Historical List
Dec. 1813. William Bond Martin, William H.
Ward, Thomas G. Addison, Samuel Ridout,
Alexander Contee Magruder.
Dec. 1814. Alexander Contee Magruder, William
H. Ward, Thomas G. Addison, Samuel Ridout,
John Murray.
Dec. 1815. Alexander Contee Magruder, James
Shaw, Virgil Maxey, John Murray, William H.
Ward.
Dec. 1816. William Potter, Henry H. Chapman,
Richard Frisby, James Shaw, William H.
Ward.
Dec. 1817. Daniel Murray, John Stoops, John E.
Howard, Jr., Henry A. Callis, Arnold E. Jones.
Dec. 1818. John E. Howard, Jr., Henry H.
Chapman, Henry A. Callis, Arnold E. Jones,
John Stoops.
Dec. 1819. James Nabb, James Butcher, Grafton
Duvall, John Stephen, Thomas H. Wilkinson.
Dec. 1820. John Stephen, Thomas H. Wilkinson,
Grafton Duvall, James Butcher, James Nabb.
Dec. 1821. Israel D. Maulsby, James Butcher,
Thomas H. Wilkinson, Nicholas Brewer, James
Nabb.
Dec. 1822. Thomas Emory, Joshua Prideaux,
Philemon Chew, Israel D. Maulsby, Nicholas
Brewer.
Dec. 1823. Thomas Emory, Joshua Prideaux,
Philemon Chew, Robert H. Archer, Nicholas
Brewer.
Dec. 1824. Philemon Chew, Thomas Emory,
Robert H. Archer, Joseph Gabby, Joshua
Prideaux.
Jan. 1826. Joseph Gabby, William Steuart, Rob-
ert H. Archer, James Roberts (dead when
elected), Daniel Martin, John N. Steele (elected
vice Roberts January 3, 1826).
Jan. 1827. Joseph Gabby, William Steuart, Daniel
Martin, Otho Scott, Arnold E. Jones.
Jan. 1828. Daniel Martin, William Steuart,
Thomas Davis, Arnold E. Jones, Rezin
Estep.
Jan. 1829. Thomas Davis, Rezin Estep, Luke
Tieman (declined), Littleton James Dennis,

Secretaries of State/731
Thomas S. Thomas, George R. Richardson
(elected vice Tieman January 27, 1829).
Jan. 1830. Hugh McElderry, Robert D. C.
Wright, Otho Scott (resigned), Benjamin E.
Mackall, Robert Wason, John Forwood
(elected July 14,1830).
Jan. 1831. George Howard, Thomas C. Wor-
thington, Samuel Turner, Henry Page, William
Potter.
Jan. 1832. William Potter, Thomas C. Wor-
thington, Samuel Turner, George W. Pumell,
Robert W. Bowie.
Jan. 1833. Samuel Turner, Thomas C. Wor-
thington, John S. Martin, Robert W. Bowie,
William Potter.
Jan. 1834. Samuel Mass, George C. Washington,
John S. Martin, Thomas W. Veazey, Robert
W. Bowie.
Jan. 1835. Thomas W. Veazey, George C.
Washington, Nathaniel F. Williams, John S.
Martin, Gwinn Harris.
Jan. 1836. Gwinn Harris, John McKenny, Wil-
liam F. Johnson, Nathaniel F. Williams, John
C. Henry (resigned), William L. Jones (elected
vice Henry July 27, 1836).
Jan. 1837. Gwinn Harris (deceased), Nathaniel F.
Williams, William F. Johnson, John McKenny,
William L. Jones, Benedict 1. Heard (elected
vice Harris October 17, 1837).
Jan. 1838. Thomas G. Pratt, Benedict 1. Heard,
William Johnson, John McKenny, Thomas
Holliday Hicks.
SECRETARIES OF STATE
The office of Secretary of State was created in
1838 by a constitutional amendment (Acts 1836,
Ch. 197, sec. 17; Acts 1837, Ch. 84).
1838 ................ Thomas Culbreth
1838 .............. Joseph H. Nicholson
1839 ................Cornelius McLean
1840 ,,,,.,,,,.,,,,,,.. .James Murray
1841 Thomas Wright III
1842 Henry Hobbs^
1842 ............. John Carrol LeGrand
1844 .......... John N. Watkins"
^Acting secretary of state January 4-February 1, 1842.
"Ad interim secretary of state March 2-8, 1844.