Eastern Shore

James Earle, Jr. ................„.....-...^...„..-„.....-........................—.—. —.— -....1806-1814
James Parrott ................... ....................„....,.„.,....„........,..........-....................._...- ....1814-1868
Thomas C.
H. E. Bateman .................„...„-..„„-.„..-....„„..........._-........„..-..—. -.—..... 1842-1851

1861—

Since the adoption of the Constitution of 1851, the Court of Appeals
has held its sessions at Annapolis only and it has had only one Clerk
of Court.

Richard W. GUI .......-...............„........- „........-„.....-................- .......„....- -....-1851-1852
William A. Spencer ...............„....„.....-............................— ...„......,..._ .....1852-1863
George Earle -_____-.............-.....-.....-....—. ......„.......„„.....„....„......„.....- ...1863-1867
James S. Franklin -.............„......-..........„...........................-....„.„...........-„ -.1867-1879
Spencer C. Jones ^....„....„..........................„................-_................ -_....- ....1879^.891
John Frank Foid -............- -..............-....- ..........................„...............-.............1891-1897
Allan D. Rutherforde_........_...._...............„....„..........................................1897-1900
John Frank Ford .......................-....—.....-....,.,............-..........-..............-.....1900-1901
J. Frank Turner —....-........-.....-...._..............,.......................——-.....--..... 1901
Thomas Parran ._ 1901-1907
Caleb C. Miagruder . - «— 1907-1923
Luther H. Gadd ......--...--.......................-..........„...-.................-.........„.„..- 1923
James A. Young .._.....-....................................^............„..„...................-_.,...1923-1942
Maurice Ogle .......-...„„...........-_ ............ .._...--..... „-....„.........-1942-1967
J. Lloyd Young .................-......................................_......„.......................-........1967-

ATTORNEYS GENERAL

Luther Martin ..._..........„._„....................................--.......„_....................__.„_....-....„.1778
William Pinkney _._............................-....„....................„.....„........„....-....... „...„„...,1805
John Thomson Mason ............................,.....................-.....................- ...„._.................. 1806
John Johnson ....._ ....................-.....-..................„............................................. „„.._.._1806
John Montgomery ......................................................„.........................-.....-....__.._..1811
Luther Martin „........................................................„.„............„................-......... „....„..1818
"Thomas B. Dorsey .................-............-....................... ......„...._ ._....„......... -....„......._..1822
Thomas Kell -.......-.......„................-........................- ..........„...-..- .....-.....-.„.... ..1824
Roger B. Taney ....................-....^.......-.....—.................-..............—.......-.....-......1827
Josiah Bayley . . ... ._...-_..........._....... .... .. ............ ... . 1831
George R. Richardson —.................-....- ....„.--...-......._..................... -„.......-_.„.1846
Robert J. Brent (2).................................................................................................... „.............................1861
Alexander Randall .„..........-..._—....-..............—.....„.......—....„._............._..-._......_„......1866
Isaac D. Jones ........_.„.....-.....__.„-...._.„......„...._._.....„.._...„.„.„..__..„.........._......._.....1867
Andrew K. Syester ..^....„..-..._——................,........„....._....„.«....„.»....„.«.«.».....«„....^. 1871
Charles J. M. Gwinn ........_- ......„.................._............................. _.,... ......................1876
Charles B. Roberts -„—...- -.....- -........— ................„.....................-.„......„„.........1883
William Pinkney Whyte -..„.........-„..................„.....„...........- -..... „...„.„....„.......1887
John P. Poe ......—.—...-....—.....-....„ -.....-...........—....................... „...._ -............„_....- .„....1891
Harry M. Clabaugh -..........--....—............_........_...—....._.„„........„.....„_____....1895
George R. Gaither, Jr........................................._....„................„....„...._.........„„...„„.._.....1899
Isidor Rayner .—...- _.....-....- „..--......._.................................. „._......................... „...._.........„....„1899
Williaim S. Bryan Jr. —........—„-.—...................-..,............„....-..........._.... _.. .._ 1903
Isaac Lobe Strauss —..—.................-....- ...........„„..„.- .,..„-....—...-—.........._...._„......... .1907
Edgar Allen Poe ......—..- -.................-.....-.............. -............-—......-......-„...„..1911
Albert C. Ritchie ' —...........-.....„„.„....__..„.,......„.................... „......_..............„„....1915

i During the phyisical incapacity of Luther Martin. 1820-22, the Governor ap-
pointed Nathaniel Williams, Assistant Attorney General, to act as Attorney General.

' The office of Attorney General was abolished by the Constitution of 1851 but
was re-established by the Constitution of 1864 (Art. V, Sec. 1).

(3)During Ritchie's absence, June 1918-January 1919, the Assistant Attorney
General, Ogle Marbury, became Acting Attorney General.