Lieutenant Governor of Maryland

Lieutenant Governor of Maryland
Incumbent Boyd Rutherford since January 21, 2015
Style	Honorable
Term length	Four years, renewable once, but renewable again after a 4-year respite.
Inaugural holder	Blair Lee III
Formation	January 1971
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The Lieutenant Governor of Maryland is the second highest-ranking official in the executive branch of the state government of Maryland in the United States. He or she is elected on the same ticket as the Governor of Maryland and must meet the same qualifications.

The current Lieutenant Governor is Boyd Rutherford.

History

The position was first created by the Maryland Constitution of 1864. Under that system of government, the lieutenant governor served as president of the Senate and would assume the office of governor if the incumbent should die, resign, be removed, or be disqualified.

The state's present constitution, adopted in 1867, abolished the lieutenant governorship. However, the position was re-established by a constitutional amendment ratified on November 3, 1970.

Duties and responsibilities

Under the 1970 amendment, the Lieutenant Governor "shall have only the duties delegated to him by the Governor." Maryland's lieutenant governorship is thus weaker than the office in several, but not all, other states that have one. For instance, in many states, including Texas, the lieutenant governor is the president of the state's Senate and in California the Lieutenant Governor assumes all of the Governor's powers when he or she is out of the state. In both of those states, as in some others, the lieutenant governor is elected in his or her own right, independently of the state's governor.

In practice, Maryland's lieutenant governor attends cabinet meetings, chairs various task forces and commissions, represents the state at ceremonial functions and at events with or without the governor, and advises the governor. If there is a vacancy in the office of the governor, the lieutenant governor becomes the governor. A vacancy in the lieutenant governorship is filled by a person nominated by the governor and confirmed by a majority vote of the General Assembly voting in joint session.

List of lieutenant governors

Parties

Unionist Democratic Republican

Lt. Governors under the Maryland Constitution of 1864

#	Lt. Governor	Party	Term
1	Christopher C. Cox	Unionist	1865–1868

Lt. Governors under the Maryland Constitution of 1867

Constitution amended November 4, 1970 to create Lt. Governor position.

#	Lt. Governor	Party	Term start	Term end	Governor
2	Blair Lee III	Democrat	20 January 1971	17 January 1979	Marvin Mandel
3	Samuel W. Bogley	Democrat	17 January 1979	19 January 1983	Harry Hughes
4	J. Joseph Curran, Jr.	Democrat	19 January 1983	21 January 1987	Harry Hughes
5	Melvin A. Steinberg	Democrat	21 January 1987	18 January 1995	William D. Schaefer
6	Kathleen Kennedy Townsend	Democrat	18 January 1995	15 January 2003	Parris Glendening
7	Michael S. Steele	Republican	15 January 2003	17 January 2007	Bob Ehrlich
8	Anthony G. Brown	Democrat	17 January 2007	21 January 2015	Martin O'Malley
9	Boyd Rutherford	Republican	21 January 2015	Incumbent	Larry Hogan

Living former U.S. Lieutenant Governors of Maryland

As of January 2015, there are six former U.S. lieutenant governors of Maryland who are currently living at this time, the oldest U.S. lieutenant governor of Maryland being J. Joseph Curran, Jr. (served 1983–1987, born 1931). The most recent death of a former U.S. lieutenant governor of Maryland was that of Blair Lee III (served 1971–1979, born 1916), on October 25, 1985.

Lt. Governor	Lt. Gubernatorial term	Date of birth (and age)
Samuel W. Bogley	1979–1983	(1941-11-16) November 16, 1941
J. Joseph Curran, Jr.	1983–1987	(1931-07-07) July 7, 1931
Melvin A. Steinberg	1987–1995	(1933-10-04) October 4, 1933
Kathleen Kennedy Townsend	1995–2003	(1951-07-04) July 4, 1951
Michael S. Steele	2003–2007	(1958-10-24) October 24, 1958
Anthony G. Brown	2007–2015	(1961-11-21) November 21, 1961

References

Maryland State Archives. (October 29, 2004). Maryland Manual On-Line: A Guide to Maryland Government. "Lieutenant Governor". Retrieved May 9, 2005.

Government of Maryland

Executive	Governor (List) Lt. Governor Secretary of State Archives Agriculture Education Environment General Services Health & Mental Hygiene Housing & Community Development Labor, Licensing & Regulation Natural Resources Transportation

Legislative	General Assembly Senate (Members, President) House of Delegates (Members, Speaker)

Judicial	Court of Appeals (Judges) Court of Special Appeals Circuit Court District Court

Constitutional offices	Comptroller Treasurer Attorney General Board of Public Works

Independent agencies	Commission on Human Relations Maryland Higher Education Commission Insurance Administration Lottery Office of Administrative Hearings Public Service Commission State Commission on Criminal Sentencing Policy

Current lieutenant governors in the United States

Vice President of the United States: Joe Biden (D)

AL Kay Ivey (R) AK Byron Mallott (D) AZ Michele Reagan (R)¹ AR Tim Griffin (R) CA Gavin Newsom (D) CO Donna Lynne (D) CT Nancy Wyman (D) DE Jeffrey Bullock (D)¹ FL Carlos López-Cantera (R) GA Casey Cagle (R) HI Shan Tsutsui (D) ID Brad Little (R) IL Evelyn Sanguinetti (R) IN Eric Holcomb (R) IA Kim Reynolds (R) KS Jeff Colyer (R) KY Jenean Hampton (R) LA Billy Nungesser (R) ME Michael Thibodeau (R)² MD Boyd Rutherford (R) MA Karyn Polito (R) MI Brian Calley (R) MN Tina Smith (D) MS Tate Reeves (R) MO Peter Kinder (R) MT Mike Cooney (D) NE Mike Foley (R) NV Mark Hutchison (R) NH Chuck Morse (R)² NJ Kim Guadagno (R) NM John Sanchez (R) NY Kathy Hochul (D) NC Dan Forest (R) ND Drew Wrigley (R) OH Mary Taylor (R) OK Todd Lamb (R) OR Ted Wheeler (D)⁴ PA Michael Stack (D) RI Daniel McKee (D) SC Henry McMaster (R) SD Matt Michels (R) TN Ron Ramsey (R)² TX Dan Patrick (R) UT Spencer Cox (R) VT Phil Scott (R) VA Ralph Northam (D) WA Brad Owen (D) WV Bill Cole (R)² WI Rebecca Kleefisch (R) WY Ed Murray (R)¹ DC Phil Mendelson (D)³ Territories: AS Lemanu Peleti Mauga (D) GU Ray Tenorio (R) MP Victor Hocog (R) PR Víctor Suárez Meléndez (D)¹ VI Osbert Potter (I)

Next-in-line of succession for states and territories without lieutenant governors: 1. Secretary of State 2. Senate President 3. Council Chair 4. Treasurer Political party affiliation: Republican: 38 Democratic: 17 Independent: 1

Maryland statewide elected officials

Governor Lieutenant Governor Attorney General Comptroller

Lieutenant Governors of Maryland

Cox office abolished 1868–1971 Lee Bogley Curran Steinberg Townsend Steele Brown Rutherford

Years in Maryland (1788–present)

18th-19th century	1788 1789 1790 1791 1792 1793 1794 1795 1796 1797 1798 1799 1800 1801 1802 1803 1804 1805 1806 1807 1808 1809 1810 1811 1812 1813 1814 1815 1816 1817 1818 1819 1820 1821 1822 1823 1824 1825 1826 1827 1828 1829 1830 1831 1832 1833 1834 1835 1836 1837 1838 1839 1840 1841 1842 1843 1844 1845 1846 1847 1848 1849 1850 1851 1852 1853 1854 1855 1856 1857 1858 1859 1860 1861 1862 1863 1864 1865 1866 1867 1868 1869 1870 1871 1872 1873 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900

20th century	1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000

21st century	2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027 2028 2029

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