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First Session: October 21, 1777 - December 23, 17771
Second Session: March 13, 1778 - April 23, 17782
Third Session: June 1, 1778 - June 23, 17783Source:
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; 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.
| Senate | |
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| George Plater
William Paca, r-1 Daniel of St. Thomas Jenifer, pres Charles Carroll, barrister Charles Carroll of Carrollton Thomas Stone Brice T. B. Worthington Thomas Contee Charles Grahame Thomas Jennings, e-3 |
Matthew Tilghman
Joseph Nicholson, Jr. Robert Goldsborough Turbett Wright Samuel Wilson William Hindman
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| House of Delegates | |||
| Annapolis
John Brice Allen Quynn, r-1 Samuel Chase, e-1 |
Anne Arundel County
Thomas Tillard Rezin Hammond, r-3 John Hall, r-3 Nicholas Worthington Nicholas Maccubbin, Jr., e-3 |
Baltimore Town
John Smith Jeremiah Townley Chase |
Baltimore County
Thomas Cockey Deye Charles Ridgely, r-1, e-2 John Stevenson Peter Shepherd |
| Calvert County
William Fitzhugh, spkr-2,3 Samuel Hance, dns Alexander Somerville, r-3 John Mackall, ds-14 Samuel Chew, e-1 |
Caroline County
William Douglass Henry Dickinson Henry Downes, dns, r-2 Richard Mason Benson Stainton |
Cecil County
John Veazy John Ward Amos Alexander Stephen Hyland |
Charles County
Zephaniah Turner, r-2 Thomas Semms Alexander McPherson James Forbes Samuel Hanson, Jr., e-3, ds-35 |
| Dorchester County
John Smoot John Henry, Jr. James Murray Joseph Daffin |
Frederick County
Charles Edelin Philip Thomas Jacob Young Upton Sheredine |
Harford County
Henry Wilson, Jr. Jacob Bond Aquila Hall William Smithson |
Kent County
Peregrine Lethrbury John Maxwell Ezekiel Forman, ds-16 John Cadwalader, dns, r-2 Richard Gresham, e-1 James Lloyd, e-2 |
| Montgomery County
Edward Burgess Elisha Williams William Bayly Richard Crabb |
Prince George's County
Walter Bowie Stephen West Jeremiah Magurder John Contee |
Queen Anne's County
James Kent William Bruff, r-1, e-2 Robert Wright, r-2 Richard Tilghman Earle William Hemsley, e-2, dns |
St. Mary's County
Athanasius Ford John Hatton Read Richard Barnes Edawrd Plowden |
| Somerset County
Thomas Maddux William Strawbridge William Winder Levin Wilson |
Talbot County
Nicholas Thomas, spkr-1,2, r-2 John Benson, r-2 John Gibson Howes Goldsborough Robert Goldsborough, Jr., e-2 Samuel Chamberlaine, e-2, dns, r-2 William Goldsborough, e-3 |
Washington County
Joseph Sprigg John Barnes Samuel Hughes Henry Schnebeley |
Worcester County
Peter Chaille, dns, r-2 Nehemiah Holland, r-2 Thomas Purnell William Holland, e-2, dns, ev, e-3, dns7 Thomas Holland, of Thomas, e-3, dns |
1. The governor convened the General Assembly on October 21, 1777. Recorded
proceedings begin for the Senate on October 22, and for the House on October
31.
2. Recorded proceedings for the Senate begin on March 13, 1778, and
for the House on March 17.
3. The governor convened the General Assembly on June 1, 1778. Recorded
proceedings begin for the Senate on June 4 and for the House on June 8.
4. Mackall was discharged on November 4, 1777, because he was not a
resident of Calvert County at the time of his election.
5. On June 11, 1778, an objection to the recent election of Samuel
Hanson, Jr., from Daniel Jenifer, who was second on the poll, was read.
Hanson was discharged on June 17, because he had been a field
officer at the time of his election.
6. On November 4, 1777, Forman was determined ineligible to hold a
seat in the House because of holding the office of Kent County clerk.
7. The election of Holland to replace Peter Chaille was declared void
on April 6, 1778, because the sheriff of Worcester County, prior to holding
the election, had resigned his commission. Holland was reelected to the
third session, but did not serve.
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