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1957 ............. .Claude B. Hellmann
1959 ............... .Thomas B. Finan
1961 ............... Lloyd L. Simpkins
1967 ................. C. Stanley Blair
1969 ................... Blair Lee III
1971 ............... Fred L. Wineland
1982 ............... .Patricia G. Holtz
1983—. ............ Lorraine M. Sheehan

TREASURERS

Origins of the office of Treasurer date to the
late seventeenth century. Under crown rule a
Treasurer of the Eastern Shore and a Treasurer of
the Western Shore were appointed by the Assem-
bly with the approval of Governor and Council.
With the return of proprietary rule in 1715, the
Governor began to appoint the two treasurers.
The dual offices continued under the new State
government created by the Constitution of 1776
(sec. 13), with treasurers appointed by the House
of Delegates. In 1843 the office of Treasurer of
the Eastern Shore was abolished and its duties
were assumed by the Treasurer of the Western
Shore (Chapter 200, Acts of 1841; Chapter 239,
Acts of 1842). The 1851 Consitution created a
single office of Treasurer for the entire state.
Appointed for a two-year term, the Treasurer was
chosen by joint ballot of the two houses of the
legislature at each session (Const. 1851, Art. 6,
sec. 1). In 1922 the term was increased to four
years (Chapter 140, Acts of 1922). The Treasurer
is appointed by joint ballot of both houses at the
first regular session of the legislature in each gu-
bernatorial term of office.

TREASURERS OF THE EASTERN
SHORE

1775 ............... William Hindman
1777 ................ .James Hindman
1778 ............... Edward Hindman
1779 ................ Henry Dickinson
1789 .............. William Richardson
1802 ............... William Chambers
1813 .............. William Richardson
1825 ............... John K. B. Emory
1826 ............. William K. Lambdin
1840 ................. .Pere Robinson
1841 ................. John H. Harris
1842-1843. .............. .Pere Robinson

TREASURERS OF THE WESTERN
SHORE

1775 ............ .Thomas Harwood, Jr.
1804 .............. Benjamin Harwood
1826 ............... George Mackubin

Principal Officers of Maryland

1843 ................. James S. Owens
1844-1852 ............... Dennis Claude .

STATE TREASURERS

1852 ................. James S. Owens
1854 .................. Dennis Claude
1860 .................Sprigg Harwood
1862 .................. Robert Fowler
1870 ................. John Merryman
1872 .................. John W. Davis
1874 ................ .Barnes Compton
1885 ................. John S. Gittings
1886 ................ Stevenson Archer
1890 ................ Edwin H. Brown
1892 ................ .Spencer C. Jones
1896 ............... Thomas J. Shryock
1900 ................ Murray Vandiver
1916 ................. John M. Dennis
1918 ............... William P. Jackson
1920 ................. John M. Dennis
1935 ................. Hooper S. Miles
1963 ............. John A. Luetkemeyer
1973 ................ .J. Millard Tawes
1975— ............... William S. James

COMPTROLLERS OF THE TREASURY

The office of Comptroller of the Treasury was
created by the Constitution of 1851. Elected by
the citizens of the State, the Comptroller served
for four years (Const. 1851, Art. 6, sec. 1). In
1864 his term was decreased to two years (Const.
1864, Art. 6, sec. 2). By 1867, however, it was in-
creased again to the current four-year term. There
is no limitation on the number of terms he may
serve (Const. 1867, Art. 6, sec. 1).

1852 ............ .Philip Francis Thomas
1853 ............... Henry E. Bateman
1854 ............ William Pinkney Whyte
1856 ............ .William Henry Pumell
1861 .................. Dennis Claude
1861 ............. Abram Lingan Jarrett
1862 ............ Samuel Snowden Maffit
1864 ...... .Henry Hollyday Goldsborough
1864 ................. Robert J. Jump
1867 ............... William J. Leonard
1870 ................. Levin Woolford
1878 ............... Thomas J. Keating
1884 ................. J. Frank Turner
1888 .............. L. Victor Baughman
1892 ............. Marion deKalb Smith
1896 ............... Robert P. Graham
1898 ......... .Phillips Lee Goldsborough
1900 ............... -Joshua W. Hering
1904 .............. Gordon T. Atkinson