Secretary of State of Maryland explained

Post:Secretary of State
Body:Maryland
Incumbent:Susan C. Lee
Incumbentsince:January 18, 2023
Type:Secretary of State
Formation:1838
First:John Charles Groome

The secretary of state of Maryland is charged with the administrative and record-keeping functions of the state government of the U.S. state of Maryland. The secretary of state also holds custody of the Seal of Maryland. Unlike in many states, the secretary of state is not an elective office, but is appointed by the governor and confirmed by the state senate. Susan C. Lee has served as the secretary of state since January 2023.

List of secretaries of state

NameTermImage
John Charles Groome1838
John H. Culbreth1838
Joseph Hopper Nicholson II1838–1839
Cornelius McLean1839–1840
James Murray1840–1841
Thomas Wright, III1841–1842
Henry Hobbs1842
John Carroll LeGrand1842–1844
John N. Watkins1844
John N. Watkins1844–1845
William T. Wootton1845–1848
Richard C. Hollyday1848–1849
John N. Watkins1849–1851
Thomas H. O'Neal1851–1853
John Randolph Quinn1853–1854
1854–1857
Jonathan Pinkney1857–1858
1858–1861
Grayson Eichelberger1861
Thomas J. Wilson1861–1862
William B. Hill1862–1866
John M. Carter1866–1869
Richard C. Hollyday1869–1872
John Thomson Mason Jr.1872–1873
Richard C. Hollyday1873–1880
James T. Briscoe1880–1884
1884
1884–1886
Edward W. LeCompte1886–1893
William T. Brantly1893–1894
Edwin Gott1894–1896
Richard Dallam1896–1899
George E. Loweree1899–1900
Wilfred Bateman1900–1904
Oswald Tilghman1904–1908
N. Winslow Williams1908–1912
Robert P. Graham1912–1916
Thomas W. Simmons1916–1919
George L. P. Radcliffe1919–1920
Philip B. Perlman1920–1923
E. Brooke Lee1923–1925
David C. Winebrenner III1925–1935
Thomas L. Dawson1935–1936
E. Ray Jones1936–1939
John B. Gontrum1939
Francis Petrott1939–1941
Miles T. Tull1941
Thomas Elmo Jones1941–1946
William J. McWilliams1946
Edward G. Chaney1946–1947
John B. Funk1947
Bertram Lee Boone II1947–1949
Vivian V. Simpson1949–1951
John R. Reeves1951–1955
Blanchard Randall1955–1957
Claude B. Hellmann1957–1959
Thomas B. Finan1959–1961
Lloyd Lewis Simpkins1961–1967
C. Stanley Blair1967–1969
1969–1971
Fred L. Wineland1971–1982
Patricia G. Holtz1982–1983
1983–1987
Winfield M. Kelly Jr.1987–1993
Tyras S. Athey1993–1995
John T. Willis1995–2003
R. Karl Aumann2003–2005
Mary D. Kane2005–2007
Dennis C. Schnepfe2007–2008
John P. McDonough2008–2015
John C. Wobensmith2015–2023
Susan C. Lee2023–present

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