John P. McDonough, Secretary of State
MARYLAND'S SECRETARIES OF STATE
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Below is a list of Maryland's Secretaries of State.
Vivian V. Simpson was the first woman Secretary of State in Maryland. For
more information on the history of the Secretary of State,
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| 1. John C. Groome |
1838 |
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38. Thomas W. Simmons |
1916—1919 |
| 2. John H. Culbreth |
1838 |
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39. George L. Radcliffe |
1919—1920 |
| 3. Joseph Hopper Nicholson, II |
1838—1839 |
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40. Phillip B. Perlman |
1920—1923 |
| 4. Cornelius McLean |
1839—1840 |
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41. E. Brooke Lee |
1923—1925 |
| 5. James Murray |
1840—1841 |
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42. David C. Winebrenner III |
1925—1935 |
| 6. Thomas Wright, III |
1841—1842 |
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43. Thomas L. Dawson |
1935—1936 |
| 7. Henry Hobbs |
1842 |
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44. E. Ray Jones |
1936—1939 |
| 8. John Carroll LeGrand |
1842—1844 |
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45. John B. Gontrum |
1939 |
| 9. John N. Watkins |
1844 |
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46. Francis Petrott |
1939—1941 |
| 10. John N. Watkins |
1844—1845 |
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47. Miles T. Tull |
1941 |
| 11. William Wootton |
1845—1848 |
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48. Thomas Elmo Jones |
1941—1946 |
| 12. Richard C. Hollyday |
1848—1849 |
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49. *William J. McWilliams |
1946 |
| 13. John N. Watkins |
1849—1851 |
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50. Edward G. Chaney |
1946—1947 |
| 14. Thomas O'Neal |
1851—1853 |
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51. John B. Funk |
1947 |
| 15. John Randolph Quinn |
1853—1854 |
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52. Bertram Lee Boone II |
1947—1949 |
| 16. Nathaniel Cox |
1854—1857 |
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53. Vivian V. Simpson |
1949—1951 |
| 17. Jonathan Pinkney |
1857—1858 |
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54. John R. Reeves |
1951—1955 |
| 18. James R. Partridge |
1858—1861 |
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55. Blanchard Randall |
1955—1957 |
| 19. Grayson Eichelberger |
1861 |
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56. Claude B. Hellmann |
1957—1959 |
| 20. Thomas J. Wilson |
1861—1862 |
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57. Thomas B. Finan |
1959—1961 |
| 21. William B. Hill |
1862—1866 |
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58. Lloyd L. Simpkins |
1961—1967 |
| 22. John M. Carter |
1866—1869 |
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59. C. Stanley Blair |
1967—1969 |
| 23. Richard C. Hollyday |
1869—1872 |
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60. Blair Lee III |
1969—1971 |
| 24. John Thomas Mason |
1872—1873 |
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61. Fred L. Wineland |
1971—1982 |
| 25. Richard C. Hollyday |
1873—1880 |
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62. Patricia G. Holtz |
1982—1983 |
| 26. James T. Briscoe |
1880—1884 |
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63. Lorraine M. Sheehan |
1983—1987 |
| 27. Richard C. Hollyday |
1884 |
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64. Winfield M. Kelly, Jr. |
1987—1993 |
| 28. George B. Milligan |
1884—1886 |
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65. Tyras S. Athey |
1993—1995 |
| 29. Edward W. LeCompte |
1886—1893 |
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66. John T. Willis |
1995—2003 |
| 30. William T. Brantly |
1893—1894 |
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67. R. Karl Aumann |
2003—2005 |
| 31. Edwin Gott |
1894—1896 |
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68. Mary D. Kane |
2005—2007 |
| 32. Richard Dallam |
1896—1899 |
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69. **Dennis C. Schnepfe |
2007—2008 |
| 33. George E. Loweree |
1899—1900 |
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70. John P. McDonough |
2008—present |
| 34. Wilfred Bateman |
1900—1904 |
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| 35. Oswald Tilghman |
1904—1908 |
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| 36. N. Winslow Williams |
1908—1912 |
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| 37. Robert P. Graham |
1912—1916 |
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* Appointed assistant to the Secretary of State
during the absence of Thomas Elmo Jones, April 20, 1944—February 7, 1946.
McWilliams actually held the title only two days, February 7-8, 1946.
** Appointed Interim Secretary of State by Governor Martin O'Malley.