MONTGOMERY COUNTY, MARYLAND

STATE'S ATTORNEYS

DEPUTY ATTORNEYS
Appointed by Attorney General (Chapter 126, Acts of 1821 December session):
1844-1849 Richard Jones Bowie (W)
1850-1851 William Viers Bouie

STATE'S ATTORNEYS
Elected by Voters to 4-year terms (Constitution of 1851, Art. V, secs. 1-6):
1851-1865 William Viers Bouie

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

Elected by Voters to 4-year terms (Constitution of 1867, Art. V, secs. 7-12):
1867 William Viers Bouie
1868-1872 George Peter (D)
1872-1879 Spencer Cone Jones (D)
1879-1887 James Barnes Henderson (D)
1887-1891
1891-1895 Edward C. Peter
1895-1899 Alexander Kilgour
1899-1903 Henry Maurice Talbott (D)
1903-1907 Robert B. Peter (D)
1907-1912 Bowie F. Waters (D)
1912-1916 William O. Spates
1916-1920 Albert M. Bouie
1920-1924 Thomas L. Dawson (R)
1924-1927 Joseph C. Cissel (D)
1927-1931 Robert B. Peter, Jr. (D)
1931-1935 Stedman Prescott (D)
1935-1938 James H. Pugh (D)
1938-1943 Benjamin G. Wilkinson
1943-1947 Joseph P. Simpson (D)
1947-1954 Walter W. Dawson (R)
1954-1958 Alger Y. Barbee (D)
1959-1967 Leonard T. Kardy
1967-1971 William A. Linthicum, Jr. (D)
1971-1996 Andrew L. Sonner (D)
1996-1998 Robert L. Dean (D)
1999-2007 Douglas F. Gansler (D)
2007- John J. McCarthy (D)

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