STATE

thomas johnson 1777-1779 thomas sim lee 1779-1782 william paca 1782-1785 william smallwood 1785-1788 john eager howard 1788-1791 george plater[4] 1791-1792 james brice (acting) 1792 thomas sim lee 1792-1794 john h. stone 1794-1797 john henry democratic republican 1797-1798 benjamin ogle federalist 1798-1801 john francis mercer democratic republican 1801-1803 robert bowie " " 1803-1806 robert wright[5] " " 1806-1808 james butcher (acting) " " 1808-1809 edward lloyd whig 1809-1811 robert bowie democratic republican 1811-1812 levin winder federalist 1812-1815 charles ridgely " 1815-1818 charles goldsborough " 1818-1819 samuel sprigg democratic republican 1819-1822 samuel stevens, jun. " " 1822-1825 joseph kent " " 1825-1828 daniel martin anti-jackson 1828-1829 thomas king carroll jackson democrat 1829-1830 daniel martin anti-jackson 1830-1831 george howard (acting) whig 1831-1832 george howard " 1832-1833 james thomas " 1833-1835 thomas w. veazey " 1835-1838 william grason democrat 1838-1841 francis thomas " 1841-1844 thomas g. pratt whig 1844-1847 philip francis thomas democrat 1847-1850 enoch louis lowe " 1850-1853 thomas watkins ligon " 1853-1857 thomas holliday hicks american or know nothing 1857-1861 augustus w. bradford unionist 1861-1865 thomas swann " 1865-1868 oden bowie democrat 1868-1872 william pinkney whyte[6] " 1872-1874 james black groome " 1874-1876 john lee carroll " 1876-1880 william t. hamilton " 1880-1884 robert m. mclane " 1884-1885 henry lloyd " 1885-1888 elihu e. jackson " 1888-1892 frank brown " 1892-1896 lloyd lowndes republican 1896-1900 john walter smith democrat 1900-1904 edwin warfield " 1904-1908 austin l. crothers " 1908- bibliography.--_publications of the maryland geological survey_ (baltimore, 1897); _maryland weather service climatology and physical features_, biennial reports (baltimore, 1892- ); _united states census_; _reports_ of the u.s. fish commissioner and bureau of fisheries (washington, 1871); state department, _maryland manual, a compendium of legal, historical and statistical information_ (baltimore, 1900- ); b.c. steiner, _citizenship and suffrage in maryland_ (baltimore, 1895), an historical review of the subject; j. w. harry, _the maryland constitution of 1851_, johns hopkins university studies in historical and political science (baltimore, 1902), contains an account of the agitation from 1835 to 1850 for constitutional reform; b. c. steiner, _history of education in maryland_, circulars of information of the united states bureau of education (washington, 1894), a general historical survey of the common schools, public and private, and a particular account of each college, university and professional school; a. d. mayo, _the final establishment of the american school system in west virginia, maryland, virginia and delaware_, report of the commissioner of education (washington, 1905) contains an interesting account of the development of the public school system of the state from 1864 to 1900; f. s. adams, _taxation in maryland_, johns hopkins university studies (baltimore, 1900), an historical account of the sources of the state's revenue and administration of its taxing system; a. v. bryan, _history of state banking in maryland_, johns hopkins university studies (baltimore, 1899), a careful study of the state's experience with banks from 1790 to 1864; j. l. bozman, _history of maryland from 1633 to 1660_ (baltimore, 1837), a compilation of much of the more important material relating to the early history of the province; j. v. l. mcmahon, _an historical view of the government of maryland from its colonization to the present day_ (baltimore, 1833), an able treatment of the subject by a learned jurist; j. t. scharf, _history of maryland_ (baltimore, 1879), the most extensive general history of the state, but it contains numerous errors and the arrangement is poor; w. h. browne, _maryland: the history of a palatinate_ (boston, 1884 and 1895), an excellent outline of the colonial history; n. d. mereness, _maryland as a proprietary province_ (new york, 1901), a constitutional history of the province in the light of its industrial and social development, contains a bibliography; and bernard c. steiner, _maryland during the english civil war_ (2 vols., baltimore, 1906-1907), one of the johns hopkins university studies. (n. d. m.) footnotes: [1] maryland and delaware together began the construction of the chesapeake and delaware canal (131⁄2 m. long) across the north part of the state of delaware, between the delaware river and chesapeake bay; this canal received federal aid in 1828, was completed in 1829, and in 1907 was chosen as the most practicable route for a proposed ship waterway between the chesapeake and the delaware. [2] the population at previous censuses was as follows: 319,728 in 1790; 341,548 in 1800; 380,546 in 1810; 407,350 in 1820; 447,040 in 1830; 470,019 in 1840; 583,034 in 1850; 687,049 in 1860; and 780,894 in 1870. [3] the general assembly regularly elected the governor during the period 1776-1838. [4] died in office. [5] resigned on the 6th of may 1808. [6] resigned in 1874 to become (march 4, 1875) u.s. senator from maryland.