List of speakers of the Maryland House of Delegates
| Speaker of the Maryland House of Delegates | |
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.svg) Seal of Maryland | |
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| Style | The Honorable (diplomatic) Madam Speaker (within the assembly) |
| Inaugural holder | Thomas Wootton 1777 |
| Formation | Maryland State Constitution |
| Website | Maryland House of Delegates |
The speaker of the Maryland House of Delegates presides as speaker over the House of Delegates in the state of Maryland in the United States.
List of speakers
[edit]| Order | Name | District | Session(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thomas Wootton[1] | Montgomery | February 1777 |
| 2 | Nicholas Thomas | Talbot | March 1777 to March 1778 |
| 3 | William Fitzhugh[2] | Calvert | March 1778 to July 1779 |
| 4 | Josias Beall | Prince George's | November 1779 to June 1780 |
| 5 | William Bruff | Queen Anne's | October 1780 to May 1781 |
| 6 | Turbutt Wright[3] | Queen Anne's | June 11, 1781 to June 14, 1781 |
| 6 | Thomas Cockey Deye | Baltimore | November 1781 to November 1788 |
| 7 | George Dent | Charles | November 1789 to November 1790 |
| 8 | Levin Winder (F) | Somerset | November 1791 to November 1793 |
| 9 | John Parnham | Charles | November 1794 |
| 10 | Matthew Tilghman | Kent | November 1794 |
| 11 | Philip Key | St. Mary's | November 1795 to November 1796 |
| 12 | James Carroll | Baltimore | November 1797 |
| 13 | William Thomas | St. Mary's | November 1797 |
| 14 | Henry Henley Chapman | Charles | November 1798 to November 1799 |
| 15 | Edward Hall | Anne Arundel | November 1800 |
| 16 | Charles Frazier | Queen Anne's | November 1801 to November 1802 |
| 17 | Tobias E. Stansbury (D-R) | Baltimore | November 1803 |
| 18 | Charles Frazier | Queen Anne's | November 1804 |
| 19 | Tobias E. Stansbury (D-R) | Baltimore | November 1805 to November 1807 |
| 20 | Levin Winder (F) | Somerset | November 1808 to June 1809 |
| 21 | Tobias E. Stansbury (D-R) | Baltimore | November 1809 to June 1812 |
| 22 | John Carlyle Herbert (F) | Prince George's | November 1812 to December 1813 |
| 23 | Henry Henley Chapman | Charles | December 1814 to December 1815 |
| 24 | Nicholas Stonestreet | Charles | December 1816 to December 1817 |
| 25 | James Brown | Queen Anne's | December 1818 |
| 26 | Tobias E. Stansbury (D-R) | Baltimore | December 1819 to December 1821 |
| 27 | William Hammond Marriott | Anne Arundel | December 1822 |
| 28 | Tobias E. Stansbury (D-R) | Baltimore | December 1823 |
| 29 | William Hammond Marriott | Anne Arundel | December 1824 |
| 30 | Benedict Joseph Semmes (D) | Prince George's | December 1825 |
| 31 | John Grant Chapman (W) | Charles | December 1826 |
| 32 | James W. McCulloh | Baltimore | December 1826 |
| 33 | John Grant Chapman (W) | Charles | December 1827 to December 1828 |
| 34 | Francis Thomas (D) | Frederick | December 1829 |
| 35 | Richard Thomas | St. Mary's | December 1830 to December 1832 |
| 36 | Thomas Wright III | Queen Anne's | December 1833 |
| 37 | William J. Blakistone | St. Mary's | December 1834 |
| 38 | Benjamin L. Gantt | Prince George's | December 1835 to December 1836 |
| 39 | William Hallam Tuck | Prince George's | December 1837 |
| 40 | Charles Sterrett Ridgely | Anne Arundel | December 1838 |
| 41 | James Wray Williams (D) | Harford | December 1839 |
| 41 | Charles Sterrett Ridgely | Anne Arundel | December 1840 to March 1841 |
| 42 | Daniel S. Biser (D) | Frederick | December 1841 |
| 43 | John Carroll LeGrand (D) | Baltimore City | December 1841 |
| 44 | Daniel S. Biser (D) | Frederick | December 1842 |
| 45 | William H. Watson | Baltimore City | December 1843 |
| 46 | John Grant Chapman | Charles | December 1844 |
| 47 | William S. Waters | Somerset | December 1845 |
| 48 | John P. Kennedy (W) | Baltimore City | December 1846 |
| 49 | William J. Blakistone | St. Mary's | December 1847 |
| 50 | John Rankin Franklin (W) | Worcester | December 1849 |
| 51 | Elias Ware | Baltimore City | January 1852 to January 1853 |
| 52 | John F. Dent | St. Mary's | January 1854 |
| 53 | William H. Travers | Baltimore City | January 1856 |
| 54 | John Summerfield Berry | Baltimore | January 1858 |
| 55 | Elbridge George Kilbourn | Anne Arundel | January 1860 to July 1861 |
| 56 | John Summerfield Berry | Baltimore | December 1861 to January 1862 |
| 57 | Thomas H. Kemp | Calvert | January 1864 |
| 58 | John M. Frazier (Natl Union) | Baltimore City, District 2 | January 1865 to January 1866 |
| 59 | Oliver Miller (D) | Anne Arundel | January 1867 |
| 60 | William A. Stewart (D) | Baltimore City, District 1 | January 1868 |
| 61 | Ferdinand Claiborne Latrobe (D) | Baltimore City, District 2 | January 1870 |
| 62 | Arthur Pue Gorman (D) | Howard | January 1872 |
| 63 | Jesse K. Hines (D) | Kent | January 1874 |
| 64 | Lewis C. Smith (D) | Washington | January 1876 |
| 65 | Fetter S. Hoblitzell (D) | Baltimore City, District 1 | January 1878 |
| 66 | Hiram McCullough (D) | Cecil | January 1880 |
| 67 | Otis Keilholtz (D) | Baltimore City, District 3 | January 1882 |
| 68 | Joseph Pembroke Thom (D) | Baltimore City, District 2 | January 1884 |
| 69 | Joseph B. Seth (D) | Talbot | January 1886 |
| 70 | George M. Upshur (D) | Worcester | January 1888 |
| 71 | John Hubner (D) | Baltimore | January 1890 |
| 72 | Murray Vandiver (D) | Harford | January 1892 |
| 73 | James H. Preston (D) | Baltimore City, District 2 | January 1894 |
| 74 | Sydney Emanuel Mudd I (R) | Charles | January 1896 |
| 75 | Louis Schaefer (R) | Baltimore City, District 3 | January 1898 |
| 76 | Lloyd Wilkinson (D) | Worcester | January 1900 |
| 77 | Ferdinand Claiborne Latrobe (D) | Baltimore City, District 2 | March 1901 |
| 78 | Noble L. Mitchell (D) | Harford | January 1902 to April 1902 |
| 79 | George Y. Everhart (D) | Baltimore | January 1904 |
| 80 | Carville D. Benson (D) | Baltimore | January 1906 |
| 81 | James Enos Ray, Jr. (D) | Prince George's | January 1908 |
| 82 | Adam Peeples (D) | Cecil | January 1910 |
| 83 | James Trippe (D) | Baltimore City, District 3 | January 1912 to January 1914 |
| 84 | Philip D. Laird (D) | Montgomery | January 1916 |
| 85 | David G. McIntosh Jr. (D) | Baltimore | June 1917 |
| 86 | Herbert R. Wooden (R) | Carroll | January 1918 |
| 87 | Millard Tydings (D) | Harford | January 1920 to September 1920 |
| 88 | John L. G. Lee (D) | Harford | January 1922 |
| 89 | Francis P. Curtis (D) | Baltimore City, District 2 | January 1924 |
| 90 | E. Brooke Lee (D) | Montgomery | January 1927 to July 1930 |
| 91 | Francis A. Michel (D) | Baltimore City, District 2 | January 1931 |
| 92 | T. Barton Harrington (D) | Baltimore City, District 3 | January 1933 to November 1933 |
| 93 | Emanuel Gorfine (D) | Baltimore City, District 4 | January 1935 to April 1937 |
| 94 | Thomas E. Conlon (D) | Baltimore City, District 5 | January 1939 to January 1943 |
| 95 | John S. White (D) | Prince George's | March 1944 to December 1946 |
| 96 | C. Ferdinand Sybert (D) | Howard | January 1947 to November 1950 |
| 97 | John C. Luber (D) | Baltimore City, District 5 | January 1951 to June 1958 |
| 98 | Perry O. Wilkinson (D) | Prince George's | January 1959 to May 1962 |
| 99 | A. Gordon Boone (D) | Baltimore | January 1963 |
| 100 | Marvin Mandel (D) | Baltimore City, District 5 | February 1964 to January 1969 |
| 101 | Thomas Hunter Lowe (D) | Talbot | January 1969 to July 1973 |
| 102 | John Hanson Briscoe (D) | St. Mary's, later District 29 | November 1973 to January 1978 |
| 103 | Benjamin L. Cardin (D) | Baltimore City, District 42 | January 1979 to January 1987 |
| 104 | R. Clayton Mitchell, Jr. (D) | Kent, District 36 | January 1987 to January 1993 |
| 105 | Casper R. Taylor, Jr. (D) | Allegany, District 1c | January 8, 1994 to January 8, 2003 |
| 106 | Michael E. Busch (D) | Anne Arundel, District 30 | January 8, 2003 to April 7, 2019 |
| 107 | Adrienne A. Jones | Baltimore, District 10 | April 7, 2019 to May 1, 2019 (acting)
May 1, 2019–present |
See also
[edit]Footnotes
[edit]- ^ Wooton was forced to leave his position because of a family situation with his brother, and, on March 13, 1777, Nicholas Thomas was chosen to replace him.
- ^ Fitzhugh was elected speaker after the resignation of Thomas
- ^ Wright served only a few days as speaker while Bruff was absent due to illness
References
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