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:
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For years in which a presidential election was held, the table indicates which party's nominees received the state's electoral votes.
The parties are as follows: American (A), Anti-Administration (AA), Democratic (D), Democratic-Republican (DR), Federalist (F), Independent (I), no party (N), National Republican (NR), National Union (NU), Pro-Administration (PA), Republican (R), Whig (W), and a tie or coalition within a group of elected officials.
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| Governor | Lieutenant Governor | Attorney General | Comptroller | State Senate | State House | U.S. Senator (Class I) | U.S. Senator (Class III) | U.S. House | ||
| 1777 | Thomas Johnson (N) | [1] | [2] | |||||||
| James Tilghman | ||||||||||
| 1778 | Luther Martin | |||||||||
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| 1780 | Thomas Sim Lee (F) | |||||||||
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| 1783 | William Paca (N) | |||||||||
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| 1786 | William Smallwood (N) | |||||||||
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| 1789 | John Eager Howard (F) | unknown | unknown | Charles Carroll (PA) | John Henry (PA) | 4AA, 2PA | George Washington (N)  |
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| 1791 | 3AA, 3PA | |||||||||
| George Plater (N)[3] | ||||||||||
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| James Brice (F)[4] | ||||||||||
| Thomas Sim Lee (F) | ||||||||||
| 1793 | Richard Potts (PA) | 4AA, 4PA[5] | ||||||||
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| 1795 | John Hoskins Stone (F) | 4DR, 4F | ||||||||
| 1796 | John Adams (F) |
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| 1797 | John Eager Howard (F) | 6F, 2DR | ||||||||
| 1798 | John Henry (DR) | James Lloyd (F) | ||||||||
| 1799 | Benjamin Ogle (F) | 5F, 3DR | ||||||||
| 1800 | Thomas Jefferson (DR) and John Adams (F) |
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| 1801 | 47DR, 33F | William Hindman (F) | 6DR, 2F | |||||||
| 1802 | John Francis Mercer (DR) | 15DR | 53DR, 27F | Robert Wright (DR) | ||||||
| 1803 | 47DR, 33F | Samuel Smith (DR) | 7DR, 2F[6] | |||||||
| 1804 | Robert Bowie (DR) | Thomas Jefferson (DR) |
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| 1805 | William Pinkney (DR) | 52DR, 28F | ||||||||
| 1806 | 56DR, 24F | |||||||||
| John Thomson Mason | ||||||||||
| John Johnson, Sr. | ||||||||||
| 1807 | Robert Wright (DR) | 54DR, 25F, 1 vac. | Philip Reed (DR) | 6DR, 3F | ||||||
| 1808 | 51DR, 29F | James Madison (DR) |
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| 1809 | 43F, 37DR | |||||||||
| Edward Lloyd (DR) | ||||||||||
| 1810 | 44DR, 36F | |||||||||
| 1811 | John Montgomery (DR) | 48DR, 32F | ||||||||
| 1812 | Robert Bowie (DR) | 44DR, 36F | ||||||||
| 1813 | Levin Winder (F) | 54F, 26DR | Robert Henry Goldsborough (F) | |||||||
| 1814 | 49F, 31DR | |||||||||
| 1815 | 59F, 21DR | vacant | 5F, 4DR | |||||||
| 1816 | Charles Carnan Ridgely (F) | 48F, 32DR | Robert Goodloe Harper (F) | James Monroe (DR) |
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| 1817 | 15F | 56F, 24DR | Alexander Contee Hanson (F) | 5DR, 4F | ||||||
| 1818 | Luther Martin (F) | 45DR, 35F | ||||||||
| 1819 | Charles Goldsborough (F) | 45DR, 35F | Edward Lloyd (DR) | 7DR, 2F | ||||||
| 1820 | Samuel Sprigg (D) | 50DR, 30F | William Pinkney (DR) | |||||||
| 1821 | 49DR, 31F | 6DR, 3F | ||||||||
| 1822 | Thomas Beale Dorsey | 15DR | 63DR, 17F | vacant | ||||||
| 1823 | Samuel Stevens, Jr. (D) | 67DR, 13F | Samuel Smith (DR) | 4NR, 3F, 2DR | ||||||
| 1824 | Thomas Kell | 63DR, 17F | Andrew Jackson (DR)  |
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| 1825 | unknown | 6NR, 3DR | ||||||||
| 1826 | Joseph Kent (DR) | Ezekiel F. Chambers (NR) | 5NR, 4DR | |||||||
| 1827 | Roger B. Taney (D) | unknown | 6NR, 3DR | |||||||
| 1828 | 49NR, 31D | John Quincy Adams and Richard Rush (NR) |
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| 1829 | Daniel Martin (NR) | 48NR, 31D, 1 tie | Samuel Smith (D) | 6D, 3NR | ||||||
| 1830 | Thomas King Carroll (D) | 41NR, 39D | ||||||||
| 1831 | Daniel Martin (NR) | Josiah Bayly | 64NR, 16D | 5NR, 4D | ||||||
| George Howard (NR) | ||||||||||
| 1832 | 15NR | 59NR, 21D | Henry Clay and John Sergeant (NR) |
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| 1833 | James Thomas (W) | 54NR, 26D | Joseph Kent (NR) | 6D, 2NR | ||||||
| 1834 | 42NR, 36D, 2 Work. | |||||||||
| 1835 | 62W, 18D | Robert Henry Goldsborough (NR) | 4D, 4NR[7] | |||||||
| 1836 | Thomas Veazey (W) | 55W, 25D | William Henry Harrison and John Tyler (W) |
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| 1837 | 15W | 60W, 20D | John S. Spence (W) | 5W, 3D | ||||||
| 1838 | 51W, 35D | |||||||||
| 1839 | William Grason (D) | 12W, 9D | 42W, 37D | William Duhurst Merrick (W) | 5D, 3W | |||||
| 1840 | 46D, 33W | William Henry Harrison and John Tyler (W) |
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| 1841 | 15W, 6D | 60W, 19D | John Leeds Kerr (W) | 6W, 2D | ||||||
| 1842 | Francis Thomas (D) | 44D, 35W | ||||||||
| 1843 | 13W, 8D | 47D, 35W | 6W[8] | |||||||
| 1844 | 47W, 35D | Henry Clay and Theodore Frelinghuysen (W) |
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| 1845 | Thomas Pratt (W) | 15W, 6D | 61W, 21D | Reverdy Johnson (W) | 4D, 2W | |||||
| 1846 | George R. Richardson | 43W, 39D | ||||||||
| 1847 | 13W, 8D | 53W, 29D | 4W, 2R | |||||||
| 1848 | Philip Francis Thomas (D) | 54W, 28D | Zachary Taylor and Millard Fillmore (W) |
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| 1849 | 14W, 7D | vacant | James Pearce (W) | 3W, 3D | ||||||
| David Stewart (W)[9] | ||||||||||
| 1850 | 46W, 36D | |||||||||
| 1851 | Enoch Louis Lowe (D) | Robert J. Brent (W) | 12W, 9D | Thomas Pratt (W) | 4W, 2D | |||||
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| 1852 | Philip Francis Thomas (D) | 11W, 11D | 44D, 30W | Franklin Pierce and William R. King (D) |
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| 1853 | 4D, 2W | |||||||||
| Henry E. Bateman (D) | ||||||||||
| 1854 | Thomas Watkins Ligon (D) | William Pinkney Whyte (D) | 14W, 8D | 34W, 30D, 10 Temp. | ||||||
| 1855 | 4A, 2D | |||||||||
| 1856 | William Henry Purnell (A) | 9W, 8KN, 5D | 54KN, 14D, 6W | Millard Fillmore and Andrew Jackson Donelson (A) |
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| 1857 | Anthony Kennedy (A) | 3A, 3D | ||||||||
| 1858 | Thomas Holliday Hicks (A) | 15KN, 7D | 44KN, 30D | |||||||
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| 1860 | 12D, 10KN | 45D, 29KN | John C. Breckinridge and Joseph Lane (D) |
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| 1861 | 6NU | |||||||||
| Dennis Claude (D) | ||||||||||
| Abram Lingan Jarrett (D) | ||||||||||
| 1862 | Augustus Bradford (NU) | Samuel Snowden Maffit (NU) | 13NU, 9D | 68NU, 6D | James Pearce (D) | |||||
| 1863 | Reverdy Johnson (NU) | Thomas Holliday Hicks (NU) | 3NU, 1D, 1R[11] | |||||||
| 1864 | Alexander Randall (W) | Henry Holliday Goldsborough (NU) | 19NU, 3D | 56NU, 18D | Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson (NU) |
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| 1865 | Christopher C. Cox (NU) | Robert John Jump (NU) | 12D, 12NU | 54NU, 26D | John Creswell (NU) | 3NU, 2D | ||||
| 1866 | Thomas Swann (D) | |||||||||
| 1867 | Isaac Dashiell Jones (W) | William James Leonard (D) | 16D, 8R | 59D, 21R | vacant | 3D, 1C, 1R | ||||
| 1868 | [12] | 25D, 0R | 86D, 0R | George Vickers (D) | Horatio Seymour and Francis Preston Blair, Jr. (D) |
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| William Pinkney Whyte (D) | ||||||||||
| 1869 | Oden Bowie (D) | William Thomas Hamilton (D) | 5D | |||||||
| 1870 | Levin Woolford (D) | |||||||||
| 1871 | Andrew K. Syester (W) | 5D | ||||||||
| 1872 | William Pinkney Whyte (D) | 24D, 1R | 70D, 12R | Thomas A. Hendricks and B. Gratz Brown (D) |
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| 1873 | George R. Dennis (D) | 4D, 2R[13] | ||||||||
| 1874 | James Black Groome (D) | 23D, 3R | 64D, 20R | |||||||
| 1875 | Charles J. M. Gwinn (D) | William Pinkney Whyte (D) | 6D | |||||||
| 1876 | John Lee Carroll (D) | 19D, 7R | 58D, 26R | Samuel J. Tilden and Thomas A. Hendricks (D) |
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| 1878 | Thomas James Keating (D) | 18D, 5R, 2ID, 1 Ref. | 65D, 19R | |||||||
| 1879 | James Black Groome (D) | 5D, 1R | ||||||||
| 1880 | William T. Hamilton (D) | 19D, 7R | 63D, 21R | Winfield Scott Hancock and William Hayden English (D) |
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| 1882 | 16D, 10R | 60D, 31R | ||||||||
| 1883 | Charles Boyle Roberts (D) | 4D, 1R | ||||||||
| 1884 | Robert Milligan McLane (D)[14] | J. Frank Turner (D) | 14D, 12R | 63D, 28R | Grover Cleveland and Thomas A. Hendricks (D) |
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| 1885 | Henry Lloyd (D)[15] | Ephraim King Wilson II (D) | 5D, 1R | |||||||
| 1886 | 22D, 4R | 80D, 10R, 1 Fus. | ||||||||
| 1887 | William Pinkney Whyte (D) | Arthur Pue Gorman (D) | ||||||||
| 1888 | Elihu Emory Jackson (D) | L. Victor Baughman (D) | 71D, 20R | Grover Cleveland and Allen G. Thurman (D) |
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| 1889 | 4D, 2R | |||||||||
| 1890 | 18D, 8R | 59D, 32R | 3D, 3R | |||||||
| 1891 | John Prentiss Poe (D) | vacant | 6D | |||||||
| 1892 | Frank Brown (D) | Marion deKalb Smith (D) | 22D, 4R | 81D, 7R, 3 Fus. | Charles Hopper Gibson (D) | Grover Cleveland and Adlai E. Stevenson I (D) |
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| 1894 | 21D, 5R | 68D, 23R | 5D, 1R | |||||||
| 1895 | Harry M. Clabaugh (R) | 3D, 3R | ||||||||
| 1896 | Lloyd Lowndes, Jr. (R) | Robert Patterson Graham (R) | 14D, 12R | 70R, 21D | William McKinley and Garret Hobart (R) |
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| 1897 | George L. Wellington (R) | 6R | ||||||||
| 1898 | Phillips Lee Goldsborough (R) | 18R, 8D | 49R, 42D | |||||||
| 1899 | George Gaither, Jr. (R) | Louis E. McComas (R) | 4R, 2D | |||||||
| Isador Rayner (D) | ||||||||||
| 1900 | John Walter Smith (D) | Joshua W. Hering (D) | 15D, 11R | 65D, 26R | 5R, 1D[16] | William McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt (R) |
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| 1901 | 6R | |||||||||
| 1902 | 17D, 9R | 51D, 44R | ||||||||
| 1903 | William Shepard Bryan, Jr. (D) | Arthur Pue Gorman (D)[3] | 4R, 2D | |||||||
| 1904 | Edwin Warfield (D) | Gordon T. Atkinson (D) | 19D, 8R | 71D, 30R | Theodore Roosevelt and Charles W. Fairbanks (R) |
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| 1905 | Isador Rayner (D) | 3R, 3D | ||||||||
| 1906 | 18D, 8R, 1I | 51D, 46R, 3I, 1 Fus. | ||||||||
| William Pinkney Whyte (D)[3] | ||||||||||
| 1907 | Isaac Lobe Straus (D) | |||||||||
| 1908 | Austin Lane Crothers (D) | Joshua W. Hering (D) | 17D, 9R, 1I | 71D, 30R | William Jennings Bryan and John W. Kern (D) |
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| 1909 | John Walter Smith (D) | |||||||||
| 1910 | 21D, 6R | 70D, 31R | ||||||||
| William B. Clagett (D)[17] | ||||||||||
| 1911 | Edgar Allan Poe (D) | 5D, 1R | ||||||||
| Charles H. Stanley (D)[18] | ||||||||||
| 1912 | Phillips Lee Goldsborough (R) | Emerson Harrington (D) | 19D, 8R | 60D, 41R | Woodrow Wilson and Thomas R. Marshall (D) |
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| 1913 | William Purnell Jackson (R) | 6D | ||||||||
| 1914 | 18D, 9R | 79D, 23R | Blair Lee I (D) | |||||||
| 1915 | Albert Ritchie (D) | 5D, 1R | ||||||||
| 1916 | Emerson Harrington (D) | Hugh McMullen (D) | 16D, 11R | 56D, 44R, 2 Peop. | ||||||
| 1917 | Joseph Irwin (R) | 4D, 2R | ||||||||
| 1918 | 14D, 13R | 55R, 47D | ||||||||
| 1919 | Alexander Armstrong (R) | 3D, 3R | ||||||||
| 1920 | Albert Ritchie (D) | E. Brooke Lee (D) | 15D, 12R | 56D, 46R | Warren G. Harding and Calvin Coolidge (R) |
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| 1921 | Ovington Weller (R) | 4R, 2D | ||||||||
| 1922 | William S. Gordy, Jr. (D) | 21D, 6R | 73D, 33R | |||||||
| 1923 | Thomas H. Robinson (D) | William Cabell Bruce (D) | 3R, 3D | |||||||
| 1924 | 22D, 7R | 93D, 25R | Calvin Coolidge and Charles G. Dawes (R) |
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| 1925 | 4D, 2R | |||||||||
| 1926 | ||||||||||
| 1927 | 21D, 8R[19] | 82D, 36R[20] | 5D, 1R | |||||||
| 1928 | Herbert Hoover and Charles Curtis (R) |
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| 1929 | Phillips Lee Goldsborough (R) | 4D, 2R | ||||||||
| 1930 | William Preston Lane, Jr. (D) | |||||||||
| 1931 | 23D, 6R | 91D, 27R | 6D | |||||||
| 1932 | Franklin D. Roosevelt and John Nance Garner (D) |
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| 1933 | Millard Tydings (D) | |||||||||
| 1934 | Herbert O'Conor (D) | |||||||||
| 1935 | Harry Nice (R) | 18D, 11R | 94D, 34R, 2 Fus. | George L. P. Radcliffe (D) | ||||||
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| 1938 | William C. Walsh (D) | |||||||||
| 1939 | Herbert O'Conor (D) | J. Millard Tawes (D) | 23D, 6R | 104D, 16R | ||||||
| 1940 | Franklin D. Roosevelt and Henry A. Wallace (D) |
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| 1943 | 20D, 9R | 101D, 22R | 4D, 2R | |||||||
| 1944 | Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry S. Truman (D) |
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| 1945 | William Curran (D) | 5D, 1R | ||||||||
| 1946 | Hall Hammond (D) | |||||||||
| 1947 | William Preston Lane, Jr. (D) | James J. Lacy (D) | 18D, 11R | 87D, 36R | Herbert O'Conor (D) | 4D, 2R | ||||
| 1948 | Thomas E. Dewey and Earl Warren (R) |
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| 1950 | ||||||||||
| J. Millard Tawes (D)[21] | ||||||||||
| 1951 | Theodore R. McKeldin (R) | 88D, 35R | John Marshall Butler (R) | 3D, 3R | ||||||
| 1952 | Edward D. E. Rollins (R) | Dwight D. Eisenhower and Richard Nixon (R) |
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| 1953 | James Glenn Beall (R) | 4R, 3D[22] | ||||||||
| 1954 | C. Ferdinand Sybert (D) | |||||||||
| 1955 | 21D, 8R | 98D, 25R | 4D, 3R | |||||||
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| 1959 | J. Millard Tawes (D) | Louis L. Goldstein (D) | 26D, 3R | 116D, 7R | 7D | |||||
| 1960 | John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson (D) |
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| 1961 | Thomas B. Finan (D) | 6D, 1R | ||||||||
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| 1963 | 22D, 7R | 117D, 25R | Daniel B. Brewster (D) | 6D, 2R[23] | ||||||
| 1964 | Lyndon B. Johnson and Hubert Humphrey (D) |
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| 1965 | Joseph Tydings (D) | 5D, 3R | ||||||||
| 1966 | Robert C. Murphy (D) | |||||||||
| 1967 | Spiro Agnew (R) | Francis B. Burch (D) | 35D, 8R | |||||||
| 1968 | Hubert Humphrey and Edmund Muskie (D) |
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| 1969 | Marvin Mandel (D) | 4D, 4R | ||||||||
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| 1971 | Blair Lee, III (D)[24] | 33D, 10R | 121D, 21R | John Glenn Beall (R) | 5D, 3R | |||||
| 1972 | Richard Nixon and Spiro Agnew (R) |
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| 1973 | 4D, 4R | |||||||||
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| 1975 | 39D, 8R | 126D, 15R | Charles Mathias, Jr. (R) | 5D, 3R | ||||||
| 1976 | Jimmy Carter and Walter Mondale (D) |
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| 1979 | Harry Hughes (D) | Samuel W. Bogley (D) | Stephen H. Sachs[25] (D) | 40D, 7R | 125D, 16R | 6D, 2R | ||||
| 1980 | Jimmy Carter and Walter Mondale (D) |
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| 1981 | 7D, 1R | |||||||||
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| 1983 | J. Joseph Curran, Jr. (D) | 41D, 6R | 124D, 17R | |||||||
| 1984 | Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush (R) |
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| 1985 | 6D, 2R | |||||||||
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| 1987 | William Donald Schaefer (D) | Melvin Steinberg (D) | J. Joseph Curran, Jr. (D) | 40D, 7R | ||||||
| 1988 | George H. W. Bush and Dan Quayle (R) |
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| 1989 | Paul Sarbanes (D) | |||||||||
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| 1991 | 117D, 24R | 5D, 3R | ||||||||
| 1992 | Bill Clinton and Al Gore (D) |
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| 1993 | 4D, 4R | |||||||||
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| 1995 | Parris Glendening (D) | Kathleen Kennedy Townsend (D) | 32D, 15R | 100D, 41R | ||||||
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| 1998 | Robert L. Swann (D) | |||||||||
| 1999 | William Donald Schaefer (D) | 106D, 35R | Barbara Mikulski (D) | |||||||
| 2000 | 33D, 14R[26] | Al Gore and Joe Lieberman (D) |
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| 2003 | Robert Ehrlich (R) | Michael S. Steele (R) | 98D, 43R | 6D, 2R | ||||||
| 2004 | John Kerry and John Edwards (D) |
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| 2007 | Martin O'Malley (D) | Anthony G. Brown (D) | Doug Gansler (D) | Peter Franchot (D) | 104D, 37R | Ben Cardin (D) | ||||
| 2008 | Barack Obama and Joe Biden (D) |
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| 5D, 2R[27] | ||||||||||
| 104D, 36R, 1I[28] | 6D, 2R[29] | |||||||||
| 2009 | 7D, 1R | |||||||||
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| 2011 | 35D, 12R | 98D, 43R | 6D, 2R | |||||||
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| 2013 | 7D, 1R | |||||||||
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| 2015 | Larry Hogan (R) | Boyd Rutherford (R) | Brian E. Frosh (D) | 33D, 14R | 91D, 50R | |||||
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| Year | Governor | Lieutenant Governor | Attorney General | Comptroller | State Senate | State House | U.S. Senator (Class I) | U.S. Senator (Class III) | U.S. House | Electoral College votes |
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Notes
- ↑ The office of Lieutenant Governor was created originally by the Constitution of 1864.
- ↑ The office of Comptroller of the Treasury was created by the Constitution of 1851.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Died in office.
- ↑ As senior member of the Governor's Council, was appointed by state legislature to fill term until replacement elected.
- ↑ Maryland gained two representatives, bringing the total to eight during this period.
- ↑ Maryland gained one representative, bringing the total to nine during this period. The fifth district had two representatives, except after 1833: one from Baltimore City, and the other from Baltimore County, Maryland.
- ↑ Maryland lost one representative, bringing the total to eight during this period. The fourth district had two representatives from 1835–1843.
- ↑ Maryland lost two representatives, bringing the total to six during this period.
- ↑ Appointed to fill position and served until a successor was elected.
- ↑ The office of attorney general was abolished by the Constitution of 1851 but was reestablished by the Constitution of 1864 (Art. 5, sec. 1).
- ↑ 6th congressional district abolished after 1860 census.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 6th congressional district established after 1870 census.
- ↑ Resigned to take post as Minister to France.
- ↑ Appointed by the legislature to fill unexpired term; was later elected in his own right.
- ↑ Josiah Kerr elected to fill vacancy upon Smith's resignation upon election as governor.
- ↑ Appointed by Gov. Crothers; died in office.
- ↑ Appointed by Gov. Crothers.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Appointed to fill position initially, then elected.
- ↑ 7th congressional district was abolished after the 1840 census and reinstated after the 1950 census.
- ↑ Maryland's 8th congressional district was abolished after the 1830 census, and reinstated after the 1960 census; until its boundaries were established in 1967, an at-large district seat was filled from 1963–1967.
- ↑ Lt. Gov. position created in 1970.
- ↑ Jon F. Oster and George A. Nilson each served a day as Attorney General on January 1 and January 2, 1979, respectively.
- ↑ Sen. Robert R. Neall switched parties from Republican to Democrat.
- ↑ Democrat Al Wynn resigned.
- ↑ In September 2008, incumbent Republican Richard B. Weldon, Jr. switched his party affiliation to unaffiliated.
- ↑ Democrat Donna Edwards was elected in a special election to succeed Wynn.
