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 |
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 |
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