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Governors of Maryland, 1777-1839

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Governors Elected by the Legislature under the Constitution of 1776

  1.  Thomas Johnson (1732-1819), 1777-1779
  2.  Thomas Sim Lee (1745-1819), 1779-1782, 1792-1794
  3.  William Paca (1740-1799), 1782-1785
  4.  William Smallwood (1732-1792), 1785-1788
  5.  John Eager Howard (1752-1827), 1788-1791
  6.  George Plater (1735-1792), 1791-1792
          James Brice (acting governor, February 10 to April 5, 1792)
  7.  John Hoskins Stone (1750-1804), 1794-1797
  8.  John Henry (1750-1798), 1797-1798
  9.  Benjamin Ogle (1749-1809), 1798-1801
10.  John Francis Mercer (1759-1821), 1801-1803
11.  Robert Bowie (1750-1818), 1803-1806, 1811-1812
12.  Robert Wright (1752-1826), 1806-1809
13.  Edward Lloyd (1779-1834), 1809-1811
14.  Levin Winder (1757-1819), 1812-1816
15.  Charles Ridgely of Hampton (1760-1829), 1816-1819
16.  Charles Goldsborough (1765-1834), 1819
17.  Samuel Sprigg (c. 1783-1855), 1819-1822
18.  Samuel Stevens, Jr. (1778-1860), 1822-1826
19.  Joseph Kent (1779-1837), 1826-1829
20.  Daniel Martin (1780-1831), 1829-1830, 1831
21.  Thomas King Carroll (1793-1873), 1830-1831
22.  George Howard (1789-1846), 1831-1833
23.  James Thomas (1785-1845), 1833-1836
24.  Thomas W. Veazey (1774-1842), 1836-1839
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