The speaker of the Maryland House of Delegates presides as speaker over the House of Delegates in the state of Maryland in the United States.
List of speakers OrderNameDistrictSession(s)1Thomas WoottonWooton was forced to leave his position because of a family situation with his brother, and, on March 13, 1777, Nicholas Thomas was chosen to replace him.MontgomeryFebruary 17772Nicholas ThomasTalbotMarch 1777 to March 17783William FitzhughFitzhugh was elected speaker after the resignation of ThomasCalvertMarch 1778 to July 17794Josias BeallPrince George'sNovember 1779 to June 17805William BruffQueen Anne'sOctober 1780 to May 17816Turbutt WrightWright served only a few days as speaker while Bruff was absent due to illnessQueen Anne'sJune 11, 1781 to June 14, 17816Thomas Cockey DeyeBaltimoreNovember 1781 to November 17887George DentCharlesNovember 1789 to November 17908Levin Winder (F)SomersetNovember 1791 to November 17939John ParnhamCharlesNovember 179410Matthew TilghmanKentNovember 179411Philip KeySt. Mary'sNovember 1795 to November 179612James CarrollBaltimoreNovember 179713William ThomasSt. Mary'sNovember 179714Henry Henley ChapmanCharlesNovember 1798 to November 179915Edward HallAnne ArundelNovember 180016Charles FrazierQueen Anne'sNovember 1801 to November 180217Tobias E. Stansbury (D-R)BaltimoreNovember 180318Charles FrazierQueen Anne'sNovember 180419Tobias E. Stansbury (D-R)BaltimoreNovember 1805 to November 180720Levin Winder (F)SomersetNovember 1808 to June 180921Tobias E. Stansbury (D-R)BaltimoreNovember 1809 to June 181222John Carlyle Herbert (F)Prince George'sNovember 1812 to December 181323Henry Henley ChapmanCharlesDecember 1814 to December 181524Nicholas StonestreetCharlesDecember 1816 to December 181725James BrownQueen Anne'sDecember 181826Tobias E. Stansbury (D-R)BaltimoreDecember 1819 to December 182127William Hammond MarriottAnne ArundelDecember 182228Tobias E. Stansbury (D-R)BaltimoreDecember 182329William Hammond MarriottAnne ArundelDecember 182430Benedict Joseph Semmes (D)Prince George'sDecember 182531John Grant Chapman (W)CharlesDecember 182632James W. McCullohBaltimoreDecember 182633John Grant Chapman (W)CharlesDecember 1827 to December 182834 Francis Thomas (D)FrederickDecember 182935Richard ThomasSt. Mary'sDecember 1830 to December 183236Thomas Wright IIIQueen Anne'sDecember 183337William J. BlakistoneSt. Mary'sDecember 183438Benjamin L. GanttPrince George'sDecember 1835 to December 183639William Hallam TuckPrince George'sDecember 183740Charles Sterrett RidgelyAnne ArundelDecember 183841James Wray Williams (D)HarfordDecember 183941Charles Sterrett RidgelyAnne ArundelDecember 1840 to March 184142Daniel S. Biser (D)FrederickDecember 184143John Carroll LeGrand (D)Baltimore CityDecember 184144Daniel S. Biser (D)FrederickDecember 184245William H. WatsonBaltimore CityDecember 184346John Grant ChapmanCharlesDecember 184447William S. WatersSomersetDecember 184548John P. Kennedy (W)Baltimore CityDecember 184649William J. BlakistoneSt. Mary'sDecember 184750John Rankin Franklin (W)WorcesterDecember 184951Elias WareBaltimore CityJanuary 1852 to January 185352John F. DentSt. Mary'sJanuary 185453William H. TraversBaltimore CityJanuary 185654John Summerfield BerryBaltimoreJanuary 185855Elbridge George KilbournAnne ArundelJanuary 1860 to July 186156John Summerfield BerryBaltimoreDecember 1861 to January 186257Thomas H. KempCalvertJanuary 186458John M. Frazier (Natl Union)Baltimore City, District 2January 1865 to January 186659Oliver Miller (D)Anne ArundelJanuary 186760William A. Stewart (D)Baltimore City, District 1January 186861Ferdinand Claiborne Latrobe (D)Baltimore City, District 2January 187062Arthur Pue Gorman (D)HowardJanuary 187263Jesse K. Hines (D)KentJanuary 187464Lewis C. Smith (D)WashingtonJanuary 187665Fetter S. Hoblitzell (D)Baltimore City, District 1January 187866Hiram McCullough (D)CecilJanuary 188067Otis Keilholtz (D)Baltimore City, District 3January 188268Joseph Pembroke Thom (D)Baltimore City, District 2January 188469Joseph B. Seth (D)TalbotJanuary 188670George M. Upshur (D)WorcesterJanuary 188871John Hubner (D)BaltimoreJanuary 189072Murray Vandiver (D)HarfordJanuary 189273James H. Preston (D)Baltimore City, District 2January 189474Sydney Emanuel Mudd I (R)CharlesJanuary 189675Louis Schaefer (R)Baltimore City, District 3January 189876Lloyd Wilkinson (D)WorcesterJanuary 190077Ferdinand Claiborne Latrobe (D)Baltimore City, District 2March 190178Noble L. Mitchell (D)HarfordJanuary 1902 to April 190279George Y. Everhart (D)BaltimoreJanuary 190480Carville D. Benson (D)BaltimoreJanuary 190681James Enos Ray, Jr. (D)Prince George'sJanuary 190882Adam Peeples (D)CecilJanuary 191083James Trippe (D)Baltimore City, District 3January 1912 to January 191484Philip D. Laird (D)MontgomeryJanuary 191685David G. McIntosh Jr. (D)BaltimoreJune 191786Herbert R. Wooden (R)CarrollJanuary 191887Millard Tydings (D)HarfordJanuary 1920 to September 192088John L. G. Lee (D)HarfordJanuary 192289Francis P. Curtis (D)Baltimore City, District 2January 192490E. Brooke Lee (D)MontgomeryJanuary 1927 to July 193091Francis A. Michel (D)Baltimore City, District 2January 193192T. Barton Harrington (D)Baltimore City, District 3January 1933 to November 193393Emanuel Gorfine (D)Baltimore City, District 4January 1935 to April 193794Thomas E. Conlon (D)Baltimore City, District 5January 1939 to January 194395John S. White (D)Prince George'sMarch 1944 to December 194696C. Ferdinand Sybert (D)HowardJanuary 1947 to November 195097John C. Luber (D)Baltimore City, District 5January 1951 to June 195898Perry O. Wilkinson (D)Prince George'sJanuary 1959 to May 196299A. Gordon Boone (D)BaltimoreJanuary 1963100Marvin Mandel (D)Baltimore City, District 5February 1964 to January 1969101Thomas Hunter Lowe (D)TalbotJanuary 1969 to July 1973102John Hanson Briscoe (D)St. Mary's, later District 29November 1973 to January 1978103Benjamin L. Cardin (D)Baltimore City, District 42January 1979 to January 1987104R. Clayton Mitchell, Jr. (D)Kent, District 36January 1987 to January 1993105Casper R. Taylor, Jr. (D)Allegany, District 1cJanuary 8, 1994 to January 8, 2003106Michael E. Busch (D)Anne Arundel, District 30January 8, 2003 to April 7, 2019107Adrienne A. Jones (D)Baltimore, District 10April 7, 2019 to May 1, 2019 (acting) May 1, 2019 to December 4, 2025108Dana Stein (D)Baltimore, District 11BDecember 4, 2025 to December 16, 2025 (acting)109Joseline Peña-Melnyk (D)Anne Arundel and Prince George's, District 21December 16, 2025–present
See also List of Maryland General Assemblies
Footnotes
References Maryland State Archives - House of Delegates Records
External links Maryland General Assembly