List of members of the Montgomery County Council (Maryland)

Montgomery County Council
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Type
Type	Unicameral
Term limits	3 consecutive terms
History
Founded	1948
Preceded by	Montgomery County Board of Commissioners
Leadership
Council President	Andrew Friedson, Democratic since December 2023
Council Vice President	Kate Stewart, Democratic since December 2023
Structure
Seats	11
Political groups	Majority (11)   Democratic (11)
Committees	Audit Economic Development (ECON) Education & Culture (EC) Government Operations and Fiscal Policy (GO) Heath and Human Services (HHS) Planning, Housing & Parks (PHP) Public Safety (PS) Transportation & Environment (TE)
Length of term	Full council elected every 4 years
Authority	Article I, Charter of Montgomery County
Salary	Council President: $154,408.18/year Councilmembers: $140,371.07/year [1]
Elections
Voting system	First-past-the-post
First election	November 3, 1948
Last election	November 8, 2022
Next election	November 3, 2026
Redistricting	Recommendations by the legislature-appointed commission, approval by legislature.
Motto
French: Gardez Bien(English: Watch Well)
Meeting place
Stella B. Werner Council Office Building
Website
Council Website
Constitution
Charter [2]
Rules
Rules of Proceduce [3]

The following is a list of members of the Montgomery County Council since its creation. ^[4]

Current members

The members of the County Council as of 2023 are: ^{[5] [6] [7]}

County Council

Position		Name	Affiliation	District	Neighborhoods	First Elected
	Member	Andrew Friedson	Democratic	1	Potomac, Bethesda, Chevy Chase	2018
	Member	Marilyn Balcombe	Democratic	2	Germantown, Clarksburg, Darnestown, Poolesville	2022
	Member	Sidney A. Katz	Democratic	3	Gaithersburg, Rockville	2014
	President	Kate Stewart	Democratic	4	Silver Spring, Takoma Park	2022
	Member	Kristin Mink	Democratic	5	Four Corners, Cloverly, Burtonsville	2022
	Member	Natali Fani-González	Democratic	6	Wheaton, Glenmont, Derwood, Aspen Hill, Forest Glen Park	2022
	Member	Dawn Luedtke	Democratic	7	Olney, Ashton, Laytonsville, Montgomery Village, Damascus	2022
	Member	Evan Glass	Democratic	At-Large	Entire county	2018
	Member	Gabe Albornoz	Democratic	At-Large	Entire county	2018
	Vice President	Will Jawando	Democratic	At-Large	Entire county	2018
	Member	Laurie-Anne Sayles	Democratic	At-Large	Entire county	2022

Past members

Background colors indicate party:

Democratic	Republican	Independent

1949-70: Council–Manager form of government

Period	Year	District 1	District 2	District 3	District 4	District 5	At-large
1	1949	Ligon	Selby	Kelley	Himstead	Bradshaw	Lee	Meriam
	1950							Hammond [a]
2	1951	Monarch	G.K. Walker	Nesbitt	Werner	Smith	Lawlor
	1952
	1953						Gravelle [b]
	1954
3
	1955	J.G. Walker		Jamison		Snure	Baughman	Williams
	1956
	1957
	1958
4
	1959	Frosh		Hickey		McCeney	Cahoon
	1960
	1961
	1962
5
	1963	Floyd		Hepburn	Hiser	Wilson	Diggs
	1964					Barnett [c]
	1965							Birely
	1966
6
	1967	Greenholgh	Keeney	Kramer	D. Scull		Garrott
	1968				Gleason [d]
	1969
	1970

1971–present: Council–Executive form of government

The Council has expanded twice under this form of government. Two new at-large seats were added in 1990 after having been previously approved of by voters in the 1986 election. Two new district seats were added after having been previously approved of by voters in the 2020 election. ^[8]

Period	Year	District 1	District 2	District 3	District 4	District 5	District 6	District 7	At-large
7	1971	Potter	Hovsepian	Garrott	Kramer	Sher			Willcox	E. Scull
	1972								Christeller [e]
	1973
	1974
8	1975			Gelman	Moore	E. Scull				Menke
	1976
	1977
	1978								Colman [f]
9	1979		Spector		Gudis				Fosler	Crenca
	1980
	1981					D. L. Scull [g]
	1982
10	1983	Fosler	Gelman	Hanna		Crenca			Potter	D. L. Scull
	1984
	1985
	1986
11	1987	Potter	Subin						Leggett	Adams
	1988
	1989
	1990
12	1991	Krahnke	Dacek		M. Praisner	Berlage					Ewing [h]	Subin [h]
	1992
	1993
	1994
13	1995									Potter
	1996
	1997
	1998
14	1999			Andrews						Silverman
	2000	Denis [i]
	2001
	2002					Peterman [j]
15	2003		Knapp			Perez			Floreen		Leventhal
	2004
	2005
	2006
16	2007	Berliner				Ervin				Trachtenberg		Elrich
	2008				D. Praisner [k]
	2009				Navarro [l]
	2010
17	2011		Rice							Riemer
	2012
	2013
	2014					Branson [m]
18	2015			Katz		Hucker
	2016
	2017
	2018
19	2019	Friedson							Albornoz		Glass	Jawando
	2020
	2021
	2022
20	2023		Balcombe		Stewart	Mink	Fani-González [n]	Luedtke [n]		Sayles

Past presidents

The position of County Council President was first created in the seventh term of the council, in 1970. The position is re-elected each year by the members of the council, who also vote for a Vice President simultaneously. ^[4]

County Council President

Period	Position		Name	Party	Term
7		1st	Idamae Garrott	Democratic	1970–1971
		2nd	Dickran Y. Hovsepian	Democratic	1971-1972
		3rd	William Sher	Democratic	1972-1973
		4th	Neal Potter	Democratic	1973-1974
8		1st	Dickran Y. Hovsepian	Democratic	1974-1975
		2nd	Norman L. Christeller	Democratic	1975-1976
		3rd	John L. Menke	Democratic	1976-1977
		4th	Elizabeth L. Scull	Democratic	1977-1978
9		1st	Neal Potter	Democratic	1978-1979
		2nd	Scott Fosler	Democratic	1979-1980
		3rd	Ruth Spector	Democratic	1980-1981
		4th	Neal Potter	Democratic	1981-1982
10		1st	David L. Scull	Democratic	1982-1983
		2nd	Esther P. Gelman	Democratic	1983-1984
		3rd	Michael L. Gudis	Democratic	1984-1985
		4th	William E. Hanna	Democratic	1985-1986
11		1st	Rose Crenca	Democratic	1986-1987
		2nd	Michael L. Subin	Democratic	1987-1988
		3rd	Michael L. Gudis	Democratic	1988-1989
		4th	William E. Hanna, Jr.	Democratic	1989-1990
12		1st	Isiah Leggett	Democratic	1990-1991
		2nd	Bruce Adams	Democratic	1991-1992
		3rd	Marilyn J. Praisner	Democratic	1992-1993
		4th	William E. Hanna, Jr.	Democratic	1993-1994
13		1st	Derick Berlage	Democratic	1994-1995
		2nd	Gail Ewing	Democratic	1995-1996
		3rd	Marilyn J. Praisner	Democratic	1996-1997
		4th	Isiah Leggett	Democratic	1997-1998
14		1st	Isiah Leggett	Democratic	1998-1999
		2nd	Michael L. Subin	Democratic	1999-2000
		3rd	Blair G. Ewing	Democratic	2000-2001
		4th	Steven A. Silverman	Democratic	2001-2002
15		1st	Michael L. Subin	Democratic	2002-2003
		2nd	Steven A. Silverman	Democratic	2003-2004
		3rd	Tom Perez	Democratic	2004-2005
		4th	George L. Leventhal	Democratic	2005-2006
16		1st	Marilyn Praisner	Democratic	2006-2007
		2nd	Michael J. Knapp	Democratic	2007-2008
		3rd	Phil Andrews	Democratic	2008-2009
		4th	Nancy M. Floreen	Democratic	2009-2010
17		1st	Valerie Ervin	Democratic	2010-2011
		2nd	Roger Berliner Vice President: Nancy Navarro [9]	Democratic	2011-2012
		3rd	Nancy Navarro Vice President: Craig L. Rice [10]	Democratic	2012-2013
		4th	Craig L. Rice Vice President: George L. Leventhal [11]	Democratic	2013-2014
18		1st	George L. Leventhal Vice President: Nancy M. Floreen [12]	Democratic	2014-2015
		2nd	Nancy M. Floreen Vice President: Roger Berliner [13]	Democratic	2015-2016
		3rd	Roger Berliner Vice President: Craig L. Rice [14]	Democratic	2016-2017
		4th	Hans Riemer Vice President: Nancy Navarro [15]	Democratic	2017-2018
19		1st	Nancy Navarro Vice President: Sidney A. Katz [16]	Democratic	2018-2019
		2nd	Sidney A. Katz Vice President: Tom Hucker [17]	Democratic	2019-2020
		3rd	Tom Hucker Vice President: Gabe Albornoz [18]	Democratic	2020-2021
		4th	Gabe Albornoz Vice President: Evan Glass [19]	Democratic	2021-2022
20		1st	Evan Glass Vice President: Andrew Friedson	Democratic	2022-2023
		2nd	Andrew Friedson Vice President: Kate Stewart [20]	Democratic	2023-2024

Notes

1. Replaced Meriam, April 1950.
2. Replaced Lawlor, January 1953.
3. Replaced Wilson, December 1964.
4. Replaced D. Scull after his death, March 1968.
5. Replaced Willcox after his resignation, October 1972.
6. Replaced Christeller, February 1978.
7. Replaced E. Scull after her death, June 1981.
8. Seat established in 1991.
9. Replaced Krahnke after her resignation, April 2000.
10. Replaced Berlage after his resignation, July 2002.
11. Replaced M. Praisner after her death, May 2008.
12. Replaced D. Praisner after his death, May 2009.
13. Replaced Ervin after her resignation, January 2014.
14. Seat established in 2022.

References

1. "About Montgomery County Council". Montgomery County Council. Archived from the original on June 2, 2022. Retrieved June 1, 2022.
2. "Charter of Montgomery County, Maryland". American Legal Publishing. Archived from the original on June 7, 2022. Retrieved June 7, 2022.
3. "Rules of Procedure - Montgomery County". American Legal Publishing. Archived from the original on June 7, 2022. Retrieved June 7, 2022.
4. "Former Councilmembers". Montgomery County Council. Archived from the original on June 3, 2022. Retrieved June 3, 2022.
5. Barrios, Jennifer (December 4, 2018). "Who was elected president of the Montgomery County Council?". The Washington Post . Archived from the original on June 3, 2022. Retrieved June 3, 2022.
6. "Montgomery County, Maryland - Government, Legislative Branch". Maryland Manual On-Line. Maryland State Archives. December 4, 2024. Retrieved May 7, 2025.
7. Bixby, Ginny (December 4, 2024). "Takoma Park's Kate Stewart to lead Montgomery County Council as president". Bethesda Magazine . Retrieved May 7, 2025.
8. "History of Montgomery County Council". Montgomery County Council. Archived from the original on June 7, 2022. Retrieved June 3, 2022.
9. "Montgomery County Council Elects Roger Berliner as President, Nancy Navarro as Vice President for 2011-12 Year". Montgomery County Council. December 6, 2011. Archived from the original on September 30, 2022. Retrieved September 30, 2022.
10. "Montgomery County Council Elects Nancy Navarro as First Latina President, Craig Rice as Vice President for 2012-13". Montgomery County Council. December 4, 2012. Archived from the original on September 30, 2022. Retrieved September 30, 2022.
11. "Montgomery County Council Elects Craig Rice as President, George Leventhal as Vice President for 2013-14". Montgomery County Council. December 3, 2013. Archived from the original on September 30, 2022. Retrieved September 30, 2022.
12. "Leventhal Elected Montgomery County Council President, Floreen as Vice President". Bethesda Magazine. December 2, 2014. Archived from the original on September 30, 2022. Retrieved September 30, 2022.
13. "Montgomery County Council elects Nancy Floreen as new president, Roger Berliner as new vice president". Montgomery County Council. December 1, 2015. Archived from the original on September 30, 2022. Retrieved September 30, 2022.
14. "Berliner Takes Reins of County Council". Bethesda Magazine. December 6, 2016. Archived from the original on September 30, 2022. Retrieved September 30, 2022.
15. "Hans Riemer Elected Montgomery County Council President". Bethesda Magazine. December 5, 2017. Archived from the original on September 30, 2022. Retrieved September 30, 2022.
16. "Montgomery County Council Elects Nancy Navarro as President, Sidney Katz as Vice President for 2018-19". Montgomery County Council. December 4, 2018. Archived from the original on September 30, 2022. Retrieved September 30, 2022.
17. "Montgomery County Council elects Sidney Katz as president, Tom Hucker as vice president". Montgomery County Council. December 3, 2019. Archived from the original on June 7, 2022. Retrieved June 7, 2022.
18. "Montgomery County Council Elects Tom Hucker as President and Gabe Albornoz as Vice President". Montgomery County Council. December 1, 2020. Archived from the original on June 7, 2022. Retrieved June 7, 2022.
19. "Montgomery County Council Elects Gabe Albornoz as President and Councilmember Evan Glass as Vice President". Montgomery County Council. December 7, 2021. Archived from the original on June 7, 2022. Retrieved June 7, 2022.
20. "Montgomery County Council Elects Andrew Friedson as President and Councilmember Kate Stewart as Vice President". www2.montgomerycountymd.gov. Retrieved March 4, 2024.

External links

• Official website
• Esther Gelman papers, at the University of Maryland libraries. Gelman was a member of the Montgomery County Council from 1974 to 1987 and its first female president.