Lieutenant Governor of Maryland

Lieutenant Governor of Maryland
Coat of arms of the state of Maryland
Incumbent Aruna Miller since January 18, 2023
Style	Lieutenant Governor (informal) The Honorable (formal)
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

Parties

  Unionist (1)   Democratic (6)   Republican (2)

Lieutenant governors under the Maryland Constitution of 1864

#	Portrait	Lieutenant Governor	Party	Term
1		Christopher C. Cox	Unionist	1865–1868

Lieutenant governors under the Maryland Constitution of 1867

Constitution amended November 4, 1970 to create the office of Lieutenant Governor.

#	Portrait	Lieutenant Governor	Party	Term start	Term end	Governor
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

Lieutenant Governor	Term	Date of birth (age)
Samuel W. Bogley	1979–1983	(1941-11-16) November 16, 1941
J. Joseph Curran Jr.	1983–1987	(1931-07-07) July 7, 1931
Melvin A. Steinberg	1987–1995	(1933-10-04) October 4, 1933
Kathleen Kennedy Townsend	1995–2003	(1951-07-04) July 4, 1951
Michael S. Steele	2003–2007	(1958-10-24) October 24, 1958
Anthony G. Brown	2007–2015	(1961-11-21) November 21, 1961
Boyd Rutherford	2015–2023	(1957-04-01) April 1, 1957

Other websites

• Maryland State Archives. (October 20, 2017). Maryland Manual On-Line: A Guide to Maryland Government. "Lieutenant Governor". Retrieved August 15, 2020.