ST. MARY'S COUNTY, MARYLAND

CIRCUIT COURT

CLERKS

COUNTY COURT CLERKS

Appointed by Secretary in Maryland:
1658-1661 Roger Isham
1661-1674 Walter Hall (resigned)
1674-1677 Edward Clarke (died c. Feb. 1677)
1677-1680 John Manley
1680-1684 Thomas Grunwin (resigned)
1684-1686 Thomas Impey
1686-1689 John Bloomfield (forced out by Protestant Associators)

Appointed by act of Convention:
1689-1692 William Taylard

Appointed by Secretary in Maryland:
1692 John Skipwith (died Oct. 1692)
1692-1695 Henry Denton (resigned)
1695-1698 William Bladen (resigned)
1698-1705 William Aisquith (resigned)
1705-1709 George Muschamp (died Nov. 1709)
1709-1717 Henry Lowe, Sr. (died Nov. 1717)
1717-1728 Michael Jenifer (died Aug. 1728)
1728-1740 Thomas Brooke III (resigned)
1740-1744 Philip Key (resigned)
1744-1765 Richard Ward Key (died April 10, 1765)
1765-1770 Benjamin Young, Jr.
1770-1777 Daniel Wolstenholme

Appointed by County Court Justices (Constitution of 1776, sec. 47):
1780-1793 Timothy Bowes
1794-1843 Joseph Harris

Appointed by Governor to 7-year term (Chapter 224, Acts of 1836, confirmed by Chapter 160, Acts of 1837):
1843-1851 William T. Maddox

CIRCUIT COURT CLERKS

Elected by Voters to 6-year terms (Constitution of 1851, Art. IV, sec. 14):
1851-1857 James T. Blackiston
1857-1863
1863-1865 John A. Camalier

Elected by Voters to 6-year terms (Constitution of 1864, Art. IV, sec. 29):
1865-1867 John A. Camalier

Elected by Voters to 6-year terms (Constitution of 1867, Art. IV, sec. 25):
1867-1873 John A. Camalier
1873-1891 J. Frank Ford (D)
1891-1897 James J. Greenwell (D)
1897-1921 Enoch B. Abell
1921-1926 Joseph M. Mattingly

Elected by Voters to 4-year terms (Constitution of 1867, Art. XVII, added by Chapter 227, Acts of 1922, ratified Nov. 7, 1922):
1926-1938 Joseph M. Mattingly
1938-1958 C. Benedict Greenwell (D)

Elected by Voters to 4-year terms (Constitution of 1867, Art. IV, sec. 25, amended by Chapter 99, Acts of 1956, ratified Nov. 6, 1956):
1958-1966 C. Benedict Greenwell (D) (died May 2, 1966)
1966-1969 Mary R. Fowler
1969-1977 Dorothy Bailey Kucher (D)
1977-1990 Mary R. Bell Miles (D)
1990-2006 Evelyn W. Arnold (D)
2006-2017 Joan W. Williams (D)
2017-2018 Tracy L. Cantrell, Acting Clerk
2018- Debra J. Mills Burch (R)

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