Historical List

State until March 20 of the same year. On March
22, 1777, the Assembly adopted a resolution "for
dissolving the Council of Safety and Vesting the
Governor and Council with their Powers." The
Governor and Council had qualified two days
earlier on March 20, and they immediately began
to perform the duties assigned to them.

Conventions of the Province of Maryland

1774, June 22-25. Matthew Tilghman, Chm.
1774, Nov. 21-25. Matthew Tilghman, Chm.
1774, Dec. 8-12. John Hall, Chm.
1775, April 24-May 3. Matthew Tilghman, Chm.
1775, July 26-Aug. 14. Matthew Tilghman, Chm.
1775, Dec. 7-1776, Matthew Tilghman, Pres.
Jan. 18.
1776, May 8-25. Charles Carroll,
Barrister, Pres.
1776, June 21-July 6. Matthew Tilghman, Pres.
1776, Aug. 14-Nov. 11. Matthew Tilghman, Pres.

Councils of Safety

1775, August 29-October 21. Daniel of St.
Thomas Jenifer, president, Thomas Johnson,
Jr., William Paca, Charles Carroll, Barrister,
Thomas Stone (did not serve), Samuel Chase,
Robert Alexander, Charles Carroll of Car-
rollton, Matthew Tilghman, John Beale Bord-
ley (declined), Robert Goldsborough (did not
serve), James Hollyday, Richard Lloyd, Ed-
ward Lloyd, Thomas Smyth, Henry Hooper.

1776, January 18-May 25. Daniel of St. Thomas
Jenifer, president, Charles Carroll, Barrister,
John Hall, Benjamin Rumsey, James Tilghman,
Thomas Smyth, Thomas Bedingfield Hands.

1776, May 27-July 6. Daniel of St. Thomas Jenifer,
president, Charles Carroll, Barrister, John Hall,
Benjamin Rumsey (did not serve), George Plat-
er, James Tilghman, Thomas Smyth, Thomas
Bedingfield Hands, William Hayward.

1776, July 6-November 11. Daniel of St. Thomas
Jenifer, president, John Hall, George Plater,
Charles Carroll, Barrister, Thomas Bedingfield
Hands (declined), Benjamin Rumsey, Thomas
Smyth, James Tilghman, Joseph Nicholson, Jr.,
Nicholas Thomas (appointed by the Council,
September 18, 1776).

1776, November 12-1777, March 20. Daniel of
St. Thomas Jenifer, president, John Hall,
George Plater, Brice T. B. Worthington,
Charles Grahame (declined), Joseph Nicholson,
Jr., Nicholas Thomas, William Rumsey (de-
clined), James Tilghman (declined), Thomas
Con tee (elected wee Grahame, November 11,

Governors of the State.of Maryland/605

1776), Samuel Wilson (appointed by the Coun-
cil vice Tilghman, December 13, 1776), William
Hemsley (appointed by the Council vice
Rumsey, December 13, 1776, declined), James
Lloyd Chamberlaine (appointed by the Council
vice Hemsley, January 3, 1777, declined),
Turbutt Wright (appointed by the Council vice
Chamberlaine, February 3, 1777).

GOVERNORS OF THE STATE OF
MARYLAND

Elected Under the Constitution of 1776 by
the Legislature for One Year'

1777-1779. Thomas Johnson. No Party. Born in
Calvert County, November 4, 1732, the son of
Thomas Johnson and wife Dorcas Sedgewick.
Resident of Anne Arundel County when
elected. Episcopalian. Married Ann Jennings.
Died at Rose Hill, Frederick County, October
26, 1819. Buried in Mount Olivet Cemetery,
Frederick.

1779-1782. Thomas Sim Lee. No Party. Born in
Prince George's County, October 29, 1745, the
son of Thomas Lee and wife Christian Sim.
Roman Catholic. Married Mary Digges. Died
at Needwood, Frederick County, October 9,
1819. Buried in the Mt. Carmel Cemetery, Up-
per Marlboro.

1782-1785. William Paca. No Party. Born near
Abingdon, Harford County, October 31, 1740,
the son of John Paca and wife Elizabeth Smith.
Resident of Queen Anne's County when
elected. Episcopalian. Married (1) Mary Lloyd
Chew; (2) Anne Harrison. Died at Wye Hall,
Queen Anne's County, October 13, 1799. Bur-
ied at Wye Hall, Queen Anne's County.

1785-1788. William Smallwood. No Party.
Thought to have been born in Charles County
in 1732, the son of Bayne Smallwood and wife
Priscilla Heaberd. Resident of Charles County
when elected. Episcopalian. Unmarried. Died
at Mattawoman, February 14, 1792. Buried at
Smallwood's Retreat, Charles County.

1788-1791. John Eager Howard. Federalist. Born
in Baltimore, June 4, 1752, the son of
Cornelius Howard and wife Ruth Eager. Epis-
copalian. Married Peggy Chew. Died in
Baltimore, October 12, 1827. Buried in Old St.
Paul's Cemetery, Baltimore.

Under the Constitution of 1776, the Governor was elected an-
nually on the second Monday in November, He could be re-
elected for two additional terms. Thomas Johnson, the State's
first governor, was elected on February 13, 1777, after the Con-
stitution of 1776 became operative.