Governors of Maryland

The Governor of Maryland heads the executive branch of the government of the U.S. state of Maryland and is commander-in-chief of the state's military forces. The governor is the highest-ranking official in the state, and the constitutional powers of Maryland's governors make them among the most powerful governors in the United States.

Since the American Revolution, Maryland has had a number of state constitutions that have specified different terms of office and methods of selection of its governors. Under the constitution of 1776, governors were appointed by the legislature to one-year terms. An 1838 constitutional amendment allowed the direct election of governors to three-year terms, although the governors came from rotating election districts. The terms were lengthened to four years in the 1851 Constitution and election districts were abolished in the 1864 version. Since then, governors have been elected by the entire state of Maryland.

Maryland governors are limited to two consecutive terms, making former two-term governors eligible to run after four years out of office.Thomas Sim Lee, Daniel Martin, and Robert Bowie have served non-consecutive terms as Governor of Maryland. Albert Ritchie holds the record of Maryland's longest-serving governor with 14 years of service. Maryland has never had a female governor, although one woman, Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, served as Lieutenant Governor under Parris Glendening from 1995 to 2003.

The current governor is Republican Larry Hogan, who was elected on November 4, 2014.

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