Historical List
Secretaries of State, 1838-
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Archives of Maryland
Historical List Secretaries of State, 1838- |
| 1838 | John C. Groome (Cecil County) |
| 1838 | John H. Culbreth (Anne Arundel County) |
| 1838-1839 | Joseph H. Nicholson |
| 1839-1840 | Cornelius McLean |
| 1840-1841 | James Murray (Somerset County, Anne Arundel County) |
| 1841-1842 | Thomas Wright 3d. (Queen Anne's County) |
| 1842 | Henry Hobbs [1] (Anne Arundel County) |
| 1842-1844 | John Carroll LeGrand (Baltimore City) |
| 1844 | John N. Watkins [2] (Anne Arundel County) |
| 1844-1845 | William Van Buskirk (Allegany County) |
| 1845-1848 | William T. Wootton (Prince George's County) |
| 1848-1849 | Richard C. Hollyday (Talbot County, Cecil County) |
| 1849-1851 | John N. Watkins (Anne Arundel County) |
| 1851-1853 | Thomas H. O'Neal (Frederick County) |
| 1853-1854 | John Randolph Quinn (Baltimore City) |
| 1854-1857 | Nathaniel Cox (Baltimore City) |
| 1857-1858 | Jonathan Pinkney (Anne Arundel County) |
| 1858-1861 | James R. Partridge (Baltimore County) |
| 1861 | Grayson Eichelberger (Frederick County) |
| 1861-1862 | Thomas J. Wilson (Anne Arundel County) |
| 1862-1866 | William B. Hill (Prince George's County) |
| 1866-1869 | John M. Carter (Baltimore City) |
| 1869-1872 | Richard C. Hollyday (Talbot County, Cecil County) |
| 1872-1873 | John Thomson Mason (Washington County) |
| 1873-1880 | Richard C. Hollyday (Talbot County, Cecil County) |
| 1880-1884 | James T. Briscoe (Calvert County) |
| 1884 | Richard C. Hollyday (Talbot County, Cecil County) |
| 1884-1886 | George B. Milligan (Baltimore City) |
| 1886-1893 | Edward W. LeCompte (Dorchester County) |
| 1893-1894 | William T. Brantly |
| 1894-1896 | Edwin Gott |
| 1896-1899 | Richard Dallam (Harford County) |
| 1899-1900 | George E. Loweree (Prince George's County) |
| 1900-1904 | Wilfred Bateman (Talbot County) |
| 1904-1908 | Oswald Tilghman (Talbot County) |
| 1908-1912 | N. Winslow Williams (Baltimore City) |
| 1912-1916 | Robert P. Graham (Wicomico County) |
| 1916-1919 | Thomas W. Simmons (Dorchester County) |
| 1919-1920 | George L. Radcliffe (Dorchester County) |
| 1920-1923 | Philip B. Perlman (Baltimore City) |
| 1923-1925 | E. Brooke Lee (Montgomery County) |
| 1925-1935 | David C. Winebrenner III (Frederick County) |
| 1935-1936 | Thomas L. Dawson (Montgomery County) |
| 1936-1939 | E. Ray Jones (Garrett County) |
| 1939 | John B. Gontrum (Baltimore City) |
| 1939-1941 | Francis Petrott (Frederick County) |
| 1941 | Miles T. Tull (Somerset County) |
| 1941-1946 | Thomas Elmo Jones (Prince George's County) |
| 1946 | William J. McWilliams [3] (Anne Arundel County) |
| 1946-1947 | Edward G. Chaney (Anne Arundel County) |
| 1947 | John B. Funk (Frederick County) |
| 1947-1949 | Bertram Lee Boone II (Baltimore City) |
| 1949-1951 | Vivian V. Simpson (Montgomery County) |
| 1951-1955 | John R. Reeves (Montgomery County) |
| 1955-1957 | Blanchard Randall |
| 1957-1959 | Claude B. Hellmann (Baltimore County) |
| 1959-1961 | Thomas B. Finan (Allegany County) |
| 1961-1967 | Lloyd Lewis Simpkins (Somerset County) |
| 1967-1969 | C. Stanley Blair (Harford County) |
| 1969-1971 | Blair Lee III (Montgomery County) |
| 1971-1982 | Fred L. Wineland (Prince George's County) |
| 1982-1983 | Patricia G. Holtz |
| 1983-1987 | Lorraine M. Sheehan (Prince George's County) |
| 1987-1993 | Winfield M. Kelly, Jr. (Prince George's County) |
| 1993-1995 | Tyras S. Athey (Anne Arundel County) |
| 1995-2003 | John T. Willis (Carroll County, Prince George's County) |
| 2003-2005 | R. Karl Aumann |
| 2005-2007 | Mary D. Kane |
| 2007-2008 | Dennis C. Schnepfe[4] |
| 2008-2015 | John McDonough |
| 2015-2023 | John C. Wobensmith |
| 2023- | Susan C. Lee |
1 Acting secretary of state, January
4-February 1, 1842.
2 Ad interim secretary of state,
March 2-8, 1844.
3 Appointed assistant to the secretary
of state during the absence of Thomas Elmo Jones, April 20, 1944-February
7, 1946, McWilliams actually held the title only two days, February 7-8,
1946.
4 Interim secretary of state, January
17, 2007-July 16, 2008.
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