List of Governors of Maryland

The following is a list of all Governors of Maryland.

See Governor of Maryland for more information on the office.

Colonial Period

Proprietary Governors

#Leonard Calvert, 1634–1647#Thomas Greene, 1647–1649#William Stone, 1649–1655#Josias Fendall, 1656–1660#Phillip Calvert, 1660 (Catholic Encyclopedia article)#Charles Calvert, 1661–1675#Jesse Wharton, 1675–1680#William Joseph, 1680–1689

Leader of the Protestant Associators

#John Coode, 1689–1690 #Nehemiah Blakiston, 1691–1692

Royal Governors

#Sir Lionel Copley, 1692–1693 #Sir Thomas Lawrence, 1693–1694 #Sir Edmund Andros, 1693 #Colonel Nicholas Greenberry, 1693–1694 #Sir Edmund Andros, 1694 #Sir Thomas Lawrence, 1694 #Sir Francis Nicholson, 1694–1699 #Colonel Nathaniel Blakiston, 1699–1702 #Thomas Tench, 1702–1704 #Colonel John Seymour, 1704–1709 #Major General Edward Lloyd, 1709–1714 #John Hart, 1714–1715

Governors of Restored Proprietary Government

#John Hart, 1715 - 1720 #Thomas Brooke, 1720 #Charles Calvert, 1721 - 1727 #Benedict Leonard Calvert, 1727 - 1731 #Samuel Ogle, 1731 - 1732 #Charles Calvert, 1732 - 1733 #Samuel Ogle, 1733 - 1742 #Thomas Bladen, 1742 - 1746/47 #Samuel Ogle, 1746/47 - 1752 #Benjamin Tasker, 1752 - 1753 #Horatio Sharpe, 1753 - 1769 #Robert Eden, 1769 - 1776

Governors under Statehood

Governors Elected by the Legislature under the Maryland Constitution of 1776

#	Name	Picture	Party	Term
1	Thomas Johnson	Johnson	Federalist	1777–1779
2	Thomas Sim Lee		Federalist	1779–1782
3	William Paca	Paca	Anti-Federalist	1782–1785
4	William Smallwood	Smallwood	None	1785–1788
5	John Eager Howard	Howard	Federalist	1788–1791
6	George Plater	Plater	None	1791–1792
7	James Brice (acting)		None	1792
8	Thomas Sim Lee		Federalist	1792–1794
9	John Hoskins Stone	Stone	Federalist	1794–1797
10	John Henry		Democrat	1797–1798
11	Benjamin Ogle		Federalist	1798–1801
12	John Francis Mercer		Democratic-Republican	1801–1803
13	Robert Bowie	Bowie	Democratic-Republican	1803–1806
14	Robert Wright	Wright	Democrat	1806–1809
15	Edward Lloyd	Lloyd	Democratic-Republican	1809–1811
16	Robert Bowie	Bowie	Democratic-Republican	1811–1812
17	Levin Winder	Winder	Federalist	1812–1816
18	Charles Carnan Ridgely	Ridgely	Federalist	1816–1819
19	Charles Goldsborough	Goldsborough	Federalist	1819
20	Samuel Sprigg	Sprigg	Democrat	1819–1822
21	Samuel Stevens, Jr.		Democrat	1822–1826
22	Joseph Kent	Kent	Republican	1826–1829
23	Daniel Martin		Whig	1829–1830
24	Thomas King Carroll		Democrat	1830–1831
25	Daniel Martin		Whig	1831
26	George Howard		Whig	1831–1833
27	James Thomas	Thomas	Whig	1833–1836
28	Thomas W. Veazey	Veazey	Whig	1836–1839

Governors Elected by the People under the Constitutional Amendments of 1838

#	Name	Picture	Party	Term
1	William Grason		Democrat	1839–1841
2	Francis Thomas	Thomas	Democrat	1841–1845
3	Thomas G. Pratt	Pratt	Whig	1845–1848
4	Phillip F. Thomas	Thomas	Democrat	1848–1851
5	Enoch Louis Lowe		Democrat	1851–1854

Governors Elected by the People under the Maryland Constitution of 1851

#	Name	Picture	Party	Term
1	Thomas W. Ligon		Democrat	1854–1858
2	Thomas H. Hicks	Hicks	Democrat; later Republican	1858–1862
3	Augustus Bradford	Bradford	Unionist	1862–1866

Governor Elected by the People under the Maryland Constitution of 1864

#	Name	Picture	Party	Term
1	Thomas Swann	Swann	Democrat	1866–1869

Governors Elected by the People under the Maryland Constitution of 1867

#	Name	Picture	Party	Term
1	Oden Bowie	Bowie	Democrat	1869–1872
2	William Pinkney Whyte	Whyte	Democrat	1872–1874
3	James B. Groome	Groome	Democrat	1874–1876
4	John Lee Carroll	Carroll	Democrat	1876–1880
5	William T. Hamilton	Hamilton	Democrat	1880–1884
6	Robert Milligan McLane	McClane	Democrat	1884–1885
7	Henry Lloyd	Lloyd	Democrat	1885–1888
8	Elihu Emory Jackson	Jackson	Democrat	1888–1892
9	Frank Brown	Brown	Democrat	1892–1896
10	Lloyd Lowndes, Jr.	Lowndes	Republican	1896–1900
11	John Walter Smith	Smith	Democrat	1900–1904
12	Edwin Warfield	Warfield	Democrat	1904–1908
13	Austin Lane Crothers	Crothers	Democrat	1908–1912
14	Phillips Lee Goldsborough	Goldsborough	Republican	1912–1916
15	Emerson C. Harrington	Harrington	Democrat	1916–1920
16	Albert C. Ritchie	Ritchie	Democrat	1920–1935
17	Harry W. Nice	Nice	Republican	1935–1939
18	Herbert R. O'Conor	O'Conor	Democrat	1939–1947
19	William Preston Lane, Jr.	Lane	Democrat	1947–1951
20	Theodore R. McKeldin	McKeldin	Republican	1951–1959
21	J. Millard Tawes	Tawes	Democrat	1959–1967
22	Spiro Agnew	Agnew	Republican	1967–1969
23	Marvin MandelBlair Lee III served as acting governor from 1977-1979 in place of Marvin Mandel. Mandel didn't resign; he bestowed his powers & duties on Lee until further notice. Mandel rescinded his decision in 1979, shortly before the expiration of his second term.	Mandel	Democrat	1969-1979
24	Harry R. Hughes	Hughes	Democrat	1979–1987
25	William Donald Schaefer	Schaefer	Democrat	1987–1995
26	Parris N. Glendening	Glendening	Democrat	1995–2003
27	Robert L. Ehrlich	Ehrlich	Republican	2003–present

Notes

References

*Archives of Maryland, Historical List, Governors of Maryland, 1634–present.