ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY, MARYLAND

ORPHANS' COURT

REGISTERS OF WILLS

Appointed by Governor (Constitution of 1776, secs. 40, 41):
1777-1780 Elie Vallette
1780-1787 Thomas Gassaway
1787-1820 John Gassaway
1820-1828 Thomas Harwood Hall (died Aug. 11, 1828)
1828-1832 Thomas T. Simmons
1832-1845 Samuel Brown, Jr.
1845-1851 Benjamin E. Gantt

Elected by Voters to 6-year terms (Constitution of 1851, Art. IV, sec. 18):
1851-1863 Benjamin E. Gantt
1863-1865 Richard Duvall

Elected by Voters to 6-year terms (Constitution of 1864, Art. IV, sec. 46):
1865-1867 Richard Duvall

Elected by Voters to 6-year terms (Constitution of 1867, Art. IV, sec. 41):
1867-1868 Mareen M. Duvall (died Sept. 3, 1868)
1868-1869 Thomas K. Carey
1869-1875 William Bryan
1875-1881 William T. Revell
1881-1887 John William Brashears (D)
1887-1893 Wilbur F. Petherbridge
1893-1899 Richard Baldwin
1899-1905 Luther A. Palmer (R)
1905-1910 Benjamin R. Davidson (D) (died May 1, 1910)
1910-1926 Oden B. Duckett (D)

Elected by Voters to 4-year terms (Constitution of 1867, Art. XVII, added by Chapter 227, Acts of 1922, ratified Nov. 7, 1922):
1926-1930 Oden B. Duckett (D)
1930-1934 George T. Cromwell (D)
1934-1936 W. Meade Holladay (D)
1936-1938 Lucy S. Holladay
1938-1954 R. Glenn Prout (D)
1954-1956 H. Stanley Clark (D)

Elected by Voters to 4-year terms (Constitution of 1867, Art. IV, sec. 41, amended by Chapter 99, Acts of 1956, ratified Nov. 6, 1956):
1956-1958 H. Stanley Clark (D)
1958-1978 George M. Nutwell, Sr. (D)
1978-1985 Nan Edith Hatch
1985-1986 Hazel I. Moreland (D)
1986-2006 George M. Nutwell, Jr. (R)
2006-2022 Lauren M. Parker (R)
2022- Erica Griswold (D)

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