Maryland General Assembly, 1650-1650/51

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Proprietary Assembly of 1650 - 1650/51

First Session: April 6, 1650 - April 29, 1650
Second Session: March 11, 1650/151
Source:
Edward C. Papenfuse, et al., A Biographical Dictionary of the Maryland Legislature, 1635-1789, Vols. 1&2. Annapolis, MD: Maryland State Archives, 1979, 1985.

a - appointed; c- Council; d - died; dcl - declined; dns - did not serve; ds - dismissed; e - elected; ev - election voided;

pres - president of the Senate; pres p. t. - president pro tem of the Senate; psa - post-session appointment; psd - post-session death;

psr - post-session resignation; r - resigned; s - Sheriff. The designation connotes a legislator's disqualificaiton from sitting before or during the numbered session or convention of the Assemby because he chose to accept the office of sheriff; spkr - speaker of the House; spkr p.t. - speaker pro tem of the House; sw - Special Writ. A personal summons issued by the governor for attendance at an assembly.

James Coxe Speaker of the Lower House

Upper House
John Pile, dns Thomas Greene, ds-2¹ John Price Robert Vaughn, a-1² Robert Clarke³	Thomas Hatton Robert Brooke, dns William Eltonhead, dns William Mitchell, a-2, dns

Lower House
Kent Isle Robert Vaughn, c-1²	Providence (Anne Arundel County) James Coxe, spkr George Puddington	Newtown Hundred William Broughe John Medley Robert Robins	St. Clement's Hundred Francis Posey
St. George's Hundred John Hatch Walter Bayne	St. Inigoe's Hundred Thomas Mathews, ds-1⁴ Cuthbert Fenwick, e-1	St. Mary's Hundred Philip Land Francis Brookes	St. Michael's Hundred Thomas Sturman George Manners

1. Dismissed as a councilor and member of the Upper House at the second session.

2. Began the first session as an elected member from Kent Isle, but was sitting in the Upper House by April 25.

3. Discharged from the first session upon his own request.

4. Dismissed from the first session for failure to take the oath of secrecy.

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Proprietary Assembly of 1650 - 1650/51