List of Governors of Maryland

#	Name	Picture	Party	Term
1	Thomas Johnson		Federalist	1777–1779
2	Thomas Sim Lee		Federalist	1779–1782
3	William Paca		Anti-Federalist	1782–1785
4	William Smallwood		None	1785–1788
5	John Eager Howard		Federalist	1788–1791
6	George Plater		None	1791–1792
7	James Brice (acting)		None	1792
8	Thomas Sim Lee		Federalist	1792–1794
9	John Hoskins Stone		Federalist	1794–1797
10	John Henry		Democrat	1797–1798
11	Benjamin Ogle		Federalist	1798–1801
12	John Francis Mercer		Democratic-Republican	1801–1803
13	Robert Bowie		Democratic-Republican	1803–1806
14	Robert Wright		Democrat	1806–1809
15	Edward Lloyd		Democratic-Republican	1809–1811
16	Robert Bowie		Democratic-Republican	1811–1812
17	Levin Winder		Federalist	1812–1816
18	Charles Carnan Ridgely		Federalist	1816–1819
19	Charles Goldsborough		Federalist	1819
20	Samuel Sprigg		Democrat	1819–1822
21	Samuel Stevens, Jr.		Democrat	1822–1826
22	Joseph Kent		Republican	1826–1829
23	Daniel Martin		Whig	1829–1830
24	Thomas King Carroll		Democrat	1830–1831
25	Daniel Martin		Whig	1831
26	George Howard		Whig	1831–1833
27	James Thomas		Whig	1833–1836
28	Thomas W. Veazey		Whig	1836–1839

#	Name	Picture	Party	Term
1	Thomas Swann		Democrat	1866–1869

#	Name	Picture	Party	Term
1	Oden Bowie		Democrat	1869–1872
2	William Pinkney Whyte		Democrat	1872–1874
3	James B. Groome		Democrat	1874–1876
4	John Lee Carroll		Democrat	1876–1880
5	William T. Hamilton		Democrat	1880–1884
6	Robert Milligan McLane		Democrat	1884–1885
7	Henry Lloyd		Democrat	1885–1888
8	Elihu Emory Jackson		Democrat	1888–1892
9	Frank Brown		Democrat	1892–1896
10	Lloyd Lowndes, Jr.		Republican	1896–1900
11	John Walter Smith		Democrat	1900–1904
12	Edwin Warfield		Democrat	1904–1908
13	Austin Lane Crothers		Democrat	1908–1912
14	Phillips Lee Goldsborough		Republican	1912–1916
15	Emerson C. Harrington		Democrat	1916–1920
16	Albert C. Ritchie		Democrat	1920–1935
17	Harry W. Nice		Republican	1935–1939
18	Herbert R. O'Conor		Democrat	1939–1947
19	William Preston Lane, Jr.		Democrat	1947–1951
20	Theodore R. McKeldin		Republican	1951–1959
21	J. Millard Tawes		Democrat	1959–1967
22	Spiro Agnew		Republican	1967–1969
23	Marvin MandelBlair Lee III served as acting governor from 1977-1979 in place of Marvin Mandel. Mandel didn't resign; he bestowed his powers & duties on Lee until further notice. Mandel rescinded his decision in 1979, shortly before the expiration of his second term.		Democrat	1969-1979
24	Harry R. Hughes		Democrat	1979–1987
25	William Donald Schaefer		Democrat	1987–1995
26	Parris N. Glendening		Democrat	1995–2003
27	Robert L. Ehrlich		Republican	2003–present