Baltimore.¹³

1885-1888. Henry Lloyd. Democrat. Born in
Dorchester County, February 21,1852, the son of
Daniel Lloyd and wife Kitty Henry.
Episcopalian. Married Mary Elizabeth
Staplefort. Died in Cambridge, December 30,
1920. Buried in Christ Protestant Episcopal
Church Cemetery, Cambridge.

1888-1892. Elihu E. Jackson. Democrat. Born in
Somerset County, November 3, 1837, the son of
Hugh Jackson and wife Sarah McBride.
Methodist. Resident of Wicomico County when
elected. Married Annie (Nannie) Francis Rider.
Died in Baltimore, December 27, 1907. Buried in
Parsons Cemetery, Salisbury.

1892-1896. Frank Brown. Democrat. Born in
Carroll County, August 8, 1846, the son of
Stephen T. Cockey Brown and wife Susan A.
Bennett. Presbyterian. Married Mrs. Mary
Ridgely Preston. Died in Baltimore, February 3,
1920. Buried in Greenmount Cemetery,
Baltimore.

1896-1900. Lloyd Lowndes. Republican. Born in
Clarksburg, West Virginia, February 21, 1845,
the son of Lloyd Lowndes and wife Marie Moore.
Resident of Allegany County when elected.
Episcopalian. Married Elizabeth Tasker
Lowndes. Died in Cumberland, January 8, 1905.
Buried in Rose Hill Cemetery, Cumberland.

1900-1904. John Walter Smith. Democrat. Born in
Worcester County, February 5, 1845, the son of
John Walter Smith and wife Charlotte
Whittington. Presbyterian. Married Mary
Frances Richardson. Died in Baltimore, April 19,
1925. Buried in the Presbyterian Cemetery, Snow
Hill.

1904-1908. Edwin Warfield. Democrat. Born in
Howard County, May 7, 1848, the son of Albert
G. Warfield and wife Margaret Gassaway.
Presbyterian. Married Emma Nicodemus. Died
in Baltimore, March 31, 1920. Buried in the
family burial ground at Cherry Grove, Howard
County.

1908-1912. Austin L. Crothers. Democrat. Born in
Cecil County, May 17, 1860, the son ofAlpheus
Crothers and wife Margaret Aurelia Porter.
Presbyterian. Unmarried. Died in Elkton, May

"Governor McLane resigned on March 27, 1885. Henry Lloyd, as
president of the Senate, succeeded him as acting governor until
January 21, 1886, when the Legislature elected him to complete the
remainder of Governor McLane's term, which expired in January
1888.

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25, 1912. Buried in the West Nottingham
Presbyterian Cemetery.

1912-1916. Phillips Lee Goldsborough.
Republican. Born in Cambridge, August 6, 1865,
the son of M. Worthington Goldsborough and
wife Nettie M. Jones. Episcopalian. Married
Ellen Showell. Died in Baltimore, October 22,
1946. Buried in Christ Protestant Episcopal
Church Cemetery, Cambridge.

1916-1920. Emerson C. Harrington. Democrat.
Born in Dorchester County, March 26, 1864, the
son of John E. Harrington and wife Elizabeth
Thompson. Episcopalian. Married Gertrude
Johnson. Died in Cambridge, December 15,1945.
Buried in Christ Protestant Episcopal Church
Cemetery, Cambridge.

1920-1935. Albert C. Ritchie. Democrat. Born in
Richmond, Virginia, August 29, 1876, the son of
Albert Ritchie and wife Elizabeth Caskie Cabell.
Resident of Baltimore City when elected.
Episcopalian. Married Elizabeth Catherine
Baker. Died in Baltimore, February 24, 1936.
Buried in Greenmount Cemetery, Baltimore.¹⁴

1935-1939. Harry W. Nice. Republican. Born in
Washington, D.C., December 5, 1877, the son of
the Rev. Henry W. Nice and wife Drucilla
Arnold. Resident of Baltimore City when elected.
Methodist. Married Edna Viola Ames. Died in
Richmond, Virginia, February 24, 1941. Buried
in Greenmount Cemetery, Baltimore.

1939-1947. Herbert R. O'Conor. Democrat. Born
in Baltimore, November 17, 1896, the son of
James P. O'Conor and wife Mary Galvin. Roman
Catholic. Married M. Eugenia Byrnes. Died in
Baltimore, March 4, 1960. Buried in New
Cathedral Cemetery, Baltimore.¹⁵

1947-1951. William Preston Lane, Jr. Democrat.
Bom in Washington County, May 12, 1892, the
son of Col. William P. Lane and wife Virginia
Cartwright. Episcopalian. Married Dorothy
Byron. Died in Hagerstown, February 7, 1967.
Buried in Rose Hill Cemetery, Hagerstown.¹⁶

^Chapter 227, Acts of 1922 provided for quadrennial elections. The
governor elected in November 1923 held office for three years.
Beginning with the election held on the first Tuesday after the first
Monday in November 1926, elections were held in the even-
numbered years which were not presidential election years.
"Governor O'Conor resigned on January 3, 1947, to accept a seat in
the United States Senate. William Preston Lane, Jr., was elected by
the Legislature on January 3 of that year to complete the unexpired
term. Governor Lane was inaugurated on January 3 for the
remainder of Governor O'Conor's term and on January 8, 1947, for
the full four-year term.
"Chapter 109, Acts of 1947 established a two-term limit for each
governor.