Global political history

Global political history from 3000 BC to the 21st century – political leaders, elections, and more.

Maryland

Executive of Maryland

Maryland

Governor of Maryland
Thomas Johnson

Date of birth/date of death: b. November 4 1732; d. October 26 1819.

Non-Partisan

1777 – 1779

William Smallwood

Date of birth/date of death: b. 1732; d. February 14 1792.

Non-Partisan

1785 – 1788

John Eager Howard

Date of birth/date of death: b. June 4 1752; d. October 12 1827.

Non-Partisan

1788 – 1791

George Plater III

Date of birth/date of death: b. November 8 1735; d. February 10 1792.

Pro-Administration Party

1791 – 1792

John Henry

Date of birth/date of death: b. November 1750; d. December 16 1798.

Federalist Party

1797 – 1798

Robert Wright

Date of birth/date of death: b. November 20 1752; d. September 7 1826.

Democratic-Republican Party

1806 – 1809

George Howard

Date of birth/date of death: b. November 21 1789; d. August 2 1846.

National Republican Party

1831 – 1833

Francis Thomas

Date of birth/date of death: b. February 3 1799; d. January 22 1876.

Democratic Party

1842 – 1845

Philip Francis Thomas

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 12 1810; d. October 2 1890.

Democratic Party

1848 – 1851

Thomas Swann

Date of birth/date of death: b. February 3 1809; d. July 24 1883.

Democratic Party

1866 – 1869

Robert Milligan McLane

Date of birth/date of death: b. June 23 1815; d. April 16 1898.

Democratic Party

1884 – 1885

John Millard Tawes

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 8 1894; d. June 25 1979.

Democratic Party

1959 – 1967

Spiro Theodore Agnew

Date of birth/date of death: b. November 9 1918; d. September 17 1996.

Republican Party

1967 – 1969

Marvin Mandel

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 19 1920; d. August 30 2015.

Democratic Party

1969 – 1979

Wesley Watende Omari “Wes” Moore

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 15 1978.

Democratic Party

2023 – present


Lieutenant Governor of Maryland
Michael Stephen Steele

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 19 1958.

Republican Party

2003 – 2007




Government of Maryland

Secretary of State for Maryland
Charles Stanley Blair

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 20 1927; d. April 20 1980.

Republican Party

1967 – 1969


Attorney General of Maryland
Luther Martin

Date of birth/date of death: b. February 20 1748; d. July 10 1826.

Non-Partisan

1778 – 1805

William Pinkney

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 17 1764; d. February 25 1822.

Democratic-Republican Party

1805 – 1806

Luther Martin

Date of birth/date of death: b. February 20 1748; d. July 10 1826.

Non-Partisan

1818 – 1822

Roger Brooke Taney

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 17 1777; d. October 12 1864.

Democratic Party

1827 – 1831

Isidor Rayner

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 11 1850; d. November 25 1912.

Democratic Party

1899 – 1903


Treasurer of Maryland
John Millard Tawes

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 8 1894; d. June 25 1979.

Democratic Party

1973 – 1975


Comptroller of Maryland
Philip Francis Thomas

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 12 1810; d. October 2 1890.

Democratic Party

1851 – 1853

John Millard Tawes

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 8 1894; d. June 25 1979.

Democratic Party

1939 – 1947

John Millard Tawes

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 8 1894; d. June 25 1979.

Democratic Party

1950 – 1959




Legislature of Maryland

Maryland Senate

President of the Maryland Senate
George Plater III

Date of birth/date of death: b. November 8 1735; d. February 10 1792.

Non-Partisan

1780 – 1782

George Plater III

Date of birth/date of death: b. November 8 1735; d. February 10 1792.

Non-Partisan

1784

George Plater III

Date of birth/date of death: b. November 8 1735; d. February 10 1792.

Non-Partisan

1785

George Plater III

Date of birth/date of death: b. November 8 1735; d. February 10 1792.

Non-Partisan

1786

George Plater III

Date of birth/date of death: b. November 8 1735; d. February 10 1792.

Non-Partisan

1787 – 1788

George Plater III

Date of birth/date of death: b. November 8 1735; d. February 10 1792.

Non-Partisan

1790

William Smallwood

Date of birth/date of death: b. 1732; d. February 14 1792.

Non-Partisan

1791

Steny Hamilton Hoyer

Date of birth/date of death: b. June 14 1939.

Democratic Party

1975 – 1978


Maryland State House of Delegates

Speaker of the Maryland State House of Delegates
Francis Thomas

Date of birth/date of death: b. February 3 1799; d. January 22 1876.

Democratic Party

1829

John Pendleton Kennedy

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 25 1795; d. August 18 1870.

Whig Party

1846 – 1847

Arthur Pue Gorman

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 11 1839; d. June 4 1906.

Democratic Party

1872 – 1874

Marvin Mandel

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 19 1920; d. August 30 2015.

Democratic Party

1964 – 1969

Benjamin Louis “Ben” Cardin

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 5 1943.

Democratic Party

1979 – 1987