The following table indicates the party of elected officials in the U.S. state of Maryland:
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
Year | Executive offices | General Assembly | United States Congress | Electoral votes | ||||
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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) ![]() | ||
1790 | ||||||||
1791 | 3AA, 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) ![]() | |||||||
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) ![]() | |||||||
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 | |||||
1804 | Robert Bowie (DR) | Thomas Jefferson (DR) ![]() | ||||||
1805 | William Pinkney (DR) | 52DR, 28F | ||||||
1806 | 56DR, 24F | |||||||
John Thomson Mason (DR) | ||||||||
John Johnson Sr. (DR) | ||||||||
1807 | Robert Wright (DR) | 54DR, 25F, 1 vac. | Philip Reed (DR) | 6DR, 3F | ||||
1808 | 51DR, 29F | James Madison (DR) ![]() | ||||||
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) ![]() | ||||
1817 | 15F | 56F, 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) | |||||
1821 | 49DR, 31F | 6DR, 3F | ||||||
1822 | Thomas Beale Dorsey (DR) | 15DR | 63DR, 17F | vacant | ||||
1823 | Samuel Stevens Jr. (DR) | 67DR, 13F | Samuel Smith (DR) | 4NR, 3F, 2DR | ||||
1824 | Thomas Kell (DR) | 63DR, 17F | Andrew Jackson (DR) ![]() | |||||
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) ![]() | |||||
1829 | Daniel Martin (NR) | [?] | 48NR, 31J, 1 tie | 6J, 3NR | ||||
1830 | Thomas King Carroll (J) | [?] | 41NR, 39J | |||||
1831 | Daniel Martin (NR) | Josiah Bayly (J) | [?] | 64NR, 16J | 5NR, 4J | |||
George Howard (NR) | ||||||||
1832 | 15NR | 59NR, 21J | Henry Clay and John Sergeant (NR) ![]() | |||||
1833 | James Thomas (W) | 54NR, 26J | Joseph Kent (NR) | 6J, 2NR | ||||
1834 | 42NR, 36J, 2Work | |||||||
1835 | 62W, 18D | Robert Henry Goldsborough (NR) |
4J, 4NR | |||||
1836 | Thomas Veazey (W) | 55W, 25D | William Henry Harrison and John Tyler (W) ![]() | |||||
John S. Spence (NR) | ||||||||
1837 | Josiah Bayly (D) | 15W | 60W, 20D | Joseph Kent (W) | John S. Spence (W) | 5W, 3D | ||
1838 | 51W, 35D | William Duhurst Merrick (W) | ||||||
1839 | William Grason (D) | 12W, 9D | 42W, 37D | 5D, 3W | ||||
1840 | 46D, 33W | William Henry Harrison and John Tyler (W) ![]() | ||||||
1841 | 15W, 6D | 60W, 19D | John Leeds Kerr (W) | 6W, 2D | ||||
1842 | Francis Thomas (D) | 44D, 35W | ||||||
1843 | 13W, 8D | 47D, 35W | James Pearce (W) | 6W | ||||
1844 | 47W, 35D | Henry Clay and Theodore Frelinghuysen (W) ![]() | ||||||
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) ![]() | |||||
1849 | 14W, 7D | vacant | 3W, 3D | |||||
David Stewart (W)[c] | ||||||||
1850 | 46W, 36D | Thomas Pratt (W) | ||||||
1851 | Enoch Louis Lowe (D) | Robert J. Brent (W) | 12W, 9D | 4W, 2D |
1851–present
Year | Executive offices | General Assembly | United States Congress | Electoral votes | ||||||
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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 | ||
1851 | Enoch Louis Lowe (D) | [d] | [e] | Philip Francis Thomas (D) | 12W, 9D | 46W, 36D | Thomas Pratt (W) | James Pearce (W) | 4W, 2D | |
1852 | 11W, 11D | 44D, 30W | Pierce/ King (D) ![]() | |||||||
1853 | 4D, 2W | |||||||||
Henry E. Bateman (D) | ||||||||||
1854 | Thomas Watkins Ligon (D) | William Pinkney Whyte (D) | 14W, 8D | 34W, 30D, 10Temp | ||||||
1855 | 4KN, 2D | |||||||||
1856 | William Henry Purnell (KN) | 9W, 8KN, 5D | 54KN, 14D, 6W | Fillmore/ Donelson (KN) ![]() | ||||||
1857 | Anthony Kennedy (KN) | James Pearce (D) | 3KN, 3D | |||||||
1858 | Thomas Holliday Hicks (KN) | 15KN, 7D | 44KN, 30D | |||||||
1859 | ||||||||||
1860 | 12D, 10KN | 45D, 29KN | Breckinridge/ Lane (SD) ![]() | |||||||
1861 | 6NU | |||||||||
Dennis Claude (D) | ||||||||||
Abram Lingan Jarrett (D) | Anthony Kennedy (U) | |||||||||
1862 | Augustus Bradford (NU) | Samuel Snowden Maffit (NU) | 13NU, 9D | 68NU, 6D | ||||||
1863 | Reverdy Johnson (U) | Thomas Holliday Hicks (UU) | 3NU, 1D, 1R | |||||||
1864 | Alexander Randall (NU) | Henry H. Goldsborough (NU) | 19NU, 3D | 56NU, 18D | Lincoln/ Johnson (NU) ![]() | |||||
1865 | Christopher Christian Cox (NU) | Robert John Jump (NU) | 12D, 12NU | 54NU, 26D | Reverdy Johnson (D) | John Creswell (UU) | 3NU, 2D | |||
1866 | Thomas Swann (D) | |||||||||
1867 | Isaac D. Jones (R) | William James Leonard (D) | 16D, 8R | 59D, 21R | vacant | 3D, 1C, 1R | ||||
1868 | [f] | 25D | 86D | George Vickers (D) | Seymour/ Blair (D) ![]() | |||||
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, 1R | 70D, 12R | Hendricks/ Brown (D) ![]() | ||||||
1873 | George R. Dennis (D) | 4D, 2R | ||||||||
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 | Tilden/ Hendricks (D) ![]() | ||||||
1877 | ||||||||||
1878 | Thomas James Keating (D) | 18D, 5R, 2ID, 1Ref | 65D, 19R | |||||||
1879 | James Black Groome (D) | 5D, 1R | ||||||||
1880 | William T. Hamilton (D) | 19D, 7R | 63D, 21R | Hancock/ English (D) ![]() | ||||||
1881 | Arthur P. Gorman (D) | |||||||||
1882 | 16D, 10R | 60D, 31R | ||||||||
1883 | Charles B. Roberts (D) | 4D, 1R | ||||||||
1884 | Robert Milligan McLane (D)[g] | J. Frank Turner (D) | 14D, 12R | 63D, 28R | Cleveland/ Hendricks (D) ![]() | |||||
1885 | Henry Lloyd (D)[h] | Ephraim K. Wilson II (D) | 5D, 1R | |||||||
1886 | 22D, 4R | 80D, 10R, 1Fus | ||||||||
1887 | William Pinkney Whyte (D) | |||||||||
1888 | Elihu Emory Jackson (D) | L. Victor Baughman (D) | 71D, 20R | Cleveland/ Thurman (D) ![]() | ||||||
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, 3Fus | Charles H. Gibson (D) | Cleveland/ Stevenson (D) ![]() | ||||
1893 | ||||||||||
1894 | 21D, 5R | 68D, 23R | 5D, 1R | |||||||
1895 | Harry M. Clabaugh (R) | 3D, 3R | ||||||||
1896 | Lloyd Lowndes Jr. (R) | Robert Patterson Graham (R) | 13D, 13R | 70R, 21D | McKinley/ Hobart (R) ![]() | |||||
1897 | 14D, 12R | George L. Wellington (R) | 6R | |||||||
1898 | Phillips Lee Goldsborough (R) | 18R, 8D | 49R, 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, 11R | 65D, 26R | 5R, 1D[i] | McKinley/ Roosevelt (R) ![]() | ||||
1901 | 6R | |||||||||
1902 | 17D, 9R | 51D, 44R | ||||||||
1903 | William S. Bryan (D) | Arthur P. Gorman (D)[a] | 4R, 2D | |||||||
1904 | Edwin Warfield (D) | Gordon T. Atkinson (D) | 19D, 8R | 71D, 30R | Roosevelt/ Fairbanks (R) ![]() | |||||
1905 | Isidor Rayner (D) | 3R, 3D | ||||||||
1906 | 18D, 8R, 1I | 51D, 46R, 3I, 1Fus | ||||||||
William Pinkney Whyte (D)[a] | ||||||||||
1907 | Isaac Lobe Straus (D) | |||||||||
1908 | Austin Lane Crothers (D) | Joshua W. Hering (D) | 17D, 9R, 1I | 71D, 30R | John Walter Smith (D) | Bryan/ Kern (D) ![]() | ||||
1909 | ||||||||||
1910 | 21D, 6R | 70D, 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, 8R | 60D, 41R | Wilson/ Marshall (D) ![]() | |||||
1913 | William P. 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, 2Pop | ||||||
1917 | Joseph I. France (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 | Harding/ Coolidge (R) ![]() | |||||
1921 | Ovington Weller (R) | 4R, 2D | ||||||||
1922 | William Gordy (D) | 21D, 6R | 73D, 33R | |||||||
1923 | Thomas H. Robinson (D) | William Cabell Bruce (D) | 3R, 3D | |||||||
1924 | 22D, 7R | 93D, 25R | Coolidge/ Dawes (R) ![]() | |||||||
1925 | 4D, 2R | |||||||||
1926 | ||||||||||
1927 | 21D, 8R[l] | 82D, 36R[l] | Millard Tydings (D) | 5D, 1R | ||||||
1928 | Hoover/ Curtis (R) ![]() | |||||||||
1929 | Phillips Lee Goldsborough (R) | 4D, 2R | ||||||||
1930 | William Preston Lane Jr. (D) | |||||||||
1931 | 23D, 6R | 91D, 27R | 6D | |||||||
1932 | Roosevelt/ Garner (D) ![]() | |||||||||
1933 | ||||||||||
1934 | Herbert O'Conor (D) | |||||||||
1935 | Harry Nice (R) | 18D, 11R | 94D, 34R, 2Fus | George L. P. Radcliffe (D) | ||||||
1936 | ||||||||||
1937 | ||||||||||
1938 | William C. Walsh (D) | |||||||||
1939 | Herbert O'Conor (D) | J. Millard Tawes (D) | 23D, 6R | 104D, 16R | ||||||
1940 | Roosevelt/ Wallace (D) ![]() | |||||||||
1941 | ||||||||||
1942 | ||||||||||
1943 | 20D, 9R | 101D, 22R | 4D, 2R | |||||||
1944 | Roosevelt/ Truman (D) ![]() | |||||||||
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 | Dewey/ Warren (R) ![]() | |||||||||
1949 | ||||||||||
1950 | ||||||||||
J. Millard Tawes (D)[m] | ||||||||||
1951 | Theodore McKeldin (R) | 88D, 35R | John Marshall Butler (R) | 3D, 3R | ||||||
1952 | Edward D. E. Rollins (R) | Eisenhower/ Nixon (R) ![]() | ||||||||
1953 | J. Glenn Beall (R) | 4R, 3D | ||||||||
1954 | C. Ferdinand Sybert (D) | |||||||||
1955 | 21D, 8R | 98D, 25R | 4D, 3R | |||||||
1956 | ||||||||||
1957 | ||||||||||
1958 | ||||||||||
1959 | J. Millard Tawes (D) | Louis L. Goldstein (D) | 26D, 3R | 116D, 7R | 7D | |||||
1960 | Kennedy/ Johnson (D) ![]() | |||||||||
1961 | Thomas B. Finan (D) | 6D, 1R | ||||||||
1962 | ||||||||||
1963 | 22D, 7R | 117D, 25R | Daniel Brewster (D) | 6D, 2R | ||||||
1964 | Johnson/ Humphrey (D) ![]() | |||||||||
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) ![]() | |||||||||
1969 | Marvin Mandel (D) | Charles Mathias (R) | 4D, 4R | |||||||
1970 | ||||||||||
1971 | Blair Lee III (D)[n] | 33D, 10R | 121D, 21R | J. Glenn Beall Jr. (R) | 5D, 3R | |||||
1972 | Nixon/ Agnew (R) ![]() | |||||||||
1973 | 4D, 4R | |||||||||
1974 | ||||||||||
1975 | 39D, 8R | 126D, 15R | 5D, 3R | |||||||
1976 | Carter/ Mondale (D) ![]() | |||||||||
1977 | Paul Sarbanes (D) | |||||||||
1978 | ||||||||||
1979 | Harry Hughes (D) | Samuel Bogley (D) | Stephen H. Sachs (D)[o] | 40D, 7R | 125D, 16R | 6D, 2R | ||||
1980 | Carter/ Mondale (D) ![]() | |||||||||
1981 | 7D, 1R | |||||||||
1982 | ||||||||||
1983 | J. Joseph Curran Jr. (D) | 41D, 6R | 124D, 17R | |||||||
1984 | Reagan/ Bush (R) ![]() | |||||||||
1985 | 6D, 2R | |||||||||
1986 | ||||||||||
1987 | William Donald Schaefer (D) | Melvin Steinberg (D) | J. Joseph Curran Jr. (D) | 40D, 7R | Barbara Mikulski (D) | |||||
1988 | Bush/ Quayle (R) ![]() | |||||||||
1989 | ||||||||||
1990 | ||||||||||
1991 | 117D, 24R | 5D, 3R | ||||||||
1992 | Clinton/ Gore (D) ![]() | |||||||||
1993 | 4D, 4R | |||||||||
1994 | ||||||||||
1995 | Parris Glendening (D) | Kathleen Kennedy Townsend (D) | 32D, 15R | 100D, 41R | ||||||
1996 | ||||||||||
1997 | ||||||||||
1998 | Robert L. Swann (D) | |||||||||
1999 | William Donald Schaefer (D) | 106D, 35R | ||||||||
2000 | 33D, 14R[p] | Gore/ Lieberman (D) ![]() | ||||||||
2001 | ||||||||||
2002 | ||||||||||
2003 | Bob Ehrlich (R) | Michael Steele (R) | 98D, 43R | 6D, 2R | ||||||
2004 | Kerry/ Edwards (D) ![]() | |||||||||
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) ![]() | |||||||||
104D, 36R, 1I[q] | ||||||||||
2009 | 7D, 1R | |||||||||
2010 | ||||||||||
2011 | 35D, 12R | 98D, 43R | 6D, 2R | |||||||
2012 | ||||||||||
2013 | 7D, 1R | |||||||||
2014 | ||||||||||
2015 | Larry Hogan (R) | Boyd Rutherford (R) | Brian Frosh (D) | 33D, 14R | 91D, 50R | |||||
2016 | Clinton/ Kaine (D) ![]() | |||||||||
2017 | Chris Van Hollen (D) | |||||||||
2018 | ||||||||||
91D, 49R, 1G[r] | ||||||||||
2019 | 32D, 15R | 99D, 42R | ||||||||
2020 | Biden/ Harris (D) ![]() | |||||||||
2021 | ||||||||||
2022 | ||||||||||
2023 | Wes Moore (D) | Aruna Miller (D) | Anthony Brown (D) | Brooke Lierman (D) | 34D, 13R | 102D, 39R | ||||
2024 | Harris/ Walz (D) ![]() | |||||||||
2025 | Angela Alsobrooks (D) |
- ^ a b c Died in office.
- ^ As senior member of the Governor's Council, was appointed by state legislature to fill term until replacement elected.
- ^ Appointed to fill position and served until a successor was elected.
- ^ The office of Lieutenant Governor was created originally by the Constitution of 1864.
- ^ The office of attorney general was abolished by the Constitution of 1851 but was reestablished by the Constitution of 1864 (Art. 5, sec. 1).
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ Lt. Gov. position created in 1970.
- ^ Jon F. Oster and George A. Nilson each served for one day as Attorney General on January 1 and January 2, 1979, respectively.
- ^ Sen. Robert R. Neall switched parties from Republican to Democratic.
- ^ In September 2008, incumbent Republican Rep. Richard B. Weldon Jr. switched his party affiliation to unaffiliated.
- ^ 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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