Archives of Maryland
Historical List
General Assembly of 1783

First Session: November 3, 1783 - December 26, 1783

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; 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.
Charles Carroll of Carrollton1, President of the Senate
Thomas Cockey Deye, Speaker of the House
Senate
Western Shore
Eastern Shore
Richard Barnes
Charles Carroll of Carrollton, pres
Daniel Carroll
Benedict Edward Hall
Samuel Hughes
James McHenry
George Plater
John Smith
Thomas Stone, dns		 John Cadwalader, e, dcl
Robert Goldsborough, e, dns
John Henry
William Hindman
Edward Lloyd
William Perry
Josiah Polk, dns
Matthew Tilghman, dns, r

 
 
House of Delegates
Annapolis
Samuel Chase, dns
Allen Quynn		 Anne Arundel County
Nicholas (Maccubbin) Carroll
John Hall
Brice T. B. Worthington
Nicholas Worthington		 Baltimore Town
David McMechen
John Sterett		 Baltimore County
Thomas Cockey Deye, spkr
Charles Ridgely
Charles Ridgely, of William
John Stevenson
Calvert County
John Grahame
Thomas Harwood III
William Ireland
Levin Mackall		 Caroline County
Thomas Hardcastle, dns
William Hopper
Thomas Hughlett
William Keene		 Cecil County
Benjamin Brevard
Archibald Job
Samuel Miller
William Rowland		 Charles County
Frances Ware
Josias Hawkins
Samuel Hanson, Jr.
John Dent, of John
Dorchester County
Thomas Firmin Eccleston, dns, r
Levin Kirkman
Gustavus Scott, e
James Shaw
Daniel Sulivane		 Frederick County
Thomas Beatty
David Shriver
Nathan Hammond
Thomas Ogle		 Harford County
John Love
Benjamin Bradford Norris
John Taylor, dns
Ignatius Wheeler, Jr.		 Kent County
James Brown Dunn
Peregrine Lethrbury
Robert Maxwell
William Stevenson
Montgomery County
Edward Burgess, dns
Benjamin Edwards
Laurence O'Neale
Thomas Sprigg Wooton		 Prince George's County
Walter Bowie, dns
George Digges
Thomas Duckett
Jeremiah Magruder		 Queen Anne's County
Edward DeCoursey
James Kent
John Seney
Clement Sewell		 St. Mary's County
John DeButts
Philip Key
Edmund Plowden
William Somerville
Somerset County
John Done, dns
Henry Jackson
Gillis Polk
John Winder, dns, r		 Talbot County
Woolman Gibson, dns
Edward Harris
James Hindman
John Roberts		 Washington County
James Chapline, dns
John Jeremiah Jacob
John Stull, dns
Nicholas Swingle		 Worcester County
Joseph Dashiell, dns
Henry Dennis, dns
Nehemiah Holland
William Morris

1. Richard Barnes was elected president on December 23, 1783, to replace Daniel Carroll who was indisposed, but Barnes declined to accept the position. Charles Carroll of Carrollton was then chosen.

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