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 NameTermImageJohn Charles Groome1838John H. Culbreth1838Joseph Hopper Nicholson II1838–1839Cornelius McLean1839–1840James Murray1840–1841Thomas Wright, III1841–1842Henry Hobbs1842John Carroll LeGrand1842–1844John N. Watkins1844John N. Watkins1844–1845William T. Wootton1845–1848Richard C. Hollyday1848–1849John N. Watkins1849–1851Thomas H. O'Neal1851–1853John Randolph Quinn1853–1854Nathaniel Cox 1854–1857Jonathan Pinkney1857–1858James R. Partridge 1858–1861Grayson Eichelberger1861Thomas J. Wilson1861–1862William B. Hill1862–1866John M. Carter1866–1869Richard C. Hollyday1869–1872John Thomson Mason Jr.1872–1873Richard C. Hollyday1873–1880James T. Briscoe1880–1884Richard C. Hollyday 1884George B. Milligan 1884–1886Edward W. LeCompte1886–1893William T. Brantly1893–1894Edwin Gott1894–1896Richard Dallam1896–1899George E. Loweree1899–1900Wilfred Bateman1900–1904Oswald Tilghman1904–1908N. Winslow Williams1908–1912Robert P. Graham1912–1916Thomas W. Simmons1916–1919George L. P. Radcliffe1919–1920Philip B. Perlman1920–1923E. Brooke Lee1923–1925David C. Winebrenner III1925–1935Thomas L. Dawson1935–1936E. Ray Jones1936–1939John B. Gontrum1939Francis Petrott1939–1941Miles T. Tull1941Thomas Elmo Jones1941–1946William J. McWilliams1946Edward G. Chaney1946–1947John B. Funk1947Bertram Lee Boone II1947–1949Vivian V. Simpson1949–1951John R. Reeves1951–1955Blanchard Randall1955–1957Claude B. Hellmann1957–1959Thomas B. Finan1959–1961Lloyd Lewis Simpkins1961–1967 C. Stanley Blair1967–1969Blair Lee III 1969–1971Fred L. Wineland1971–1982 Patricia G. Holtz1982–1983Lorraine Sheehan 1983–1987 Winfield M. Kelly Jr.1987–1993 Tyras S. Athey1993–1995John T. Willis1995–2003R. Karl Aumann2003–2005Mary D. Kane2005–2007Dennis C. Schnepfe2007–2008John P. McDonough2008–2015John C. Wobensmith2015–2023 Susan C. Lee2023–present
References About the office of Secretary of State, from the Maryland Archives. List of Secretaries of State, from the Maryland Archives.
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