spyros Sarbanes , a Democrat, is a former United States Senator who represented the state of Maryland. Sarbanes was the longest-serving senator in Maryland history, having served from 1977 until 2007. He did not seek re-election in 2006, when he was succeeded by fellow Democrat Ben Cardin... (D) |
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| 1978 | ||||||||||
| 1979 | Harry Hughes Harry Hughes Harry Roe Hughes , a member of the United States Democratic Party, was the 57th Governor of Maryland in the United States from 1979 to 1987.-Early life and family:... (D) |
Samuel W. Bogley (D) | Stephen H. Sachs Stephen H. Sachs Stephen H. Sachs is a former Maryland politician and former Attorney General of Maryland.- Background :Sachs was born in Baltimore City, the son of Shirley and Leon Sachs. He is Jewish. Sachs was educated at Haverford College and Yale Law School... (D) |
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| 1980 | Jimmy Carter and Walter Mondale (D) | |||||||||
| 1981 | 7D, 1R | |||||||||
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| 1983 | J. Joseph Curran, Jr. J. Joseph Curran, Jr. J. Joseph Curran, Jr. is an American politician and the longest serving elected Attorney General in Maryland history. His son-in-law, Martin J. O'Malley, is the Governor of Maryland.-Background:... (D) |
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| 1984 | Ronald Reagan Ronald Reagan Ronald Wilson Reagan was the 40th President of the United States , the 33rd Governor of California and, prior to that, a radio, film and television actor.... and George H. W. Bush George H. W. Bush George Herbert Walker Bush is an American politician who served as the 41st President of the United States . He had previously served as the 43rd Vice President of the United States , a congressman, an ambassador, and Director of Central Intelligence.Bush was born in Milton, Massachusetts, to... (R) |
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| 1985 | 6D, 2R | |||||||||
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| 1987 | William Donald Schaefer William Donald Schaefer William Donald Schaefer was an American politician who served in public office for 50 years at both the state and local level in Maryland. A Democrat, he was mayor of Baltimore from 1971 to 1987, the 58th Governor of Maryland from January 21, 1987 to January 18, 1995, and the Comptroller of... (D) |
Melvin 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... (D) |
J. Joseph Curran, Jr. (D) | Barbara Mikulski Barbara Mikulski Barbara Ann Mikulski is the senior United States Senator from Maryland and a member of the Democratic Party. Mikulski, a former U.S. Representative, is the longest-serving female senator in U.S... (D) |
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| 1988 | George H. W. Bush and Dan Quayle Dan Quayle James Danforth "Dan" Quayle served as the 44th Vice President of the United States, serving with President George H. W. Bush . He served as a U.S. Representative and U.S. Senator from the state of Indiana.... (R) |
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| 1991 | 5D, 3R | |||||||||
| 1992 | Bill Clinton Bill Clinton William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton is an American politician who served as the 42nd President of the United States from 1993 to 2001. Inaugurated at age 46, he was the third-youngest president. He took office at the end of the Cold War, and was the first president of the baby boomer generation... and Al Gore Al Gore Albert Arnold "Al" Gore, Jr. served as the 45th Vice President of the United States , under President Bill Clinton. He was the Democratic Party's nominee for President in the 2000 U.S. presidential election.... (D) |
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| 1993 | 4D, 4R | |||||||||
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| 1995 | Parris Glendening Parris Glendening Parris Nelson Glendening , a member of the United States Democratic Party, was the 59th Governor of Maryland from January 18, 1995 to January 15, 2003... (D) |
Kathleen Kennedy Townsend Kathleen Kennedy Townsend Kathleen Hartington Kennedy Townsend , is an American attorney who was the Lieutenant Governor of Maryland from 1995 to 2003. She ran unsuccessfully for Governor of Maryland in 2002. In 2010 she became the chair of the non-profit American Bridge, an organization that will raise funds for Democratic... (D) |
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| 1998 | Robert L. Swann (D) | |||||||||
| 1999 | William Donald Schaefer (D) | |||||||||
| 2000 | Al Gore and Joe Lieberman Joe Lieberman Joseph Isadore "Joe" Lieberman is the senior United States Senator from Connecticut. A former member of the Democratic Party, he was the party's nominee for Vice President in the 2000 election. Currently an independent, he remains closely affiliated with the party.Born in Stamford, Connecticut,... (D) |
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| 2003 | Robert Ehrlich Robert Ehrlich Robert Leroy "Bob" Ehrlich, Jr. is an American politician who served as the 60th Governor of Maryland from 2003 to 2007. A Republican, he became governor after defeating Democratic opponent Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, a member of the Kennedy family, 51% to 48% in the 2002 elections... (R) |
Michael S. Steele Michael S. Steele Michael Stephen Steele is an American politician who served as the first African-American chairman of the Republican National Committee from January 2009 until January 2011. From 2003 to 2007, he was the seventh Lieutenant Governor of Maryland, the first African American elected to statewide... (R) |
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| 2004 | John Kerry John Kerry John Forbes Kerry is the senior United States Senator from Massachusetts, the 10th most senior U.S. Senator and chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. He was the presidential nominee of the Democratic Party in the 2004 presidential election, but lost to former President George W... and John Edwards John Edwards Johnny Reid "John" Edwards is an American politician, who served as a U.S. Senator from North Carolina. He was the Democratic nominee for Vice President in 2004, and was a candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2004 and 2008.He defeated incumbent Republican Lauch Faircloth in... (D) |
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| 2007 | Martin O'Malley Martin O'Malley Martin Joseph O'Malley is an American Democratic politician who is currently serving as the 61st Governor of Maryland. Previously, he served as the mayor of Baltimore from 1999 to 2007. He is currently the chairman of the Democratic Governors Association.-Early life, education and career:O'Malley... (D) |
Anthony G. Brown Anthony G. Brown Anthony G. Brown is a Democratic Party politician from the State of Maryland and is the current Lieutenant Governor of Maryland. He was elected as Maryland’s eighth Lieutenant Governor in 2006 on a ticket with Governor Martin O'Malley. Both were reelected in 2010. He is the second African... (D) |
Doug Gansler Doug Gansler Douglas F. "Doug" Gansler is a Maryland politician and Attorney General of Maryland. Gansler won the Democratic nomination in the primary election on September 12, 2006, and beat Republican Scott Rolle in the general election on November 7, 2006... (D) |
Peter Franchot Peter Franchot Peter V. R. Franchot assumed office as the Comptroller of Maryland in January 2007. He was formerly a member of the Maryland House of Delegates, representing the 20th legislative district in Montgomery County, Maryland from 1987 to 2007.-Education and family:Franchot was born in New Haven,... (D) |
33D, 14R | 104D, 37R | Ben Cardin Ben Cardin Benjamin Louis "Ben" Cardin is the junior United States Senator from Maryland and a member of the Democratic Party. Before his election to the Senate, Cardin was a member of the United States House of Representatives, representing from 1987 to 2007.Cardin was elected to succeed Paul Sarbanes in... (D) |
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| 2008 | Barack Obama Barack Obama Barack Hussein Obama II is the 44th and current President of the United States. He is the first African American to hold the office. Obama previously served as a United States Senator from Illinois, from January 2005 until he resigned following his victory in the 2008 presidential election.Born in... and Joe Biden Joe Biden Joseph Robinette "Joe" Biden, Jr. is the 47th and current Vice President of the United States, serving under President Barack Obama... (D) |
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| 2011 | 35D, 12R | 98D, 43R | 6D, 2R | |||||||
| Year | Governor | Lieutenant Governor Lieutenant Governor of Maryland The Lieutenant Governor of Maryland is the second highest ranking official in the executive branch of the state government of Maryland in the United States. He or she is elected on the same ticket as the Governor of Maryland and must meet the same qualifications.The current Lieutenant Governor is... | Attorney General Attorney General of Maryland The Attorney General of Maryland is the chief legal officer of the State of Maryland in the United States and is elected by the people every four years with no term limits... | Comptroller Comptroller of Maryland The Comptroller of Maryland, United States, currently Peter Franchot, is the state's chief financial officer and is also elected by the people for a four year term. The comptroller is not term-limited. The office was established by the Maryland Constitution of 1851 due to concern about the... | State Senate | State House Maryland House of Delegates The Maryland House of Delegates is the lower house of the General Assembly, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Maryland, and is composed of 141 Delegates elected from 47 districts. The House chamber is located in the state capitol building on State Circle in Annapolis... | U.S. Senator (Class I) | U.S. Senator (Class III) | U.S. House | |Electoral College votes United States presidential election Elections for President and Vice President of the United States are indirect elections in which voters cast ballots for a slate of electors of the U.S. Electoral College, who in turn directly elect the President and Vice President... |
| Executive offices | |General Assembly Maryland General Assembly The Maryland General Assembly is the state legislature of the U.S. state of Maryland. It is a bicameral body. The upper chamber, the Maryland State Senate, has 47 representatives and the lower chamber, the Maryland House of Delegates, has 141 representatives... | |United States Congress United States Congressional Delegations from Maryland These are tables of congressional delegations from Maryland to the United States Senate and United States House of Representatives.-United States Senate:The alternating grey and white boxes indicate the duration of the actual six-year Senate terms.... |
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See also
- Politics in Maryland
- Government of MarylandGovernment of MarylandThe government of Maryland is conducted according to the Maryland Constitution. The United States is a federation; consequently, the government of Maryland, like the other 49 state governments, has exclusive authority over matters that lie entirely within the state's borders, except as limited by...