1778-1806 Benjamin
Rumsey
Harford County. Born October 6, 1734, probably in Cecil
County.
Son of William Rumsey and wife Sabina Blaidenburgh. Married
Mary
Hall. Died in Joppa, Harford County, March 7, 1808.
1806-1824 Jeremiah
Townley Chase
Anne Arundel County. Born in Baltimore County, May 23,
1748.
Son of Richard Chase and wife Catherine. Married Hester
Baldwin.
Died in Annapolis, May 11, 1828. Buried in the St. Anne's Cemetery,
Annapolis.
1824-1844 John
Buchanan
Washington County. Born in Prince George's County,
1772.
Son of Thomas Buchanan and wife Mary Cook. Married Sophia
Williams.
Died November 6, 1844.
1844-1848 Stevenson
Archer
Harford County. Born at "Medical Hall," near Churchville, Harford
County,
October 11, 1786. Son of John Archer. Married
Pamelia Barney
Hays. Died at "Medical Hall," June 26, 1848. Buried in
Presbyterian
Cemetery, Churchville.
1848-1851 Thomas
Beale Dorsey
Howard County. Born in Anne Arundel County, October 17,
1780.
Son of John Worthington Dorsey and wife Comfort Worthington. Married
Milcah
Goodwin. Died December 26, 1855. Buried in St. John's
Churchyard,
Ellicott City, Howard County.
1851-1861 John
Carroll LeGrand
Baltimore City. Born in 1814. Son of Samuel D.
LeGrand.
Died December 28, 1861.
1861-1867 Richard
Johns Bowie
Montgomery County. Born in Georgetown, Washington, D.C., June
23, 1807. Son of Col. Washington Bowie and wife Margaret Johns. Married
Catherine L. Williams. Died at "Glenview," Montgomery County, March 12,
1881. Buried in Rockville Cemetery, Rockville, Montgomery County.
1867-1883 James
Lawrence Bartol
Baltimore City. Born in Havre de Grace, Harford County, June
4, 1813. Son of George Bartol. Married Miss Charbounier. Died
in
Baltimore City, June 23, 1887. Buried in Green Mount
Cemetery, Baltimore
City.
1883-1893 Richard
Henry Alvey
Washington County. Born in St. Mary's County, March 6,
1826.
Son of George Alvey and wife Harriet Wicklin. Married (1) Mary Wharton;
(2) Julia Jones Hays. Died in Hagerstown, Washington County, September
14, 1906.
1893-1896 John
Mitchell Robinson
Queen Anne's County. Born in Tuckahoe Neck, Caroline County, December
6, 1827. Son of Peter Robinson and wife Sarah Mitchell.
Married Marianna
Stoughton Emory. Died in Annapolis, January 14, 1896. Buried
at "Waverly,"
Queen Anne's County.
1896-1907 James
McSherry
Frederick County. Born in Frederick, Frederick County,
December
30, 1842. Son of James McSherry and wife Eliza Spurrier.
Married
Clara Louise McAleer. Died in Frederick, October 23, 1907.
1907-1924 Andrew
Hunter Boyd
Allegany County. Born in Winchester, Virginia, July 15,
1849.
Son of Rev. A. H. H. Boyd. Married Berien M. Thurston. Died
August
2, 1935.
1924-1943 Carroll
T. Bond
Baltimore City. Born in Baltimore City, June 13,
1873.
Son of James Bond and wife Elizabeth Lyon. Died in Baltimore
City,
January 18, 1943. Buried in Green Mount Cemetery, Baltimore City.
1943-1944 D.
Lindley Sloan
Allegany County. Born in Pekin, Allegany County, April 3,
1874.
Son of James M. Sloan and wife Ella Frederick. Married Marian
DeWitt.
Died May 13, 1962.
1944-1952 Ogle
Marbury
Prince George's County. Born near Guilford, Howard County,
August
23, 1882. Son of Rev. Ogle Marbury and wife Eleanora Brevitt
MacKenzie.
Married Eliza Gardner Cronmiller. Died October 3, 1973.
1952 Charles
Markell
Baltimore City. Born in Baltimore City, December 16,
1882.
Son of John Markell and wife Elizabeth Charlton Harris.
Married Jeanette
Jones. Died February 24, 1955.
1952-1954 Simon
E. Sobeloff
Baltimore City. Born in Baltimore City, December 3,
1894.
Married Irene Ehrlich. Died July 11, 1973. Buried in
Friendship Cemetery,
Baltimore City.
1954-1964 Frederick
W. Brune
Baltimore City. Born in Baltimore City, October 15,
1894.
Son of Frederick W. Brune III and wife Blanche Shoemaker. Married Mary
Washington Keyser. Died in Baltimore City, February 19, 1972.
1964 William
L. Henderson
Baltimore City. Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, December
8, 1894. Died March 23, 1984.
1964-1966 Stedman
Prescott
Montgomery County. Born in Norbeck, Montgomery County, August 30,
1896.
Son of Alexander F. Prescott and wife Edith Stanley Kellogg. Married
Edith
Calendar Minnick. Died November 14, 1968.
1966-1972 Hall
Hammond
Baltimore County. Born in Baltimore City, May 18,
1902.
Son of William S. Hammond and wife Rosalie Hall. Married Elizabeth
Ashton
Luck. Died November 27, 1991.
1972-1996 Robert
C. Murphy
Baltimore County. Born in Baltimore City, October 9,
1926.
Son of Leo Joseph Murphy and wife Eva LaFontaine. Married
Helen Klopatch.
Died October 31, 2000.
1996-2013 Robert
M. Bell
Baltimore City. Born in Rocky Mount, North Carolina, July 6,
1943.
2013-2021 Mary Ellen
Barbera
Montgomery County. Born in
Baltimore, Maryland, September 10, 1951.
2021-2022 Joseph M. Getty
Carroll County. Born in Olney, Maryland, April 14, 1952.
2022-present Matthew J. Fader
Born in Towson, Maryland, July 23, 1973.
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