Historical Record
Previous Governors of Maryland
Governors who previously held office in Maryland, with term dates and party affiliation.
← View all statesWes MooreDemocrat2023–2027
Larry HoganRepublican2015–2023
Martin O'MalleyDemocrat2007–2015
Bob EhrlichRepublican2003–2007
Parris GlendeningDemocrat1995–2003
William Donald SchaeferDemocrat1987–1995
Harry HughesDemocrat1979–1987
Marvin MandelDemocrat1969–1979
Blair Lee IIIDemocrat1977–1979
Spiro AgnewRepublican1967–1969
J. Millard TawesDemocrat1959–1967
Theodore McKeldinRepublican1951–1959
William Preston Lane Jr.Democrat1947–1951
Herbert O'ConorDemocrat1939–1947
Harry NiceRepublican1935–1939
Albert RitchieDemocrat1920–1935
Emerson HarringtonDemocrat1916–1920
Phillips Lee GoldsboroughRepublican1912–1916
Austin Lane CrothersDemocrat1908–1912
Edwin WarfieldDemocrat1904–1908
John Walter SmithDemocrat1900–1904
Lloyd Lowndes Jr.Republican1896–1900
Frank BrownDemocrat1892–1896
Elihu Emory JacksonDemocrat1888–1892
Henry LloydDemocrat1885–1888
Robert Milligan McLaneDemocrat1884–1885
William Thomas HamiltonDemocrat1880–1884
John Lee CarrollDemocrat1876–1880
James Black GroomeDemocrat1874–1876
William Pinkney WhyteDemocrat1872–1874
Oden BowieDemocrat1869–1872
Thomas SwannIndependent1866–1869
Augustus BradfordIndependent1862–1866
Thomas Holliday HicksIndependent1858–1862
Thomas Watkins LigonDemocrat1854–1858
Enoch Louis LoweDemocrat1851–1854
Philip Francis ThomasDemocrat1848–1851
Thomas PrattIndependent1845–1848
Francis ThomasDemocrat1842–1845
William GrasonDemocrat1839–1842
Thomas VeazeyIndependent1836–1839
James ThomasIndependent1833–1836
George HowardIndependent1831–1833
Thomas King CarrollIndependent1830–1831
Daniel MartinIndependent1831–1831
Daniel MartinIndependent1829–1830
Joseph KentIndependent1826–1829
Samuel Stevens Jr.Independent1822–1826
Samuel SpriggIndependent1819–1822
Charles GoldsboroughIndependent1819–1819
Charles Carnan RidgelyIndependent1816–1819
Levin WinderIndependent1812–1816
Robert BowieIndependent1811–1812
Edward LloydIndependent1809–1811
James ButcherIndependent1809–1809
Robert WrightIndependent1806–1809
Robert BowieIndependent1803–1806
John Francis MercerIndependent1801–1803
Benjamin OgleIndependent1798–1801
John HenryIndependent1797–1798
John Hoskins StoneIndependent1794–1797
Thomas Sim LeeIndependent1792–1794
George PlaterIndependent1791–1792
James BriceIndependent1792–1792
John Eager HowardIndependent1788–1791
William SmallwoodIndependent1785–1788
William PacaIndependent1782–1785
Thomas Sim LeeIndependent1779–1782
Thomas JohnsonIndependent1777–1779