Secretary of State of Maryland

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. John C. Wobensmith has served as Secretary of State since January, 2015.

List of secretaries of state[]

Name	Term	Image
John Charles Groome	1838
	1838
	1838–1839
	1839–1840
	1840–1841
	1841–1842
Henry Hobbs	1842
John Carroll LeGrand	1842–1844
	1844
	1844–1845
	1845–1848
	1848–1849
	1849–1851
	1851–1853
	1853–1854
	1854–1857
	1857–1858
James R. Partridge	1858–1861
	1861
Thomas J. Wilson	1861–1862
	1862–1866
	1866–1869
	1869–1872
John Thomson Mason, Jr.	1872–1873
	1873–1880
	1880–1884
	1884
	1884–1886
	1886–1893
	1893–1894
	1894–1896
	1896–1899
	1899–1900
	1900–1904
Oswald Tilghman	1904–1908
	1908–1912
	1912–1916
	1916–1919
George L. P. Radcliffe	1919–1920
Philip B. Perlman	1920–1923
E. Brooke Lee	1923–1925
	1925–1935
	1935–1936
	1936–1939
	1939
	1939–1941
	1941
	1941–1946
	1946
	1946–1947
	1947
	1947–1949
Vivian V. Simpson	1949–1951
	1951–1955
	1955–1957
	1957–1959
Thomas B. Finan	1959–1961
	1961–1967
C. Stanley Blair	1967–1969
Blair Lee III	1969–1971
	1971–1982
	1982–1983
Lorraine M. Sheehan	1983–1987
Winfield M. Kelly Jr.	1987–1993
Tyras S. Athey	1993–1995
	1995–2003
	2003–2005
Mary D. Kane	2005–2007
	2007–2008
John P. McDonough	2008–2015
John C. Wobensmith	2015–present

References[]

• About the office of Secretary of State, from the Maryland Archives.
• List of Secretaries of State, from the Maryland Archives.

External links[]

• Media related to Secretaries of State of Maryland at Wikimedia Commons

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