38 MARYLAND MANUAL.

STATE GOVERNORS.

Elected Annually by the Legislature, with an Executive Council.

	1777 — Thomas Johnson. 1779 — Thomas Sim Lee. 1782 — William Paca. 1785 — William Smallwood. 1788— John Eager Howard. 1791 — George Plater. 1792 — Thomas Sim Lee. 1794 — John H. Stone. 1797 — John Henry. 1798— Benjamin Ogle. 1801 — John Francis Mercer. 1803 — Robert Bowie. 1806— Robert Wright. 1809— Edward Lloyd.	1811 — Robert Bowie. 1812 — Levin Winder, 1815 — Charles Ridgely, of Hampton. 1818— Charles Goldsborough. 1819 — Samuel Sprigg. 1822 — Samuel Stevens, Jr. 1825 — Joseph Kent. 1828 — Daniel Martin. 1829 — Thomas King Carroll. 1830 — Daniel Martin. 1831 — George Howard, (acting.) 1832 — George Howard. 1833 — James Thomas. 1835 — Thomas W. Veazey.

Elected Under the Amended Constitution of 1838, for Three Years.
William Graysen, of Queen Anne's Connty.................................. 1838

Francis Thomas, of Frederick County..........................................1841

Thomas G. Pratt, of Prince George's County...............................1844

Philip F. Thomas, of Talbot County............................................1847

Enoch Louis Lowe, of Frederick County......................................1850

Elected Under the Constitution of 1851, for Four Years.
Thomas Watkins Ligon, of Howard County.................................1853

Thomas Holliday Hicks, Dorchester County..................................1847

Augustus W. Bradford, of Baltimore County................................1861

Elected Under the Constitution of1864, for Four Years.
Thomas Swann, of Baltimore City................................................1865
Lieutenant-Governor C. C. Cox, of Baltimore City........................1865

Elected Under the Constitution of 1867, for Four Years.
Oden Bowie, of Prince George's County.......................................1868

Wm. Pinkney Whyte, of Baltimore City.......................................1872

James Black Groome, of Cecil County..........................................1874

John Lee Carroll, of Howard County..........................................1876

William T. Hamilton, of Washington County............................. 1880

Robert M. McLane, of Baltimore City..........................................1884

Henry Lloyd, of Dorchester County............................................1885

Elihu E. Jackson, of Wicomico County.......................................1888

Frank Brown, of Carroll County..................................................1892

Lloyd Lowndes, of Allegany County.............................................1896

John Walter Smith, of Worcester County.....................................1900

SECRETARIES OF STATE.

	John W. Culbreth...........1838-1839 Cornelius McLean......... 1839-1840 James Murray................1840-1841 Thomas Wright.............1841-1842 John C. Legrand.............1842-1844 John N. Watkins........... 1844- W. Van Buskirk............. 1844-1845 William T. Wooten.........1845-1848 Richard C. Hollyday .....1848-1849 John Nick Watkins........ 1849-1851 Thomas H. O'Neal......... 1851-1853 John Randolph Quinn... 1853-1854 Nathaniel Cox................1854-1857 Jonathan Pinkney......... 1857-1858 James R. Partridge.........1858-1861	Grason Eichelberger...... 1861-1862 William B. Hill................1862-1866 John M. Carter............... 1866-1869 R. C. Hollyday............... 1869-1872 John T. Mason................ [872-1873 R. C. Hollyday................ 1873-1880 James T. Briscoe ...........1880-1884 R. C. Hollyday................1884- Geo. B. Milligan..............1884-1886 Edward W. LeCompte......1886-1893 William T. Brantly......... 1893-1894 Edwin Gott......................1894-1896 Richard Dallam................ 1896-1899 Geo. E. Loweree.............1899-1900 Wilfred Bateman.............1900-1904