First ladies of Maryland explained

Post:First Lady
Body:Maryland
Insignia:Seal of Maryland (reverse).svg
Insigniacaption:Seal of the State of Maryland
Insigniasize:150px
Incumbent:Dawn Moore
Incumbentsince:January 18, 2023
Residence:Government House
Inaugural:Ann Jennings Johnson
Website:Official website

The spouse of the governor of Maryland is given an honorary position, styled as First Lady or First Gentleman of the State of Maryland. To date there have been no female governors of the State of Maryland, and all first spouses have been first ladies.

List

Name Took office Left office Spouse of
Ann Jennings Johnson17771779Thomas Johnson
Mary Digges Lee17791782Thomas Sim Lee
Anna Maria Tilghman Chew (hostess for widower)17821785William Paca
none (Smallwood never married)17851788William Smallwood
Peggy Chew Howard17881791John Eager Howard
none (Plater was a widower)17911792George Plater
Juliana Jennings Brice (acting)17921792James Brice (acting)
Mary Digges Lee17921794Thomas Sim Lee
widower17941797John Hoskins Stone
widower17971798John Henry
Henrietta Margaret Hill Ogle17981801Benjamin Ogle
Sophia Sprigg Mercer18011803John Francis Mercer
Priscilla Mackall Bowie[1] 18031806Robert Bowie
Elizabeth Harriot Robertson Wright18061809Robert Wright
Sally Scott Murray Lloyd18091811Edward Lloyd
Priscilla Mackall Bowie18111812Robert Bowie
Mary Stoughton Sloss Winder18121816Levin Winder
Priscilla Dorsey Ridgely18161819Charles Carnan Ridgely
Sarah Goldsborough18191819Charles Goldsborough
Violetta Lansdale Sprigg18191822Samuel Sprigg
Eliza May Stevens18221826Samuel Stevens, Jr.
Eleanor Lee Wallace Kent18261826Joseph Kent
none (Kent was a widower)18261828
Alice Contee Kent18281829
Mary Clare Maccubbin Martin18291830Daniel Martin
Julianna Stevenson Carroll18301831Thomas King Carroll
Mary Clare Maccubbin Martin18311831Daniel Martin
Prudence Gough Ridgely Howard18311833George Howard
Elizabeth Courts Thomas18331836James Thomas
Mary Wallace Veazey18361839Thomas Veazey
Susan Orrick Sulivane Grason18391842William Grason
Sally Campbell Preston McDowell Thomas Miller18421842Francis Thomas
none (couple separated)18421845
Adeline Mackubin Kent Pratt18451848Thomas Pratt
Sarah Maria Kerr Thomas18481851Philip Francis Thomas
Esther Winder Polk Lowe18511854Enoch Louis Lowe
Mary Tolly Dorsey Ligon18541858Thomas Watkins Ligon
none (Hicks was a widower)18581862Thomas Holliday Hicks
Elizabeth Kell Bradford18621866Augustus Bradford
Elizabeth Sherlock Swann18661869Thomas Swann
Alice Carter Bowie18691872Oden Bowie
Louisa Hollingsworth Whyte18721874William Pinkney Whyte
none (Groome not married)18741876James Black Groome
none (Carroll was a widower)18761877John Lee Carroll
Mary Carter Thompson Carroll18771880
Clara Jenness Hamilton18801884William Thomas Hamilton
Georgine Urquhart McLane18841885Robert Milligan McLane
Mary Elizabeth Staplefort Lloyd18851888Henry Lloyd
Nannie Rider Jackson18881892Elihu Emory Jackson
Mary Ridgely Preston Brown18921895Frank Brown
Mary Ridgely Brown Lee (hostess for widower)18951896
Elizabeth Tasker Lowndes18961900Lloyd Lowndes, Jr.
Mary Frances Richardson Smith19001904John Walter Smith
Emma Nicodemus Warfield19041908Edwin Warfield
Lynn Shaffer Ewing (hostess; Crothers never married)19081912Austin Lane Crothers
Ellen Showell Goldsborough19121916Phillips Lee Goldsborough
Gertrude Johnson Harrington19161920Emerson Harrington
Elizabeth Caskie Cabell Ritchie (hostess)19201931Albert Ritchie
none19311935
Edna Viola Amos Nice19351939Harry Nice
Eugenia Byrnes O'Conor19391947Herbert O'Conor
Dorothy Byron Lane19471951William Preston Lane, Jr.
Honolulu Claire Manzer McKeldin19511959Theodore McKeldin
Helen Avalynne Gibson Tawes19591967J. Millard Tawes
Elinor Judefind Agnew19671969Spiro Agnew
Barbara Oberfeld Mandel19691974Marvin Mandel
Jeanne Blackistone Dorsey Mandel19741979
Mathilde Boal Lee (acting)19771979Blair Lee III (acting)
Jeanne Blackistone Dorsey Mandel19791979Marvin Mandel
Patricia Donoho Hughes19791987Harry Hughes
Hilda Mae Snoops (hostess; Schaefer never married)19871995William Donald Schaefer
Frances Hughes Glendening19952001Parris Glendening
none (Glendening not married)20012002
Jennifer Crawford20022003
Kendel Sibiski Ehrlich20032007Bob Ehrlich
Catherine Curran O'Malley20072015Martin O'Malley
Yumi Hogan20152023Larry Hogan
2023servingWes Moore

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Maryland Governor Robert Bowie . National Governors Association . February 28, 2015 .