Nine years later, in 1806, the Maryland Legislature turned to an-
other Eastern Shoreman, and elected Robert Wright, of Queen Anne's
County as Governor. A peaceloving man who was free of shame and
one who did not engage in heroics, Governor Wright, according to
his biographer, stepped out of character but once. "On one occasion, "
wrote Wright's biographer, "he had a disagreement with Edward Lloyd
who in years after became prominent as a legislator and was elected
as Wright's successor in the Gubernatorial office. The disagreement
led to a challenge. In the duel that followed, neither principal
fortunately was fatally wounded but Mr. Wright, for some time there-
after, limped in public, and, in private, nursed a bullet hole in his
toe. "

Wright, who resigned as Governor prior to the expiration of his
term in office, was succeeded in 1809 by James Butcher, of Queen
Anne's County. Nothing is known of Butcher except that he convened
the Legislature into special session to select a successor to Governor
Wright.

In addition to putting a bullet hole in his predecessor's toe, Gover-
nor Lloyd, a native of Talbot County and elected in 1809 is best
remembered for his success in extending the voting franchise to people
who did not own property.

Elected in 1812, Levin Winder, the first Governor of Maryland from
Somerset County, was, like all good men from Somerset, a peaceful
man whose opposition to the War of 1812 earned him the wrath of
the federal government. His actions led to a suspension of federal
assistance to Maryland during the war with the English and Maryland
was forced to rely upon her own financial resources. Winder's supreme
moment of vindication came in 1814, when, with the nation's capital in
ashes, the forces of Maryland repulsed the British invasion at Fort
McHenry and North Point and gave to the young nation the Star
Spangled Banner.

Virtually every Governor of Maryland who was a native of the
Eastern Shore has contributed to our heritage. Charles Goldsborough
of Dorchester County, elected in 1819, eliminated the debtor's prison
while Samuel Stevens, Jr., of Talbot, elected in 1822, extended the
voting franchise to those of the Jewish religion and initiated the action
that resulted in the construction of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal.

Daniel Martin, of Talbot County, who was elected on two separate

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