CAROLINE COUNTY, MARYLAND

STATE'S ATTORNEYS

Elected by Voters to 4-year terms (Constitution of 1851, Art. V, secs. 1-6):
1854 Joseph Hopkins Tarr

1860 Thomas H. Kemp (D)

Elected by Voters to 4-year terms (Constitution of 1864, Art. V, secs. 7-11):
1865-1867

Elected by Voters to 4-year terms (Constitution of 1867, Art. V, secs. 7-12):
1870 Joshua W. Bryant
1871-1879 George M. Russum (R)

1885-1891 Marshall S. Mutchler
1891-1895 Robert J. Jump
1895-1899 William H. Deweese (D)
1899-1903 Albert G. Towers (R)
1903-1907 Thomas Alan Goldsborough (D)
1907-1912 Elmer W. Deen
1912-1920 Frederick R. Owens (R)
1920-1924 W. Brewster Deen
1924-1935 Frederick R. Owens (R)
1935-1947 Layman J. Radden (D)
1947-1959 James A. Wise (D)
1959-1967 James Owen Knotts
1967-1970 James A. Wise (D)
1970-1978 J. Owen Wise
1978-1986 Starke M. Evans (D) (resigned)
1986-2000 Christian J. Jensen (D) (resigned)
2000-2002 Robert J. Greenleaf (D)
2003-2016 Jonathan G. Newell (R) (resigned)
2016-2019 Joseph A. Riley (R), Interim State's Attorney
2019-2022 Joseph A. Riley (R)
2022- Sloane R. Franklin, Interim State's Attorney

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