Former Governors - Maryland

Governor's Name State Time in Office Party
Gov. Larry Hogan Maryland 2019 - 2023
2015 - 2019
Republican
Gov. Martin O’Malley Maryland 2007 - 2015
Democratic
Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Maryland 2003 - 2007
Republican
Gov. Parris N. Glendening Maryland 1995 - 2003
Democratic
Gov. William Donald Schaefer Maryland 1987 - 1995
Democratic
Gov. Harry Roe Hughes Maryland 1979 - 1987
Democratic
Gov. Blair Lee Maryland 1977 - 1979
Democratic
Gov. Marvin Mandel Maryland 1969 - 1979
Democratic
Gov. Spiro Theodore Agnew Maryland 1967 - 1969
Republican
Gov. J. Millard Tawes Maryland 1959 - 1967
Democratic
Gov. Theodore Roosevelt McKeldin Maryland 1951 - 1959
Republican
Gov. William Preston Lane Maryland 1947 - 1951
Democratic
Gov. Herbert Romulus O’Conor Maryland 1939 - 1947
Democratic
Gov. Harry Whinna Nice Maryland 1935 - 1939
Republican
Gov. Albert Cabell Ritchie Maryland 1920 - 1935
Democratic
Gov. Emerson Columbus Harrington Maryland 1916 - 1920
Democratic
Gov. Phillips Lee Goldsborough Maryland 1912 - 1916
Republican
Gov. Austin Lane Crothers Maryland 1908 - 1912
Democratic
Gov. Edwin Warfield Maryland 1904 - 1908
Democratic
Gov. John Walter Smith Maryland 1900 - 1904
Democratic
Gov. Lloyd Lowndes Maryland 1896 - 1900
Republican
Gov. Frank Brown Maryland 1892 - 1896
Democratic
Gov. Elihu Emory Jackson Maryland 1888 - 1892
Democratic
Gov. Henry Lloyd Maryland 1885 - 1888
Democratic
Gov. Robert Milligan McLane Maryland 1884 - 1885
Democratic
Gov. William Thomas Hamilton Maryland 1880 - 1884
Democratic
Gov. John Lee Carroll Maryland 1876 - 1880
Democratic
Gov. James Black Groome Maryland 1874 - 1876
Democratic
Gov. William Pinkney Whyte Maryland 1872 - 1874
Democratic
Gov. Oden Bowie Maryland 1869 - 1872
Democratic
Gov. Thomas Swann Maryland 1866 - 1869
American; Unionist; Democratic
Gov. Augustus Williamson Bradford Maryland 1862 - 1866
Whig; Unionist; Democratic
Gov. Thomas Holliday Hicks Maryland 1858 - 1862
Whig; Democratic; American; Constitutional Unionist; Republican
Gov. Thomas Watkins Ligon Maryland 1854 - 1858
Democratic
Gov. Enoch Louis Lowe Maryland 1851 - 1854
Democratic
Gov. Phillip Francis Thomas Maryland 1848 - 1851
Democratic
Gov. Thomas George Pratt Maryland 1845 - 1848
Whig; Democratic
Gov. Francis Thomas Maryland 1842 - 1845
Democratic; Unionist; Republican
Gov. William Grason Maryland 1839 - 1842
Federalist; anti-Jackson Democrat by 1828
Gov. Thomas Ward Veazey Maryland 1836 - 1839
Whig
Gov. James Thomas Maryland 1833 - 1836
Whig
Gov. George Howard Maryland 1831 - 1833
Whig
Gov. Daniel Martin Maryland 1831 - 1831
1829 - 1830
Whig
Gov. Thomas King Carroll Maryland 1830 - 1831
Democratic
Gov. Joseph Kent Maryland 1826 - 1829
Federalist; Democratic-Republican; National Republican
Gov. Samuel Stevens Maryland 1822 - 1826
Democratic
Gov. Samuel Sprigg Maryland 1819 - 1822
Democratic, Whig
Gov. Charles Goldsborough Maryland 1819 - 1819
Federalist
Gov. Charles Carnan Ridgely Maryland 1816 - 1819
Federalist
Gov. Levin Winder Maryland 1812 - 1816
Federalist
Gov. Robert Bowie Maryland 1811 - 1812
1803 - 1806
Democratic-Republican
Gov. Edward Lloyd Maryland 1809 - 1811
Democratic-Republican
Gov. Robert Wright Maryland 1806 - 1809
Democratic
Gov. John Francis Mercer Maryland 1801 - 1803
Democratic-Republican
Gov. Benjamin Ogle Maryland 1798 - 1801
Federalist
Gov. John Henry Maryland 1797 - 1798
Democratic
Gov. John Hoskins Stone Maryland 1794 - 1797
Federalist
Gov. Thomas Sim Lee Maryland 1792 - 1794
1779 - 1782
Federalist
Gov. James Brice Maryland 1792 - 1792
Federalist
Gov. George Plater Maryland 1791 - 1792
Federalist
Gov. John Eager Howard Maryland 1788 - 1791
Federalist
Gov. William Paca Maryland 1782 - 1785
Anti-Federalist
Gov. Thomas Johnson Maryland 1777 - 1779
Federalist

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