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MARYLAND MANUAL 819 palian. Married Amanda Northrup. Medical doctor. Died in Washing- ton, D. C., November 25, 1882. Buried in Easton. Elected by the People for a Four-Year Term Under the Constitution of 1867 Blair Lee III, 1971- . Born in Silver Spring, May 19, 1916, the son of E. Brooke and Elizabeth S. (Wilson) Lee. Episcopalian. Mar- ried Mathilde Boal. Property manager. GOVERNORS' COUNCILS, 1777-1838 The Constitution of 1776 (Art. XXVI) provided that both houses of the Legislature elect by joint ballot five men to be "the Council to the Governor." This was an advisory body of considerable in- fluence. It was also provided that on the death, removal, or incapacity of the Governor the first named of the Council should become Gov- ernor and proceed to the calling of a special session of the Legis- lature for the election of a new Governor. The Council was abolished in 1838 by means of a constitutional amendment (Acts 1836, ch. 197, sec. 13; Acts 1837, ch. 84). Mar. 1777—Charles Carroll, Sr. (declined), Josiah Polk, John Rogers, Edward Lloyd, John Contee (declined), Thomas Sim Lee (elected vice Carroll March 26, 1777), James Brice (elected vice Contee April 16, 1777, declined), Joseph Sim (elected vice Brice April 19, 1777). Nov. 1777—Thomas Sim Lee, Joseph Sim (declined), Edward Lloyd, John Rogers (declined), Josiah Polk (declined), James Brice (elected vice Sim November 25, 1777), William Hernsley (elected vice Rogers November 25, 1777, de- clined), Daniel Carroll (elected vice Polk November 25, 1777), James Hindman (elected vice Hensley December 23,1777). Nov. 1778—Thomas Sim Lee, James Brice, Daniel Carroll, Edward Lloyd, James Hindman. Nov. 1779—John H. Ston, Jeremiah Townley Chase, James Brice, Daniel Carroll, John Brice. Nov. 1780—Daniel Carroll, James Brice, John H. Stone, Jeremiah Townley Chase, Samuel Turbutt Wright. Nov. 1779—John Stone, Jeremiah Townley Chase, James Brice, Samuel Turbutt Wright, Benjamin Stoddert. Nov. 1782—Benjamin Stoddert, Gabriel Duvall, Jeremiah Townley Chase, James Brice, John H. Stone. Nov. 1783—Jeremiah Townley Chase (resigned), Gabriel Duvall (re- signed), John H. Stone, James Brice (resigned), Benja- min Ogle (resigned), John Davidson (elected vice Chase January 5, 1784), Charles Wallace (elected vice Brice, January 5, 1784), James Brice (elected vice Duvall July 29, 1784, declined), Aquila Paca (elected vice Brice August 4, 1784), Samuel Turbutt Wright (elected vice Ogle April 3,1784). |
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