Lieutenant Governor of Maryland
Appearance
Lieutenant Governor of Maryland | |
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Style |
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Term length | Four years, renewable once, but renewable again after a 4-year respite |
Inaugural holder | Blair Lee III |
Formation | January 1971 |
Website | Office of the Lieutenant Governor |
The Lieutenant Governor of Maryland is the second highest-ranking official in the executive branch of the state government of Maryland in the United States.
List
[change | change source]- Parties
Unionist (1) Democratic (6) Republican (2)
Lieutenant governors under the Maryland Constitution of 1864
[change | change source]# | Portrait | Lieutenant Governor | Party | Term |
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1 | Christopher C. Cox | Unionist | 1865–1868 |
Lieutenant governors under the Maryland Constitution of 1867
[change | change source]Constitution amended November 4, 1970 to create the office of Lieutenant Governor.
# | Portrait | Lieutenant Governor | Party | Term start | Term end | Governor |
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2 | Blair Lee III | Democrat | January 20, 1971 | January 17, 1979 | Marvin Mandel | |
3 | Samuel W. Bogley | Democrat | January 17, 1979 | January 19, 1983 | Harry Hughes | |
4 | J. Joseph Curran Jr. | Democrat | January 19, 1983 | January 21, 1987 | ||
5 | Melvin A. Steinberg | Democrat | January 21, 1987 | January 18, 1995 | William D. Schaefer | |
6 | Kathleen Kennedy Townsend | Democrat | January 18, 1995 | January 15, 2003 | Parris Glendening | |
7 | Michael Steele | Republican | January 15, 2003 | January 17, 2007 | Bob Ehrlich | |
8 | Anthony G. Brown | Democrat | January 17, 2007 | January 21, 2015 | Martin O'Malley | |
9 | Boyd Rutherford | Republican | January 21, 2015 | January 18, 2023 | Larry Hogan | |
10 | Aruna Miller | Democrat | January 18, 2023 | Incumbent | Wes Moore |
Living former lieutenant governors of Maryland
[change | change source]Lieutenant Governor | Term | Date of birth (age) |
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Samuel W. Bogley | 1979–1983 | November 16, 1941 |
J. Joseph Curran Jr. | 1983–1987 | July 7, 1931 |
Melvin A. Steinberg | 1987–1995 | October 4, 1933 |
Kathleen Kennedy Townsend | 1995–2003 | July 4, 1951 |
Michael S. Steele | 2003–2007 | October 24, 1958 |
Anthony G. Brown | 2007–2015 | November 21, 1961 |
Boyd Rutherford | 2015–2023 | April 1, 1957 |
Other websites
[change | change source]- Maryland State Archives. (October 20, 2017). Maryland Manual On-Line: A Guide to Maryland Government. "Lieutenant Governor". Retrieved August 15, 2020.