HOWARD COUNTY, MARYLAND

ORPHANS' COURT

REGISTERS OF WILLS

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

Elected by Voters to 6-year terms (Constitution of 1867, Art. IV, sec. 41):
1867-1873 Eli T. Peddicord
1873-1874 Benjamin H. Dorsey (D) (died 1874)
1874-1881 Edwin Warfield (D)
1881-1887 Thomas L. Maclin
1887-1899 Isaac Scaggs
1899-1905 William H. Marlow
1905-1923 Richard Davis of W.
1923-1926 Martin F. Burk

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 Charles H. Ridgely
1930-1956 Raymond L. Pickett (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):
1956-1966 Raymond L. Pickett (D)
1966-1982 George W. Slack
1982-1986 Mary M. Grimes
1986-2010 Kay K. Hartleb (R)
2010- Byron E. Macfarlane (D)

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