Historical List
Governors' Councils, 1777-1838
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Archives of Maryland
Historical List Governors' Councils, 1777-1838 |
Source:
Edward C. Papenfuse, et al., Archives of Maryland, Historical
List,
new series, Vol. 1. Annapolis, MD: Maryland State Archives,
1990.
Key to Abbreviations:
d - died; dcl - declined; r - resigned;
The Governor's Council was an advisory body of considerable influence. The Constitution of 1776 (Art. 26) provided that both houses of the legislature elect, by joint ballot, five men to be "the Council to the Governor." The constitution also required that on the death, removal, or incapacity of the governor the first named of the council should become governor and proceed to the calling of a special session of the General Assembly to elect a new governor.
The Governor's Council was abolished in 1838 by constitutional amendment (Acts of 1836, ch. 197, sec. 13; Acts of 1837, ch. 84). The governor at the time, Thomas W. Veazey, lamented to a friend, "What is my situation? I am here in this empty chamber, without council, without clerk, without any friend to whom I can turn to ask advice or ask for papers, which I often...cannot tell where to find."[1] In place of the Council, the position of Secretary of State was created to serve as an advisor and administrator for the governor.
Note that no council was elected in 1825. Council elections were shifted from December to January, and as a result the council that was elected in December, 1824 served until January, 1826.
Governors' Councils
1777 (March)
Charles Carroll, Sr., dcl
Josiah Polk
John Rogers
Edward
Lloyd
John Contee, dcl
Thomas
Sim Lee, e [2]
James
Brice, e, dcl [3]
Joseph Sim, e [4]
1777 (November)
Thomas
Sim Lee
Joseph Sim, dcl
Edward
Lloyd
John Rogers, dcl
Josiah Polk, dcl
James
Brice, e [5]
William Hemsley, e, dcl [6]
Daniel
Carroll [7]
James
Hindman [8]
1778
Thomas
Sim Lee
James
Brice
Daniel
Carroll
Edward
Lloyd
James
Hindman
1779
John
Hoskins Stone
Jeremiah
Townly Chase
James
Brice
Daniel
Carroll
John
Brice
1780
Daniel
Carroll, r
James
Brice
John
Hoskins Stone
Jeremiah
Townly Chase
Samuel Turbutt Wright
Samuel West, e [9]
1781
John
Hoskins Stone
Jeremiah
Townly Chase
James
Brice
Samuel Turbutt Wright
Benjamin Stoddert
1782
Benjamin Stoddert
Gabriel
Duvall
Jeremiah
Townly Chase
James
Brice
John
Hoskins Stone
1783
Jeremiah
Townly Chase, r
Gabriel
Duvall, r
John
Hoskins Stone
James
Brice, r
Benjamin
Ogle, r
John
Davidson, e [10]
Charles Wallace [11]
James
Brice, e, dcl [12]
Aquila Paca, e [13]
Samuel Turbutt Wright, e [14]
1784
Charles Wallace
Aquila Paca
John
Davidson
John
Hoskins Stone
Samuel Turbutt Wright
1785
Jeremiah
Townly Chase
James
Brice
Gabriel
Duvall, r
John
Kilty
Samuel Turbutt Wright
William
Paca, e [15]
1786
Jeremiah
Townly Chase
James
Brice
James
Hindman
John
Kilty
John
Davidson
1787
Jeremiah
Townly Chase
James
Brice
John
Kilty
John
Davidson
Benjamin Harrison
1788
James
Brice
John
Davidson
William
Hindman
Josias C. Hall
John
Kilty
1789
John
Kilty
James
Brice
John
Davidson
William
Hindman
Randolph B. Latimer
1790
Henry Ridgely
Randolph B. Latimer
John
Davidson
William
Hindman
John
Kilty
1791
James
Brice
Henry Ridgely
Randolph B. Latimer, dcl
John
Hoskins Stone
John
Davidson
Uriah Forrest, e [16]
1792
James
Brice
John
Kilty
Henry Ridgely
John
Davidson
William
Pinkney
1793
William
Pinkney
John
Davidson
James
Brice
John
Kilty, dcl
Henry Ridgely
Christopher Richmond, e [17]
1794
William
Pinkney
John
Davidson
James
Brice
Henry Ridgely
William Kilty
1795
James
Brice
Henry Ridgely
John
Davidson
William Kilty
James
Thomas
1796
William Kilty
James
Thomas
John
Davidson
James
Brice
John
Johnson
1797
John
Davidson
James
Thomas
Jonathan R. Wilmer
Arthur Shaaff
John
Johnson
1798
Arthur Shaaff
John
Davidson
James
Brice
James
Thomas
Jonathan R. Wilmer
1799
Thomas
Buchanan
Arthur Shaaff
Jonathan R. Wilmer
James
Thomas
John
Davidson
1800
Thomas
Buchanan
Arthur Shaaff
James
Thomas
John
Davidson
Samuel
Ridout
1801
Francis Digges
Allen B. Duckett
Reverdy Ghiselin
Edward
Hall
Davidson David
1802
Francis Digges
Allen B. Duckett
Edward
Hall
Reverdy Ghiselin
Davidson David
1803
Allen B. Duckett
Francis Digges
Davidson David
Reverdy Ghiselin
Edward
Hall
1804
Richard H. Harwood
Allen B. Duckett
Richard Tilghman Earle
Reverdy Ghiselin
Francis Digges
1805
Allen B. Duckett,
Reverdy Ghiselin
Richard Tilghman Earle
Francis Digges
Philip Reed
1806
Reverdy Ghiselin
Thomas W. Hall
Lewis
Duvall
Philip Reed, r
James Nabb
James Butcher, e [18]
1807
James Butcher
Lewis
Duvall
Thomas W. Hall
Reverdy Ghiselin
James Nabb
1808
James Butcher
Reverdy Ghiselin
Lewis
Duvall
Thomas W. Hall
Benjamin Hodges
1809
James Butcher
George E. Mitchell
Thomas W. Hall
Reverdy Ghiselin
Lewis
Duvall
1810
John
Stephen
James Butcher
Reverdy Ghiselin
Thomas W. Hall
George E. Mitchell
1811
George E. Mitchell, r
John
Stephen
James Butcher
Thomas W. Hall
Reverdy Ghiselin
James Nabb, e [19]
1812
Benjamin Stoddert, r
Alexander
Contee Magruder
William
H. Ward
William Bond Martin
Walter Dorsey, r
Thomas G. Addison, e [20]
Samuel
Ridout, e [21]
1813
William Bond Martin
William
H. Ward
Thomas G. Addison
Samuel
Ridout
Alexander
Contee Magruder
1814
Alexander
Contee Magruder
William
H. Ward
Thomas G. Addison
Samuel
Ridout
John Murray
1815
Alexander
Contee Magruder
James Shaw
Virgil Maxcy
John Murray
William
H. Ward
1816
William Potter
Henry Henley Chapman
Richard Frisby
James Shaw
William
H. Ward
1817
Daniel Murray
John Stoops
John E. Howard, Jr.
Henry A. Callis
Arnold E. Jones
1818
John E. Howard, Jr.
Henry Henley Chapman
Henry A. Callis
Arnold E. Jones,
John Stoops
1819
James Nabb
James Butcher
Grafton Duvall
John
Stephen
Thomas H. Wilkinson
1820
John Stephen
Thomas H. Wilkinson
Grafton Duvall
John
Stephen
James Nabb
1821
Israel D. Maulsby
James Butcher
Thomas H. Wilkinson
Nicholas
Brewer
James Nabb
1822
Thomas
Emory
Joshua Prideaux
Philemon Chew
Israel D. Maulsby
Nicholas
Brewer
1823
Thomas
Emory
Joshua Prideaux
Philemon Chew
Robert H. Archer
Nicholas
Brewer
1824
Philemon Chew
Thomas
Emory
Robert H. Archer
Joseph Gabby
Joshua Prideaux
1826
Joseph Gabby
William Steuart
Robert H. Archer
James
Roberts [22]
Daniel
Martin
John N. Steele, e [23]
1827
Joseph Gabby
William
Steuart
Daniel
Martin
Otho Scott
Arnold E. Jones
1828
Daniel
Martin
William
Steuart
Thomas Davis
Arnold E. Jones
Rezin Estep
1829
Thomas Davis
Rezin Estep
Luke Tiernan, dcl
Littleton James Dennis
Thomas S. Thomas
George
R. Richardson, e [24]
1830
Hugh McElderry
Robert D.C. Wright
Otho Scott, r
Benjamin E. Mackall
Robert Wason
John Forwood, e [25]
1831
George
Howard
Thomas C. Worthington
Samuel Turner
Henry
Page
William Potter
1832
William Potter
Thomas C. Worthington
Samuel Turner
George W. Purnell
Robert W. Bowie
1833
Samuel Turner
Thomas C. Worthington
John S. Martin
Robert W. Bowie
William Potter
1834
Samuel Mass
George C. Washington
John S. Martin
Thomas
W. Veazey
Robert W. Bowie
1835
Thomas
W. Veazey
George C. Washington
Nathaniel
F. Williams
John S. Martin
Gwinn Harris
1836
Gwinn Harris
John McKenny
William F. Johnson
Nathaniel
F. Williams
John C. Henry, r
William L. Jones, e [26]
1837
Gwinn Harris, dec
Nathaniel
F. Williams
William F. Johnson
John McKenny
William L. Jones
Benedict I. Heard, e [27]
1838
Thomas
G. Pratt
Benedict I. Heard
William F. Johnson
John McKenny
Thomas
Holliday Hicks
1. Maryland
State Archives (Special Collections) Gov. Thomas W. Veazy to Col. Nathaniel
T. Williams, Baltimore, 9 March 1838 [MSA SC 245, 00/10/02/41].
2. Elected in place of Carroll, March 26, 1777.
3. Elected in place of Contee, April 16, 1777.
4. Elected in place of Brice, April 19, 1777.
5. Elected in place of Sim, November 25, 1777.
6. Elected in place of Rogers, November 25, 1777.
7. Elected in place of Polk, November 25, 1777.
8. Elected in place of Hemsley, December 23, 1777.
9. Elected in place of Carroll, January 25, 1781.
10. Elected in place of Chase, January 5, 1784.
11. Elected in place of Brice, January 5, 1784.
12. Elected in place of Duvall, July 29, 1784.
13. Elected in place of Brice, August 4, 1784.
14. Elected in place of Ogle, April 3, 1784.
15. Elected in place of Duvall, April 27, 1786.
16. Elected in place of Latimer, December 31,
1791.
17. Elected in place of Kilty, November 23, 1793.
18. Elected in place of Reed, December 20,1806.
19. Elected in place of Mitchell, July 14, 1812.
20. Elected in place of Stoddert, November 24,1812.
21. Elected in place of Dorsey, June 15, 1813.
22. Dead when elected.
23. Elected in place of Roberts, January 3,1826.
24. Elected in place of Tiernan, January 27, 1829.
25. Elected in place of Scott, July 14, 1830.
26. Elected in place of Henry, July 27,1836.
27. Elected in place of Harris, October 17,1837.