President of the Maryland Senate

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President of the Maryland Senate
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Incumbent
Bill Ferguson
since January 8, 2020
Style The Honorable (diplomatic)
Mr. President (within the assembly)
Inaugural holder Daniel of St. Thomas Jenifer
1777
Formation Maryland State Constitution
Succession Second
Website Maryland General Assembly

The President of the Maryland Senate is elected by a majority of the State Senators. [1] The incumbent is Bill Ferguson who has held the role since January 8, 2020.

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The Maryland Constitution of 1864 created the new position of Lieutenant Governor of Maryland, elected by the voters of the state. [2] That officer served as president of the Senate and would assume the office of governor if the incumbent should die, resign, be removed, or be disqualified. [2] Christopher Christian Cox was the first and only lieutenant governor to preside over the Senate in that capacity; [3] the position was abolished in the state's 1867 Constitution, which remains in effect as amended. [2] When the lieutenant governorship was re-established by a constitutional amendment in 1970, it did not include the Senate presidency. [2]

List of Senate presidents

OrderName (Political Party)DistrictSessions
1 Daniel of St. Thomas Jenifer 1777–1780
2 Matthew Tilghman 1780
3 Daniel of St. Thomas Jenifer 1780
4 George Plater 1780–1782
5 Matthew Tilghman 1782–1783
6 Charles Carroll of Carrollton 1783
7 Daniel Carroll 1783
8 Charles Carroll of Carrollton 1783
9 George Plater 1784
10 John Smith 1784
11 George Plater 1785
12 Daniel Carroll 1785
13 George Plater 1786
14 John Smith 1786
15 Daniel Carroll 1787
16 George Plater 1787–1788
17 Daniel Carroll 1788–1789
18 John Smith 1789
19 George Plater 1790
20 William Smallwood 1791
21 George Dent 1792
22 William Perry 1792–1798
23 John Thomas 1797–1800
24 Richard Harwood 1801–1805
25 William Thomas 1806–1807
26 Stephen Lowrey 1807
27 William Thomas 1807–1809
28 Stephen Lowrey 1809
29 William Thomas 1809–1813
30 Elijah Davis 1813–1815
31 William Spencer 1816–1820
32 William R. Stuart 1821–1825
33 Edward Lloyd 1826
34 William H. Marriott 1827–1830
35 Benjamin S. Forrest 1831–1834
36 Thomas Sappington 1834
37 John G. Chapman (Whig)1834–1836
38 Richard Thomas St. Mary's1836–1843
39 William Williams Somerset1844–1847
40 William Lingan Gaither Montgomery1849
41 Edward Lloyd Talbot1852–1853
42 William Lingan Gaither Montgomery1854
43 George Wells Anne Arundel1856
44 Edwin H. Webster Harford1858
45 John B. Brooke Prince George's1860–1861
46 Henry Hollyday Goldsborough Talbot1861–1862
47 John S. Sellman Anne Arundel1864
48 Christopher C. Cox (National Union)*1865–1867
49 Barnes Compton (D)Charles1868–1870
50 Henry Snyder (D)Baltimore City, District 21872
51 John Lee Carroll (D)Howard1874
52 Daniel Fields (D)Caroline1876
53 Edward Lloyd (D)Talbot1878
54 Herman Stump, Jr. (D)Harford1880
55 George Hawkins Williams (D)Baltimore1882
56 Henry Lloyd (D)Dorchester1884
57 Edwin Warfield (D)Howard1886
58 George Peter (D)Montgomery1888
59 Robert Franklin Brattan (D)Somerset1890
60 Edward Lloyd VII (D)Talbot1892
61 John Walter Smith (D)Worcester1894
62 William Cabell Bruce (D)Baltimore City, District 21896
63 John Wirt Randall (R)Anne Arundel1898
64 John Hubner (D)Baltimore1900–1902
65 Spencer Cone Jones (D)Montgomery1904
66 Joseph B. Seth (D)Talbot1906–1908
67 Arthur Pue Gorman Jr. (D)Howard1910
68 Jesse D. Price (D)Wicomico1912–1914
69 Peter J. Campbell (D)Baltimore City, District 21916–1918
70 William I. Norris (D)Baltimore City, District 11920–1922
71 David G. McIntosh Jr. (D)Baltimore1924–1929
72 Walter J. Mitchell (D)Charles1931–1933
73 Lansdale G. Sasscer (D)Prince George's1935–1937
74 Arthur H. Brice (D)Kent1939–1943
75 James J. Lindsay, Jr. (D)Baltimore1944–1946
76 Joseph R. Byrnes (D)Baltimore City, District 51947–1950
77 L. Harold Sothoron (D)Prince George's1950
78 George W. Della (D)Baltimore City, District 61951–1954
79 Louis L. Goldstein (D)Calvert1955–1958
80 George W. Della (D)Baltimore City, District 61959–1962
81 William S. James (D)Harford1963–1974
82 Steny Hoyer (D)District 261975–1978
83 James Clark, Jr. (D)District 141979–1982
84 Melvin A. Steinberg (D)District 111983–1986
85 Thomas V. 'Mike' Miller, Jr. (D)District 271987–January 8, 2020
86 Bill Ferguson (D)District 46January 8, 2020 – Present

* Cox was elected Lieutenant Governor under the 1864 Constitution, which made him ex officio president of the Senate.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Maryland Senate - Organizational Structure". msa.maryland.gov. Retrieved 2019-04-08.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Maryland State Archives, Lieutenant Governors of Maryland 1865-1990". msa.maryland.gov. Retrieved 2019-04-08.
  3. ↑ "Christopher C. Cox, MSA SC 3520-1490". msa.maryland.gov. Retrieved 2019-04-08.


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