State's Attorney of Baltimore | |
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Type | District attorney |
Precursor | Deputy Attorney of Baltimore |
Inaugural holder | Charles J. M. Gwinn |
Formation | 1851 |
The state's attorney of Baltimore is the chief prosecutor representing the state of Maryland in the independent city of Baltimore. The position was established in 1851, replacing the office of deputy attorney, which was appointed by the attorney general of Maryland. [1] The incumbent state's attorney is Ivan Bates, a position he has held since January 3, 2023. [2]
Image | Name | Tenure | Party | Notes | Refs. | |
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Charles J. M. Gwinn | January 5, 1852 – January 8, 1856 | Democratic | Previously elected to the Maryland House of Delegates; later elected attorney general of Maryland | [3] [4] | ||
— | Milton Whitney Sr. | January 8, 1856 – 1861 | Unknown | [5] [6] | ||
— | Archibald Stirling Sr. | 1861 – 1863 | Unconditional Union | [6] | ||
John Lewis Thomas Jr. | 1863 – 1865 | Unconditional Union | Later elected to the U.S. House of Representatives | [6] [7] | ||
Republican | ||||||
Aloysius Leo Knott | 1867 – 1879 | Democratic | Previously and later elected to the Maryland House of Delegates | [6] [8] | ||
— | Charles G. Kerr | 1879 – 1895 | Democratic | [6] | ||
— | Henry Duffy | 1895 – 1899 | Republican | [6] | ||
— | Robert M. McLane Jr. | 1899 – 1903 | Democratic | [6] | ||
— | Albert S. J. Owens | 1903 – 1912 | Democratic | [6] | ||
William Frederick Broening | 1912 – 1920 | Republican | Later elected mayor of Baltimore | [9] | ||
— | Robert F. Leach Jr. | 1920 – 1923 | Democratic | [6] | ||
Herbert O'Conor | 1923 – 1934 | Democratic | Later elected attorney general of Maryland, governor of Maryland, and to the U.S. Senate | [10] | ||
— | J. Bernard Wells | 1935 – 1950 | Democratic | [6] | ||
— | Anselm Sodaro | 1950 – 1956 | Democratic | [6] | ||
— | J. Harold Grady | 1956 – 1959 | Democratic | Later elected mayor of Baltimore | [11] | |
— | Saul A. Harris | 1959 – 1963 | Democratic | [6] | ||
— | William J. O'Donnell | 1963 – 1964 | Democratic | [6] | ||
— | Charles E. Moylan Jr. | 1964 – 1970 | Democratic | Later appointed to the Maryland Court of Special Appeals | [6] [12] | |
— | Milton B. Allen | 1970 – 1974 | Democratic | [6] | ||
— | William A. Swisher | 1974 – 1982 | Democratic | [6] | ||
Kurt Schmoke | 1982 – 1987 | Democratic | Later elected mayor of Baltimore | [6] [13] | ||
— | Stuart O. Simms | 1987 – 1995 | Democratic | Unsuccessfully saught the Democratic nomination in the 2006 Maryland Attorney General election, receiving 44.3% of the vote to Doug Gansler's 55.7%. | [6] [14] | |
Patricia Jessamy | February 1995 – January 3, 2011 | Democratic | [15] | |||
— | Gregg L. Bernstein | January 3, 2011 – January 5, 2015 | Democratic | [16] | ||
Marilyn Mosby | January 5, 2015 – January 3, 2023 | Democratic | [17] | |||
Ivan Bates | January 3, 2023 – present | Democratic | [2] |
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