First Session: February 5, 1777 - April 20, 1777
Second Session: June 16, 1777 - June 29, 1777Source:
Edward C. Papenfuse, et al., Archives of Maryland,Historical List, new series, Vol. 1. Annapolis, MD: Maryland State Archives, 1990.
Edward C. Papenfuse, et al., A Biographical Dictionary of the Maryland Legislature, 1635-1789, Vols. 1&2. Annapolis, MD: Maryland State
Archives, 1985.a - appointed; d - died; dcl - declined; dns - did not serve; ds - dismissed; e - elected; ev - election voided;
pres - president of the Senate; pres p. t. - president pro tem of the Senate; psa - post-session appointment; psd - post-session death;
psr - post-session resignation; r - resigned; s - suspended; spkr - speaker of the House; spkr p.t. - speaker pro tem of the House;
(D) - Democrat; (R) - Republican.
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George Plater
William Paca Daniel of St. Thomas Jenifer, pres Charles Carroll, barrister Thomas Johnson, dcl Charles Carroll of Carrollton Thomas Stone Brice T. B. Worthington Thomas Contee Charles Grahame, e-1 |
Matthew Tilghman
Joseph Nicholson, Jr. Robert Goldsborough Turbett Wright James Tilghman, dcl Samuel Wilson Edward Tilghman, e-1, dcl Thomas B. Hands, e-1, dcl3 Henry Hooper, e-1, dcl3 William Hindman, e-1 |
House of Delegates | |||
Annapolis
Samuel Chase John Brice Allen Quynn |
Anne Arundel County
Thomas Tillard Rezin Hammond John Hall Benjamin Galloway |
Baltimore Town
John Smith Jeremiah Townley Chase |
Baltimore County
Thomas Cockey Deye Charles Ridgely John Stevenson Peter Shepherd |
Calvert County
William Fitzhugh John Mackall, Jr., ds-14 William Allein Richard Parran Alexander Somerville, e-3 |
Caroline County
Henry Downes William Douglass Richard Mason Henry Dickinson |
Cecil County
Richard Bond John Veazy, Jr. Joseph Gilpin Patrick Ewing |
Charles County
Joseph Hanson Harrison Thomas Semmes Zephaniah Turner Alexander McPherson |
Dorchester County
William Ennalls John Henry, Jr. James Murray, dns, r-1 Henry Steele, dns, r-2 John Smoot, e-1 |
Frederick County
Christopher Edelin Upton Sheredine John Hanson, Jr., dns, r-1 Philip Thomas David Shriver, e-2 |
Harford County
Jacob Bond Thomas Bond John Archer William Smithson |
Kent County
Peregrine Lethrbury Isaac Perkins John Maxwell Donaldson Yeates |
Montgomery County
Elisha Williams Thomas Sprigg Wooton, spkr-1, r Richard Crabb Edward Burgess |
Prince George's County
Walter Bowie David Craufurd Osborn Sprigg Jeremiah Magurder |
Queen Anne's County
James Kent William Bruff Robert Wright James Bordley |
St. Mary's County
John Hatton Read James Jordan William Thomas Athanasius Ford |
Somerset County5
Henry Lowes, dns, ev William Horsey, ev William Stone, ev John Waters, dns, ev Henry Jackson, e-1 John Stewart, e-1, dns, ds-1 Thomas Maddux, e-1 William Polk, e-1 William Winder, Jr. , e-2 |
Talbot County
John Gibson James Benson Henry Banning, ds-1, e-16 Edward Lloyd, dns, r-1 Nicholas Thomas, e-1, spkr-1,2 John Bracco, e-1, dns, r-1 |
Washington County
Samuel Beall Joseph Sprigg Samuel Hughes Henry Schnebeley |
Worcester County
Peter Chaille John Selby Smith Bishop Josiah Mitchell |
1 The Constitution of Maryland, as framed by the Ninth Convention, provided
for two distinct legislative branches, a Senate and a House of Delegates.
The House of Delegates consisted of four representatives from each of the
eighteen counties and two delegates from both Annapolis and Baltimore Town.
House members, elected viva voce, served one year terms. A popularly chosen
electoral college, comprised of two men from each county and one from both
Annapolis and Baltimore Town, elected members of the Senate, who served
five-year terms. The method of selection was by
ballot, with the electoral college choosing fifteen senators—nine from
the Western Shore and six from the Eastern Shore—either from their own
number or from the population at large. The Senate, unlike the House, had
constitutional authority to fill its own vacancies. The Senate and House,
collectively termed the General Assembly, was directed to meet annually
on the first Monday of November and more frequently if necessary.
The Constitution mandated that the governor and a five member Executive Council be selected by joint ballots of both houses of the legislature. The governor and Council served one-year terms, but they could be reelected. The governor, however, could serve no more than three successive terms, and he was ineligible to occupy that office again until four years after his last gubernatorial term. The Ninth Convention directed that special elections be held in November and December of 1776, and that the first General Assembly convene in Annapolis in February 1777. The Council of Safety adjourned for the last time on March 20, 1777, the day on which the first governor and Council qualified; the Assembly dissolved the Council of Safety by resolution two days later.
2. Speaker Wooton was granted a leave of absence because of the indisposition of his brother. Thomas was chosen to replace him as speaker on March 13, 1777.
3. It is presumed that Hands declined to serve, and that Hooper (first name not given in the proceedings, but probably Henry) was chosen in his place. There is no record in the proceedings of either Hand's refusal or Hooper's election, but the Eastern Shore's delegation of six senators would be accurately accounted for by this presumption. After Hooper declined on April 12, 1777, William Hindman was elected to complete the Eastern Shore roster.
4. Mackall was discharged on February 19, 1777, because he was not a resident of Calvert County at the time of his election.
5. After hearing depositions regarding the election of delegates from Somerset County in which it was reported that "a number of men armed with fire arms, to the amount of thirty, and a number with sticks and spears fixed in the end of them, came from several parts of said county, to the place of election," the Lower House declared the election void on March 5, 1777. Four new delegates were elected on March 19, 1777, three of whom were qualified on March 27. The fourth delegate, John Stewart, a field officer at the time of election, was ruled ineligible and discharged.
6. Banning was declared ineligible because he was a field officer at the time of the election. He was discharged on February 12, 1777, and Thomas was chosen to replace him. Banning was later reelected and qualified on April 10, 1777.
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