Desk Officers of the Maryland Legislature, 1777-2000
Secretaries of the Senate
Secretary of the Senate Service Dates by Legislative Session County of Residence
Richard Ridgely 1777
H. Ridgely 1779, 1780
J. Maccubin 1781, 1782
Joshua Dorsey 1783, 1784, 1785, 1786, 1787, 1788
Henry Ridgely 1789, 1790, 1791, 1792
William Perry, Jr. 1793
Ninian Pinkney 1794
Henry Warfield 1795
Archibald Van-Horn 1796, 1797, 1799
William Sanders Green 1800
J.B. Duckett 1801, 1802, 1803
T. W. Hall 1804, 1805
Thomas Rogers 1806, 1807, 1808, 1809, 1809*, 1810, 1811, 1812, 1812*, 1813, 1813*, 1814, 1815
Richard Harwood 1816, 1817, 1818
John Nelson Watkins 1819, 1820
Thomas Rogers 1821
William Kilty 1822, 1823, 1824, 1825, 1826, 1827
Louis Gassaway 1828, 1829, 1830
Joseph H. Nicholson 1831, 1832, 1833, 1834, 1835, 1836, 1836*, 1837, 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1841*, 1842, 1843, 1844, 1845, 1846, 1847, 1848, 1849 Anne Arundel County
Chapman Harwood 1852
Jonathan Pinkney 1853*
Chapman Harwood 1854, 1856, 1858
W. Kilgour 1860
Chapman Harwood 1861, 1861*, 1861*, 1861*, 1861*, 1862, 1864, 1866, 1866*
Augustus Gassaway 1867, 1868, 1870, 1872, 1874, 1876, 1876*, 1878
Eugene Higgins 1880
John M. Miller 1882, 1884
W. G. Purnell 1886, 1888, 1890, 1892
James Roger McSherry 1894, 1896, 1898 (pro tem)
Martin M. Higgins 1898
Alfred Ritter 1900, 1901*, 1902, 1902*
Robert Moss 1904, 1906, 1908
Max Ways 1910
John R. Sullivan 1912, 1914
P. Watson Webb 1916, 1917*, 1918 Dorchester County
Emerson R. Crothers 1920, 1920*, 1922, 1924, 1927, 1929, 1930*, 1931, 1933, 1933* Cecil County
C. Andrew Shaab 1935, 1936*, 1936*, 1937, 1937*, 1939, 1941, 1943, 1944*, 1945, 1945*, 1946*, 1947, 1947*, 1948*, 1949, 1949*, 1950, 1950*, 1950*, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1956* Howard County
J. Waters Parrish 1957, 1958, 1958*, 1958*, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1961*, 1962, 1962*, 1962*, 1963, 1964, 1964*, 1964*, 1965, 1965*, 1966, 1966*, 1967, 1967*, 1968 Baltimore County
Oden Bowie 1969, 1969*, 1969*, 1970, 1971, 1971*, 1972, 1973, 1973*, 1973*, 1974, 1975, 1975*, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1982*, 1983, 1983*, 1984, 1985, 1985*, 1985*, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1991*, 1991*, 1992, 1992*, 1992*, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997 Prince George's County
William B. C. Addison, Jr. 1998, 1999, 2000
* indicates Special Session
 

Desk Officers of the Maryland Legislature
Assistant Secretaries of the Senate
Assistant Secretary Service Dates by Legislative Session County of Residence
Ninian Pinkney 1794
Henry Warfield 1795
Joseph Parrotte 1796
William Sanders Green 1797, 1798, 1799
Thomas William Hall 1801, 1802, 1803
Thomas Rogers 1804, 1805
James Harwood 1806, 1807, 1808, 1809, 1809*, 1810
James G. Davis 1812, 1812*, 1813, 1813*, 1814, 1815
John N. Watkins 1816, 1817, 1818
Thomas J. Bruce 1820
Charles C. Maccubin 1821, 1822, 1823
Thomas S. Alexander 1824, 1825
Joseph H. Nicholson 1827, 1828, 1829, 1830
John Nelson Watkins 1831, 1832, 1833, 1834, 1835, 1836, 1836*, 1837, 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1841*, 1842, 1843, 1844, 1845, 1846, 1847, 1848, 1849
John H. Somervell 1852
John Nelson Watkins** 1853*, 1854
Robert A. Stam** 1856
E. M. Tingle** 1858
John M. Brewer** 1860
W. A. Carpenter** 1864
Alexander S. Godwin** 1867
John M. Brewer** 1868
W. H. Hiss** 1870, 1872, 1874, 1876, 1876*, 1878, 1880
John J. Barrett** 1882
John W. Baughman** 1884 Frederick County
William Hedges Evans** 1886 Baltimore City
Ed. Lloyd** 1888 Somerset County
Charles D. Gaither** 1890 Baltimore City
John J. Fenton** 1892 Baltimore City
William I. Hill** 1894
John T. Davis** 1896 Charles County
W. O. Beckenbaugh** 1898 Baltimore City
Robert Moss** 1900, 1901* Anne Arundel County
Albert J. Almoney** 1902, 1902*, 1904 Montgomery County
Walter R. Townsend** 1906, 1908, 1910 Baltimore County
George K. Houck 1912 Cecil County
Charles C. Ford 1914 Washington County
C. Andew Shaab** 1916, 1917*, 1918 Howard County
Walter C. Mann 1920, 1920* Wicomico County
Robert Coursey** 1922 Queen Anne's County
 C. Albert Bowling 1924, 1927, 1929 Charles County
B. Raymond Sutton 1931, 1933, 1933* Kent County
Jesse E. Ireland 1935, 1936*, 1936*, 1937, 1937* Kent County
George Jessop 1939 Baltimore County
Edward Dudley 1941, 1943, 1944* Talbot County
C. Norman Jefferson 1945, 1945* Talbot County
Alfred C. Quimby 1947, 1947*, 1948*, 1949, 1949*, 1950, 1950*, 1950* Talbot County
Luther Hopkins 1951 Talbot County
Lawrence E. Birge 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1956* Talbot County
J. Roy Hill 1957, 1958, 1958*, 1958*, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1961*, 1962, 1962*, 1962* Howard County
Thomas E. Lloyd 1963 Howard County
James C. Robbins 1964, 1964*, 1964* Harford County
Cypert O. Witfill 1965, 1965* Harford County
Milton L. Dennis 1966, 1966*, 1967, 1967*, 1968, 1969, 1969*, 1969* 
Henry L. Harrison 1970, 1971, 1971*, 1972, 1973, 1973*, 1973*, 1974, 1975, 1975*, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979
Ann Rice 1980, 1981, 1982, 1982*, 1983, 1983*, 1984, 1985, 1985*, 1985*, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1991*, 1991*, 1992, 1992*, 1992*, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997
Lynne Hatch 1998, 1999, 2000
* indicates Special Session
**indicates that no Assistant Secretary was listed and that the Reading Clerk was substituted

Sources:
GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF DELEGATES (Test Book) MSA S 976
GENERAL ASSEMBLY SENATE (Test Book) MSA S 979
Journals of Proceedings of the Maryland House of Delegates
Journals of Proceedings of the Maryland Senate
Archives of Maryland, Maryland Manuals