Political party strength in Maryland

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The following table indicates the party of elected officials in the U.S. state of Maryland:

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The table also indicates the historical party composition in the:

For years in which a presidential election was held, the table indicates which party's nominees received the state's electoral votes.

1777–1851

YearExecutive offices General Assembly United States Congress Electoral votes
Governor Attorney General State Senate State House U.S. Senator (Class I) U.S. Senator (Class III) U.S. House
1777 Thomas Johnson (I)[ ? ][ ? ]
James Tilghman (I)
1778 Luther Martin (I)
1779
1780 Thomas Sim Lee (I)
1781
1782
1783 William Paca (I)
1784
1785
1786 William Smallwood (I)
1787
1788
1789 John Eager Howard (F) Luther Martin (AA) Charles Carroll (PA) John Henry (PA)4AA, 2PA George Washington (I)Green check.svg
1790
17913AA, 3PA
George Plater (F) [a] Luther Martin (F)
1792
James Brice (F) [b]
Thomas Sim Lee (F)
1793 Richard Potts (PA)4AA, 4PA
1794
1795 John Hoskins Stone (F)4DR, 4F
1796 John Adams (F)Green check.svg
1797 John Eager Howard (F)6F, 2DR
1798 John Henry (DR) James Lloyd (F)
1799 Benjamin Ogle (F)5F, 3DR
1800 Thomas Jefferson (DR)Green check.svg
and John Adams (F)Red x.svg
180147DR, 33F William Hindman (F)6DR, 2F
1802 John Francis Mercer (DR)15DR53DR, 27F Robert Wright (DR)
180347DR, 33F Samuel Smith (DR)7DR, 2F
1804 Robert Bowie (DR) Thomas Jefferson (DR)Green check.svg
1805 William Pinkney (DR)52DR, 28F
180656DR, 24F
John Thomson Mason (DR)
John Johnson Sr. (DR)
1807 Robert Wright (DR)54DR, 25F, 1 vac. Philip Reed (DR)6DR, 3F
180851DR, 29F James Madison (DR)Green check.svg
180943F, 37DR
Edward Lloyd (DR)
181044DR, 36F
1811 John Montgomery (DR)48DR, 32F
1812 Robert Bowie (DR)44DR, 36F
1813 Levin Winder (F)54F, 26DR Robert Henry
Goldsborough
(F)
181449F, 31DR
181559F, 21DRvacant5F, 4DR
1816 Charles Carnan Ridgely (F)48F, 32DR Robert Goodloe Harper (F) James Monroe (DR)Green check.svg
181715F56F, 24DR Alexander C. Hanson (F)5DR, 4F
1818 Luther Martin (F)45DR, 35F
1819 Charles Goldsborough (F)45DR, 35F Edward Lloyd (DR)7DR, 2F
1820 Samuel Sprigg (DR)50DR, 30F William Pinkney (DR)
182149DR, 31F6DR, 3F
1822 Thomas Beale Dorsey (DR)15DR63DR, 17Fvacant
1823 Samuel Stevens Jr. (DR)67DR, 13F Samuel Smith (DR)4NR, 3F, 2DR
1824 Thomas Kell (DR)63DR, 17F Andrew Jackson (DR)Red x.svg
1825[ ? ] Samuel Smith (J) Edward Lloyd (J)6NR, 3DR
1826 Joseph Kent (DR)[ ? ] Ezekiel F. Chambers (NR)5NR, 4DR
1827 Roger B. Taney (J)[ ? ][ ? ]6NR, 3DR
1828[ ? ]49NR, 31J John Quincy Adams
and Richard Rush (NR)Red x.svg
1829 Daniel Martin (NR)[ ? ]48NR, 31J, 1 tie6J, 3NR
1830 Thomas King Carroll (J)[ ? ]41NR, 39J
1831 Daniel Martin (NR) Josiah Bayly (J)[ ? ]64NR, 16J5NR, 4J
George Howard (NR)
183215NR59NR, 21J Henry Clay and
John Sergeant (NR)Red x.svg
1833 James Thomas (W)54NR, 26J Joseph Kent (NR)6J, 2NR
183442NR, 36J, 2Work
183562W, 18D Robert Henry
Goldsborough
(NR)
4J, 4NR
1836 Thomas Veazey (W)55W, 25D William Henry Harrison
and John Tyler (W)Red x.svg
John S. Spence (NR)
1837 Josiah Bayly (D)15W60W, 20D Joseph Kent (W) John S. Spence (W)5W, 3D
183851W, 35D William Duhurst Merrick (W)
1839 William Grason (D)12W, 9D42W, 37D5D, 3W
184046D, 33W William Henry Harrison
and John Tyler (W)Green check.svg
184115W, 6D60W, 19D John Leeds Kerr (W)6W, 2D
1842 Francis Thomas (D)44D, 35W
184313W, 8D47D, 35W James Pearce (W)6W
184447W, 35D Henry Clay and
Theodore Frelinghuysen (W)Red x.svg
1845 Thomas Pratt (W)15W, 6D61W, 21D Reverdy Johnson (W)4D, 2W
1846 George R. Richardson 43W, 39D
184713W, 8D53W, 29D4W, 2R
1848 Philip Francis Thomas (D)54W, 28D Zachary Taylor and
Millard Fillmore (W)Green check.svg
184914W, 7Dvacant3W, 3D
David Stewart (W) [c]
185046W, 36D Thomas Pratt (W)
1851 Enoch Louis Lowe (D) Robert J. Brent (W)12W, 9D4W, 2D

1851–present

YearExecutive offices General Assembly United States Congress Electoral votes
Governor Lieutenant Governor Attorney General Comptroller State Senate State House U.S. Senator (Class I) U.S. Senator (Class III) U.S. House
1851 Enoch Louis Lowe (D) [d] [e] Philip Francis Thomas (D)12W, 9D46W, 36D Thomas Pratt (W) James Pearce (W)4W, 2D
185211W, 11D44D, 30W Pierce/
King (D)Green check.svg
18534D, 2W
Henry E. Bateman (D)
1854 Thomas Watkins Ligon (D) William Pinkney Whyte (D)14W, 8D34W, 30D, 10Temp
18554KN, 2D
1856 William Henry Purnell (KN)9W, 8KN, 5D54KN, 14D, 6W Fillmore/
Donelson (KN)Red x.svg
1857 Anthony Kennedy (KN) James Pearce (D)3KN, 3D
1858 Thomas Holliday Hicks (KN)15KN, 7D44KN, 30D
1859
186012D, 10KN45D, 29KN Breckinridge/
Lane (SD)Red x.svg
18616NU
Dennis Claude (D)
Abram Lingan Jarrett (D)Anthony Kennedy (U)
1862 Augustus Bradford (NU) Samuel Snowden Maffit (NU)13NU, 9D68NU, 6D
1863 Reverdy Johnson (U) Thomas Holliday Hicks (UU)3NU, 1D, 1R
1864 Alexander Randall (NU) Henry H. Goldsborough (NU)19NU, 3D56NU, 18D Lincoln/
Johnson (NU)Green check.svg
1865 Christopher Christian Cox (NU) Robert John Jump (NU)12D, 12NU54NU, 26D Reverdy Johnson (D) John Creswell (UU)3NU, 2D
1866 Thomas Swann (D)
1867 Isaac D. Jones (R) William James Leonard (D)16D, 8R59D, 21Rvacant3D, 1C, 1R
1868 [f] 25D86D George Vickers (D) Seymour/
Blair (D)Red x.svg
William Pinkney Whyte (D)
1869 Oden Bowie (D) William T. Hamilton (D)5D
1870 Levin Woolford (D)
1871 Andrew K. Syester (D)5D
1872 William Pinkney Whyte (D)24D, 1R70D, 12R Hendricks/
Brown (D)Red x.svg
1873 George R. Dennis (D)4D, 2R
1874 James Black Groome (D)23D, 3R64D, 20R
1875 Charles J. M. Gwinn (D) William Pinkney Whyte (D)6D
1876 John Lee Carroll (D)19D, 7R58D, 26R Tilden/
Hendricks (D)Red x.svg
1877
1878 Thomas James Keating (D)18D, 5R, 2ID, 1Ref65D, 19R
1879 James Black Groome (D)5D, 1R
1880 William T. Hamilton (D)19D, 7R63D, 21R Hancock/
English (D)Red x.svg
1881 Arthur P. Gorman (D)
188216D, 10R60D, 31R
1883 Charles B. Roberts (D)4D, 1R
1884 Robert Milligan McLane (D) [g] J. Frank Turner (D)14D, 12R63D, 28R Cleveland/
Hendricks (D)Green check.svg
1885 Henry Lloyd (D) [h] Ephraim K. Wilson II (D)5D, 1R
188622D, 4R80D, 10R, 1Fus
1887William Pinkney Whyte (D)
1888 Elihu Emory Jackson (D) L. Victor Baughman (D)71D, 20R Cleveland/
Thurman (D)Red x.svg
18894D, 2R
189018D, 8R59D, 32R3D, 3R
1891 John Prentiss Poe (D)vacant6D
1892 Frank Brown (D) Marion deKalb Smith (D)22D, 4R81D, 7R, 3Fus Charles H. Gibson (D) Cleveland/
Stevenson (D)Green check.svg
1893
189421D, 5R68D, 23R5D, 1R
1895 Harry M. Clabaugh (R)3D, 3R
1896 Lloyd Lowndes Jr. (R) Robert Patterson Graham (R)13D, 13R70R, 21D McKinley/
Hobart (R)Green check.svg
189714D, 12R George L. Wellington (R)6R
1898 Phillips Lee Goldsborough (R)18R, 8D49R, 42D
1899 George R. Gaither (R) Louis E. McComas (R)4R, 2D
Isidor Rayner (D)
1900 John Walter Smith (D) Joshua W. Hering (D)15D, 11R65D, 26R5R, 1D [i] McKinley/
Roosevelt (R)Green check.svg
19016R
190217D, 9R51D, 44R
1903 William S. Bryan (D) Arthur P. Gorman (D) [a] 4R, 2D
1904 Edwin Warfield (D) Gordon T. Atkinson (D)19D, 8R71D, 30R Roosevelt/
Fairbanks (R)Green check.svg
1905 Isidor Rayner (D)3R, 3D
190618D, 8R, 1I51D, 46R, 3I, 1Fus
William Pinkney Whyte (D) [a]
1907 Isaac Lobe Straus (D)
1908 Austin Lane Crothers (D) Joshua W. Hering (D)17D, 9R, 1I71D, 30R John Walter Smith (D) Bryan/
Kern (D)Red x.svg
1909
191021D, 6R70D, 31R
William B. Clagett (D) [j]
1911 Edgar Allan Poe (D)5D, 1R
Charles H. Stanley (D) [k]
1912 Phillips Lee Goldsborough (R) Emerson Harrington (D)19D, 8R60D, 41R Wilson/
Marshall (D)Green check.svg
1913 William P. Jackson (R)6D
191418D, 9R79D, 23R Blair Lee I (D)
1915 Albert Ritchie (D)5D, 1R
1916 Emerson Harrington (D) Hugh McMullen (D)16D, 11R56D, 44R, 2Pop
1917 Joseph I. France (R)4D, 2R
191814D, 13R55R, 47D
1919 Alexander Armstrong (R)3D, 3R
1920 Albert Ritchie (D) E. Brooke Lee (D)15D, 12R56D, 46R Harding/
Coolidge (R)Green check.svg
1921 Ovington Weller (R)4R, 2D
1922 William Gordy (D)21D, 6R73D, 33R
1923 Thomas H. Robinson (D) William Cabell Bruce (D)3R, 3D
192422D, 7R93D, 25R Coolidge/
Dawes (R)Green check.svg
19254D, 2R
1926
192721D, 8R [l] 82D, 36R [l] Millard Tydings (D)5D, 1R
1928 Hoover/
Curtis (R)Green check.svg
1929 Phillips Lee Goldsborough (R)4D, 2R
1930 William Preston Lane Jr. (D)
193123D, 6R91D, 27R6D
1932 Roosevelt/
Garner (D)Green check.svg
1933
1934 Herbert O'Conor (D)
1935 Harry Nice (R)18D, 11R94D, 34R, 2Fus George L. P. Radcliffe (D)
1936
1937
1938 William C. Walsh (D)
1939 Herbert O'Conor (D) J. Millard Tawes (D)23D, 6R104D, 16R
1940 Roosevelt/
Wallace (D)Green check.svg
1941
1942
194320D, 9R101D, 22R4D, 2R
1944 Roosevelt/
Truman (D)Green check.svg
1945 William Curran (D)5D, 1R
1946 Hall Hammond (D)
1947 William Preston Lane Jr. (D) James J. Lacy (D)18D, 11R87D, 36R Herbert O'Conor (D)4D, 2R
1948 Dewey/
Warren (R)Red x.svg
1949
1950
J. Millard Tawes (D) [m]
1951 Theodore McKeldin (R)88D, 35R John Marshall Butler (R)3D, 3R
1952Edward D. E. Rollins (R) Eisenhower/
Nixon (R)Green check.svg
1953 J. Glenn Beall (R)4R, 3D
1954 C. Ferdinand Sybert (D)
195521D, 8R98D, 25R4D, 3R
1956
1957
1958
1959J. Millard Tawes (D) Louis L. Goldstein (D)26D, 3R116D, 7R7D
1960 Kennedy/
Johnson (D)Green check.svg
1961 Thomas B. Finan (D)6D, 1R
1962
196322D, 7R117D, 25R Daniel Brewster (D)6D, 2R
1964 Johnson/
Humphrey (D)Green check.svg
1965 Joseph Tydings (D)5D, 3R
1966 Robert C. Murphy (D)
1967 Spiro Agnew (R) Francis B. Burch (D)35D, 8R
1968 Humphrey/
Muskie (D)Red x.svg
1969 Marvin Mandel (D) Charles Mathias (R)4D, 4R
1970
1971 Blair Lee III (D) [n] 33D, 10R121D, 21R J. Glenn Beall Jr. (R)5D, 3R
1972 Nixon/
Agnew (R)Green check.svg
19734D, 4R
1974
197539D, 8R126D, 15R5D, 3R
1976 Carter/
Mondale (D)Green check.svg
1977 Paul Sarbanes (D)
1978
1979 Harry Hughes (D) Samuel Bogley (D) Stephen H. Sachs (D) [o] 40D, 7R125D, 16R6D, 2R
1980 Carter/
Mondale (D)Red x.svg
19817D, 1R
1982
1983 J. Joseph Curran Jr. (D)41D, 6R124D, 17R
1984 Reagan/
Bush (R)Green check.svg
19856D, 2R
1986
1987 William Donald Schaefer (D) Melvin Steinberg (D) J. Joseph Curran Jr. (D)40D, 7R Barbara Mikulski (D)
1988 Bush/
Quayle (R)Green check.svg
1989
1990
1991117D, 24R5D, 3R
1992 Clinton/
Gore (D)Green check.svg
19934D, 4R
1994
1995 Parris Glendening (D) Kathleen Kennedy Townsend (D)32D, 15R100D, 41R
1996
1997
1998 Robert L. Swann (D)
1999 William Donald Schaefer (D)106D, 35R
200033D, 14R [p] Gore/
Lieberman (D)Red x.svg
2001
2002
2003 Bob Ehrlich (R) Michael Steele (R)98D, 43R6D, 2R
2004 Kerry/
Edwards (D)Red x.svg
2005
2006
2007 Martin O'Malley (D) Anthony Brown (D) Doug Gansler (D) Peter Franchot (D)104D, 37R Ben Cardin (D)
2008 Obama/
Biden (D)Green check.svg
104D, 36R, 1I [q]
20097D, 1R
2010
201135D, 12R98D, 43R6D, 2R
2012
20137D, 1R
2014
2015 Larry Hogan (R) Boyd Rutherford (R) Brian Frosh (D)33D, 14R91D, 50R
2016 Clinton/
Kaine (D)Red x.svg
2017 Chris Van Hollen (D)
2018
91D, 49R, 1G [r]
201932D, 15R99D, 42R
2020 Biden/
Harris (D)Green check.svg
2021
2022
2023 Wes Moore (D) Aruna Miller (D) Anthony Brown (D) Brooke Lierman (D)34D, 13R102D, 39R
2024 Harris/
Walz (D)Red x.svg
Key to party colors and abbreviations for members of the U.S. Congress and other politicians or officials
Alaskan Independence (AKIP)
Know Nothing (KN)
American Labor (AL)
Anti-Jacksonian (Anti-J)
National Republican (NR)
Anti-Administration (AA)
Anti-Masonic (Anti-M)
Conservative (Con)
Covenant (Cov)
Democratic (D)
Democratic–Farmer–Labor (DFL)
Democratic–NPL (D-NPL)
Dixiecrat (Dix),
States' Rights (SR)
Democratic-Republican (DR)
Farmer–Labor (FL)
Federalist (F)
Pro-Administration (PA)
Free Soil (FS)
Fusion (Fus)
Greenback (GB)
Independence (IPM)
Independent Democrat (ID)
Independent Republican (IR)
Jacksonian (J)
Liberal (Lib)
Libertarian (L)
National Union (NU)
Nonpartisan League (NPL)
Nullifier (N)
Opposition Northern (O)
Opposition Southern (O)
Populist (Pop)
Progressive (Prog)
Prohibition (Proh)
Readjuster (Rea)
Republican (R)
Silver (Sv)
Silver Republican (SvR)
Socialist (Soc)
Union (U)
Unconditional Union (UU)
Vermont Progressive (VP)
Whig (W)
Independent (I)
Nonpartisan (NP)
  1. 1 2 3 Died in office.
  2. As senior member of the Governor's Council, was appointed by state legislature to fill term until replacement elected.
  3. Appointed to fill position and served until a successor was elected.
  4. The office of Lieutenant Governor was created originally by the Constitution of 1864.
  5. The office of attorney general was abolished by the Constitution of 1851 but was reestablished by the Constitution of 1864 (Art. 5, sec. 1).
  6. The state's present constitution, adopted in 1867, abolished the lieutenant governorship. However, the position was re-established by a constitutional amendment ratified on November 4, 1970.
  7. Resigned to take post as Minister to France.
  8. Appointed by the legislature to fill unexpired term; was later elected in his own right.
  9. Josiah Kerr elected to fill vacancy upon Smith's resignation upon election as governor.
  10. Appointed by Gov. Crothers; died in office.
  11. Appointed by Gov. Crothers.
  12. 1 2 After 3-year terms in 1923, every seat in both chambers of the General Assembly has been elected to 4-year terms, starting with the 1926 elections.
  13. Appointed to fill position initially, then elected.
  14. Lt. Gov. position created in 1970.
  15. Jon F. Oster and George A. Nilson each served for one day as Attorney General on January 1 and January 2, 1979, respectively.
  16. Sen. Robert R. Neall switched parties from Republican to Democratic.
  17. In September 2008, incumbent Republican Rep. Richard B. Weldon Jr. switched his party affiliation to unaffiliated.
  18. In October 2018, Republican Rep. Meagan Simonaire switched her party affiliation to Democratic, and In November 2018, Democratic Rep. Shane Robinson switched his party affiliation to Green.

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