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Capital: Annapolis
State Nickname: Old Line State
State Bird: Baltimore Oriole
State Flower: Black-Eyed Susan
Admitted to the Union: April 18, 1788
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| Governors |
November 24, 1788 to November 14, 1791:
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John Edgar Howard
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November 14, 1791 to February 10, 1792:
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George Piater
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February 13, 1792 to April 5, 1792:
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James Brice*
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*Acting governor
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April 4, 1792 to November 14, 1794:
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Thomas Sim Lee
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November 4, 1794 to November 17, 1797:
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John H. Stone
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November 17, 1797 to November 14, 1798:
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John Henry
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November 14, 1798 to November 10, 1801:
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Benjamin Ogle
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November 10, 1801 to November 13, 1803:
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John Francis Mercer
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November 15, 1803 to November 10, 1806:
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Robert Bowie
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November 12, 1806 to May 6, 1809:
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Robert Wright
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May 6, 1809 to June 9, 1809:
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James Butcher*
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*Acting governor
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June 9, 1809 to November 16, 1811:
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Edward Lloyd
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November 16, 1811 to November 25, 1812:
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Robert Bowie
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November 25, 1812 to January 2, 1818:
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Levin Winder
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January 2, 1816 to January 8, 1819:
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Charles Ridgely
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January 8, 1819 to December 20, 1819:
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Charles Goldsborough
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December 20, 1819 to December 16, 1822:
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Samuel Sprigg
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December 16, 1822 to January 9, 1826:
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Samuel Stevens, Jr.
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January 9, 1826 to January 15, 1829:
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Joseph Kent
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January 15, 1829 to January 15, 1830:
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Daniel Martin
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January 15, 1830 to January 13, 1831:
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Thomas King Carroll
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January 13, 1831 to July 11, 1831:
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Daniel Martin*
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*Died in office
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July 11, 1831 to January 17, 1833:
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George Howard
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January 17, 1833 to January 14, 1836:
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James Thomas
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January 14, 1836 to January 7, 1839:
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Thomas W. Veazey
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January 7, 1839 to January 3, 1842:
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William Grason
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January 3, 1842 to January 6, 1845:
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Francis Thomas
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January 6, 1845 to January 3, 1848:
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Thomas G. Pratt
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January 3, 1848 to January 6, 1851:
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Philip Francis Thomas
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January 6, 1851 to January 11, 1854:
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Enoch L. Lowe
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January 11, 1854 to January 13, 1858:
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Thomas W. Ligon
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January 13, 1858 to January 8, 1862:
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Thomas H. Hicks
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January 8, 1862 to January 10, 1866:
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Agustus W. Bradford
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January 10, 1866 to January 13, 1869:
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Thomas Swann
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January 13, 1869 to January 10, 1872:
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Oden Bowie
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January 10, 1872 to March 4, 1874:
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William P. Whyte
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March 4, 1874 to January 12, 1876:
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James B. Groome
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January 12, 1876 to January 14, 1880:
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John Lee Carroll
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January 14, 1880 to January 9, 1884:
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William T. Hamilton
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January 9, 1884 to March 27, 1885:
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Robert M. McLane
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March 27, 1885 to January 11, 1888:
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Henry Lloyd
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January 11, 188 to January 13, 1892:
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Elihu E. Jackson
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January 13, 1892 to January 8, 1896:
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Frank Brown
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January 8, 1896 to January 10, 1900:
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Lloyd Lowndes
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January 10, 1900 to January 13, 1904:
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John W. Smith
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Janaury 13, 1904 to January8, 1908:
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Edwin Warfield
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January 8, 1908 to January 10, 1912:
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Austin L Crothers
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January 10, 1912 to January 12, 1916:
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Phillips L. Goldsborough
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January 12, 1916 to January 14, 1920:
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Emerson C. Harrington
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January 14, 1920 to January 9, 1935:
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Albert C. Ritchie
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January 9, 1935 to January 11, 1939:
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Harry W. Nice
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Janaury 11, 1939 to January 3, 1947:
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Herbert R. O'Connor
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January 3, 1947 to January 10, 1951:
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William P. Lane, Jr.
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January 10, 1951 to January 14, 1959:
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Thoedore R. McKeldin
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January 14, 1959 to January 25, 1967:
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J. Millard Tawes
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January 25, 1967 to January 7, 1969:
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Spiro T. Agnew
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January 7, 1969 October 7, 1979:
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Marvin Mandel
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October 7, 1979 to January 20, 1987:
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Harry Hughes
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January 21, 1987 to January 18, 1995:
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William D. Schaefer
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January 18, 1995 to January 15, 2003:
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Parris Nelson Glendening
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January 15, 2003 to January 17, 2007
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Robert Leroy Ehrlich, Jr.
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January 17, 2007
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Martin O'Malley
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| Senators - Class I |
March 4, 1789 – November 30, 1792
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Charles Carroll
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January 10, 1793 – October 24, 1796
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Richard Potts
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November 30, 1796 – March 3, 1803
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.John Eager Howard
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March 4, 1803 – March 3, 1815
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Samuel Smith
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March 4 1815 – February 4, 1816
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Vacant
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February 5, 1816 – December 6, 1816
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Robert Goodloe Harper * Resigned office
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December 20, 1816 – April 23, 1819
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Alexander Contee Hanson * Died in office
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December 21 1819 – February 25 1822
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William Pinkney * Died in office
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December 17, 1822 – March 3, 1833
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Samuel Smith
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March 4, 1833 – November 24, 1837
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Joseph Kent
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January 4, 1838 – March 3, 1845
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William Duhurst Merrick
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March 4 1845 – March 7 1849
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Reverdy Johnson * Died in office
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December 6 1849 – January 12 1850
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David Stewart
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January 12 1850 – March 3 1857
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Thomas Pratt
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March 4 1857 – March 3 1863
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Anthony Kennedy
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March 4 1863 – July 10 1868
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Reverdy Johnson * Resigned office
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July 13 1868 – March 3 1869
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William Pinkney Whyte
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March 4 1869 – March 3 1875
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William Thomas Hamilton
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March 4 1875 – March 3 1881
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William Pinkney Whyte
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March 4 1881 – March 3 1899
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Arthur Pue Gorman
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March 4 1899 – March 3 1905
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Louis Emory McComas
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March 4 1905 – November 25 1912
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Isidor Rayner
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November 29 1912 – January 28 1914
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William Purnell Jackson
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January 28 1914 – March 3 1917
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Blair Lee
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March 4 1917 – March 3 1923
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Joseph Irwin France
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March 4 1923 – March 3 1929
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William Cabell Bruce
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March 4 1929 – January 3 1935
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Phillips Lee Goldsborough
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January 3 1935 – January 3 1947
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George Lovic Pierce Radcliffe
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January 3 1947 – January 3 1953
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Herbert O'Conor
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January 3 1953 – January 3 1965
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James Glenn Beall
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January 3 1965 – January 3 1971
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Joseph Tydings
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January 3 1971 – January 3 1977
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John Glenn Beall
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January 3 1977 – January 3 2007
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Paul Sarbanes
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January 3 2007 –
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Benjamin Louis Cardin
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| Senators - Class III |
March 4 1789 – December 10 1797
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John Henry
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December 11 1797 – December 1 1800
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James Lloyd * Resigned office
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December 12 1800 – November 13 1801
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William Hindman
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November 19 1801 – November 12 1806
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Robert Wright
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November 25 1806 – March 3 1813
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Philip Reed
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May 21 1813 – March 3 1819
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Robert Henry Goldsborough
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March 4 1819 – January 14 1826
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Edward Lloyd
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January 24 1826 – December 20 1834
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Ezekiel Forman Chambers * Resigned office
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January 13 1835 – October 5 1836
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Robert Henry Goldsborough
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December 31 1836 – October 24 1840
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John Selby Spence
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January 5 1841 – March 3 1843
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John Leeds Kerr
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March 4 1843 – December 20 1862
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James Alfred Pearce
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December 29 1862 – February 14 1865
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Thomas Holliday Hicks * Died in office
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March 9 1865 – March 3 1867
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John Angel James Creswell
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March 7 1868 – March 3 1873
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George Vickers
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March 4, 1867 – March 7, 1868
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Vacant
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March 7 1868 – March 3 1873
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George Vickers
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March 4 1873 – March 3 1879
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George Robertson Dennis
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March 4 1879 – March 3 1885
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James Black Groome
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March 4 1885 – February 24 1891
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Ephraim King Wilson II * Died in office
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February 24 1891 – November 19 1891
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Vacant
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November 19 1891 – March 3 1897
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Charles Hopper Gibson
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March 4 1897 – March 3 1903
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George Louis Wellington
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March 4 1903 – June 4 1906
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Arthur Pue Gorman
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June 8 1906 – March 17 1908
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William Pinkney Whyte
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March 25 1908 – March 3 1921
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March 4 1921 – March 3 1927
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Ovington Weller
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March 4 1927 – January 3 1951
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Millard Evelyn Tydings
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January 3 1951 – January 2 1963
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John Marshall Butler
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January 3 1963 – January 3 1969
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Daniel Baugh Brewster
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January 3 1969 – January 3 1987
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Charles Mathias, Jr.
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January 3 1987 –
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Barbara Mikulski
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| State Song |
Maryland My Maryland
Written by James Ryder Randall
To the tune of Oh Christmas Tree |
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The despot's heel is on thy shore,
Maryland, My Maryland!
His torch is at thy temple door,
Maryland, My Maryland!
Avenge the patriotic gore
That flecked the streets of Baltimore,
And be the battle queen of yore,
Maryland! My Maryland!
Hark to an exiled son's appeal,
Maryland, My Maryland!
My Mother State! to thee I kneel,
Maryland, My Maryland!
For life and death, for woe and weal,
Thy peerless chivalry reveal,
And gird they beauteous limbs with steel,
Maryland! My Maryland!
Thou wilt not cower in the dust,
Maryland, My Maryland!
Thy beaming sword shall never rust,
Maryland, My Maryland!
Remember Carroll's sacred trust,
Remember Howard's warlike thrust,-
And all they slumberers with the just,
Maryland! My Maryland!
Come! 'tis the red dawn of the day,
Maryland, My Maryland!
Come with thy panoplied array,
Maryland, My Maryland!
With Ringgold's spirit for the fray,
With Watson's blood at Monterey,
With fearless Lowe and dashing May,
Maryland! My Maryland!
Come! for thy shield is bright and strong,
Maryland, My Maryland!
Come! for thy dalliance does thee wrong,
Maryland, My Maryland!
Come! to thine own heroic throng,
Stalking with Liberty along,
And cgive a new Key to thy song,
Maryland! My Maryland!
Dear Mother! burst the tyrant's chain,
Maryland, My Maryland!
Virginia should not call in vain!
Maryland, My Maryland!
She meets her sisters on the plain-
"Sic semper!" 'tis the proud refrain
That baffles minions back amain,
Maryland! My Maryland!
I see the blush upon thy cheek,
Maryland, My Maryland!
For thou wast ever bravely meek,
Maryland, My Maryland!
But lo! There surges forth a shriek
From hill to hill, from creek to creek-
Potomac calls to Chesapeake,
Maryland! My Maryland!
Thou wilt not yield the vandal toll,
Maryland, My Maryland!
Thou wilt not crook to his control,
Maryland, My Maryland!
Better the fire upon thee roll,
Better the blade, the shot, the bowl,
Than crucifixion of the soul,
Maryland! My Maryland!
I hear the distant thunder-hum,
Maryland, My Maryland!
The Old Line's bugle, fife, and drum,
Maryland, My Maryland!
She is not dead, nor deaf, nor dumb-
Huzza! she spurns the Northern scum!
She breathes! she burns! she'll come! she'll come!
Maryland! My Maryland!
The song was adopted during the 1986 Regular Session of the General Assembly.
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State Population
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1790: 319,728 |
1800: 341,543 |
1810: 380,546 |
1820: 407,350 |
1830: 447,040 |
1840: 469,232 |
1850: 583,034 |
1860: 687,049 |
1870: 780,894 |
1880: 934,943 |
1890: 1,042,390 |
1900: 1,118,044 |
1910: 1,295,346 |
1920: 1,449,661 |
1930: 1,631,526 |
1940: 1,821,244 |
1950: 2,343,001 |
1960: 3,100,689 |
1970: 3,923,897 |
1980: 4,216,975 |
1990: 4,781,468 |
2000: 5,296,485 |
State Capitol Building 1913
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