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