Governors of Maryland | ||
Governor | Party | Term of Office |
Thomas Johnson | None | 1777-1779 |
Thomas Sim Lee | None | 1779-1782 |
William Paca | None | 1782-1785 |
William Smallwood | None | 1785-1788 |
John Eager Howard | Federalist | 1788-1791 |
George Plater | Federalist | 1791-1792 |
James Brice | Unknown | 1792 |
Thomas Sim Lee | Federalist | 1792-1794 |
John Stone | Federalist | 1794-1797 |
John Henry | Federalist | 1797-1798 |
Benjamin Ogle | Federalist | 1798-1801 |
John Francis Mercer | Democratic-Republican | 1801-1803 |
Robert Bowie | Democratic-Republican | 1803-1806 |
Robert Wright | Democratic-Republican | 1806-1809 |
James Butcher | Unknown | 1809 |
Edward Lloyd | Democratic-Republican | 1809-1811 |
Robert Bowie | Democratic-Republican | 1811-1812 |
Levin Winder | Federalist | 1812-1816 |
Charles Ridgely | Federalist | 1816-1819 |
Charles Goldsborough | Federalist | 1819 |
Samuel Sprigg | Democratic-Republican | 1819-1822 |
Samuel Stevens, Jr. | Democratic-Republican | 1822-1826 |
Joseph Kent | Democrat | 1826-1829 |
Danel Martin | Anti-Jackson | 1829-1830 |
Thomas King Carroll | Democrat | 1830-1831 |
Daniel Martin | Anti-Jackson | 1831 |
George Howard | Anti-Jackson | 1831-1833 |
James Thomas | Anti-Jackson | 1833-1836 |
Thomas Veazey | Whig | 1836-1839 |
William Grason | Democrat | 1839-1842 |
Francis Thomas | Democrat | 1842-1845 |
Thomas Pratt | Whig | 1845-1848 |
Philip Francis Thomas | Democrat | 1848-1851 |
Enoch Lowe | Democrat | 1851-1854 |
Thomas Ligon | Democrat | 1854-1858 |
Thomas Hicks | Know-Nothing | 1858-1862 |
Augustus Bradford | Union | 1862-1866 |
Thomas Swann | Democrat | 1866-1869 |
Oden Bowie | Democrat | 1869-1872 |
William Pickney Whyte | Democrat | 1872-1874 |
James Black Groome | Democrat | 1874-1876 |
John Lee Carroll | Democrat | 1876-1880 |
William hamilton | Democrat | 1880-1884 |
Robert McLane | Democrat | 1884-1885 |
Henry Lloyd | Democrat | 1885-1888 |
Elihu Jackson | Democrat | 1888-1892 |
Frank Brown | Democrat | 1892-1896 |
Lloyd Lowndes | Republican | 1896-1900 |
John Walter Smith | Democrat | 1900-1904 |
Edwin Warfield | Democrat | 1904-1908 |
Austin Crothers | Democrat | 1908-1912 |
Phillips Lee Goldsborough | Republican | 1912-1916 |
Emerson Harrington | Democrat | 1916-1920 |
Albert Ritchie | Democrat | 1920-1935 |
Harry Nice | Republican | 1935-1939 |
Herbert O'Conor | Democrat | 1939-1947 |
William Preston Lane, Jr. | Democrat | 1947-1951 |
Theodore McKeldin | Republican | 1951-1959 |
J. Millard Tawes | Democrat | 1959-1967 |
Spiro Agnew | Republican | 1967-1969 |
Marvin Mandel | Democrat | 1969-1979 |
Blair Lee III (Acting Governor) | Democrat | 1977-1979 |
**Lt. Gov. Served as Acting Governor from June 4, 1977 to Jan. 15, 1979 | ||
Harry Hughes | Democrat | 1979-1987 |
William Schaefer | Democrat | 1987-1995 |
Parris Glendening | Democrat | 1995-Present |