List of Governors of Maryland
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The following is a list of all Governors of Maryland.
See Governor of Maryland for more information on the office.
Colonial Period
Leader of the Protestant Associators
- John Coode, 1689 - 1690
Royal Governors
- Nehemiah Blakiston, 1691 - 1692
- Sir Lionel Copley, 1692 - 1693
- Sir Thomas Lawrence, 1693 - 1694
- Sir Edmund Andros, 1693
- Colonel Nicholas Greenberry, 1693 -1 694
- Sir Edmund Andros, 1694
- Sir Thomas Lawrence, 1694
- Sir Francis Nicholson, 1694 - 1698/99
- Colonel Nathaniel Blakiston, 1698/99 - 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
- Thomas Johnson 1777-1779
- Thomas Sim Lee 1779-1782
- William Paca 1782-1785
- William Smallwood 1785-1788
- John Eager Howard 1788-1791
- George Plater 1791-1792
- James Brice 1792-1792
- Thomas Sim Lee 1792-1794
- John Hoskins Stone 1794-1797
- John Henry 1797-1798
- Benjamin Ogle 1798-1801
- John Francis Mercer 1801-1803
- Robert Bowie 1803-1806
- Robert Wright 1806-1809
- James Butcher 1809-1809
- Edward Lloyd 1809-1811
- Robert Bowie 1811-1812
- Levin Winder 1812-1816
- Charles Carnan Ridgely 1816-1819
- Charles Goldsborough 1819
- Samuel Sprigg 1819-1822
- Samuel Stevens, Jr. 1822-1826
- Joseph Kent 1826-1829
- Daniel Martin 1829-1830
- Thomas King Carroll 1830-1831
- Daniel Martin 1831-1831
- George Howard 1831-1833
- James Thomas 1833-1836
- Thomas W. Veazey 1836-1839
Governors Elected by the People under the Constitutional Amendments of 1838
| # | Name | Party | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | William Grason | Democrat | 1839–1841 |
| 2 | Francis Thomas | Democrat | 1841–1845 |
| 3 | Thomas G. Pratt | Whig | 1845–1848 |
| 4 | Phillip F. Thomas | Democrat | 1848–1851 |
| 5 | Enoch Louis Lowe | Democrat | 1851–1854 |
Governors Elected by the People under the Maryland Constitution of 1851
| # | Name | Party | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thomas W. Ligon | Democrat | 1854–1858 |
| 2 | Thomas H. Hicks | Democrat; later Republican | 1858–1862 |
| 3 | Augustus Bradford | Unionist | 1862–1866 |
Governor Elected by the People under the Maryland Constitution of 1864
| # | Name | Party | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thomas Swann | Democrat | 1866–1869 |
Governors Elected by the People under the Maryland Constitution of 1867
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