DORCHESTER COUNTY, MARYLAND

STATE'S ATTORNEYS

Elected by Voters to 4-year terms (Constitution of 1851, Art. V, secs. 1-6):
1851-1854 Damiel M. Henry
1854-1855 Brice J. Goldsborough
1856-1860 Charles F. Goldsborough (W)
1860 Thomas H. Handy

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):
1867-1871
1872-1879 Charles E. Hayward
1879-1887 Daniel M. Henry, Jr.
1887-1891 John R. Pattison (D)
1891-1898 Philip L. Goldsborough (R)
1898-1899 James Higgins (D)
1899-1903 Emerson C. Harrington (D)
1903-1912 William Noble Andrews (R)
1912-1916 V. Calvin Trice
1916-1927 A. Stengle Marine (R)
1927-1935 James A. McAllister (R)
1935-1939 J. Gorman Hill
1939-1947 Calvin Harrington, Jr. (D)
1947-1951 Charles Edmondson
1951-1955 Calvin L. Brinsfield
1955-1963 C. Burnam Mace
1963-1966 C. Awdrey Thompson
1966-1974 William B. Yates II
1974-1978 Maurice C. Lewis, Jr. (D)
1979-1983 John L. Norton III
1983-1990 Hugh Carter Vinson (R)
1990-2002 Michael C. Maloney (D)
2002-2007 Michelle Barnes (D)
2007-2010 William H. Jones (D), Interim State's Attorney
2010-2022 William H. Jones (D) (resigned Feb. 4, 2022)
2022-2023 Amanda R. Leonard (R), Interim State's Attorney
2023- Amanda R. Leonard (R), State's Attorney

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