Archives of Maryland
Historical List
Proprietary Assembly of 1745

First Session: August 5, 1745 - September 28, 1745

Source:
Edward C. Papenfuse, et al., Archives of Maryland, Historical List, new series, Vol. 1. Annapolis, MD: Maryland State Archives, 1990.
Edward C. Papenfuse, et al., A Biographical Dictionary of the Maryland Legislature, 1635-1789, Vols. 1&2.  Annapolis, MD: Maryland State
Archives, 1985.

a - appointed; c - Council (Upper House); 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 - suspended; spkr - speaker of the House; spkr p.t. - speaker pro tem of the House;
(D) - Democrat; (R) - Republican.
Benjamin Tasker, President of the Upper House
Edward Sprigg, Speaker of the Lower House
Upper House
Benjamin Tasker, pres
George Plater
Edmund Jennings
James Hollyday
Charles Hammond
Samuel Chamberlaine		 Philip Thomas
Daniel Dulanay
Edward Lloyd
Benjamin Young
Benjamin Tasker, Jr.
Richard Lee

 
Lower House
Annapolis
Robert Gordan
Geroge Steuart
Stephen Bordley, ev1		 Anne Arundel County
Henry Hall
Charles Carroll
Philip Hammond
Thomas Worthington		 Baltimore County
Thomas Sheredine
John Hall
George Buchanan
John Paca		 Calvert County
Walter Smith
Joseph Hall
John Brome
James John Mackall
Cecil County
Benjamin Pearce
Nicholas Hyland
Thomas Colvill
Joshua George		 Charles County
Bayne Smallwood
Richard Harrison
William Wilkinson
John Courts		 Dorchester County
Henry Hooper
Bartholomew Ennalls
Philemon Lecompte
Daniel Sulivane, ds2		 Kent County
Richard Gresham
George Willson
John Gresham
Matthias Harris
Prince George's County
Edward Sprigg, spkr
John Addison
Osborn Sprigg
Turner Wooton		 Queen Anne's County
Thomas Wilkinson
Grundy Pemberton
William Hopper
Thomas Hammond		 St. Mary's County
Zachariah Bond
Samuel Abell
Abraham Barnes
James Mills, ev3		 Somerset County
William Stoughton
David Wilson
John Dennis
Robert King
Talbot County
John Goldsborough
Robert Lloyd
William Thomas
Nicholas Goldsborough		 Worcester County
John Henry
John Purnell
Abraham Outten
Patrick Selby

1. Steuart was dismissed on August 10, after the petition of Stephen Bordley complaining of an irregular election was upheld. Bordley was determined duly elected, and took his seat.

2. Sulivane continued to act as undersheriff of Dorchester County after the date of the election was posted. He was therefore not qualified to stand for election, and was discharged on August 29, 1745.

3. The sheriff of St. Mary's County cast the deciding vote after James Mills and James Swan tied in the election. Mills attended as a delegate, but was dismissed on August 29, after the Lower House decided that the action of the sheriff was illegal.

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