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12. Nov. 22, 1787
*WM SMALLWOOD-unanimous.
13. Nov. 10, 1788
*THOS. JOHNSON [declined to serve] .- John E. HOWARD.
14. Nov. 21, 1788
*JOHN E. HOWARD- opponents not named.
15. Nov. 16, 1789
*JOHN E. HOWARD-unanimous.
16. Nov. 8, 1790
¥
*JOHN E. HOWARD-unanimous.
17. Nov. 14, 1791
*GEO. PLATER-unanimous [died in office ].
18. Apr. 4, 1792
*T. S. LEE-BENJ. OGLE-NICHOLAS CARROLL.
19. Nov. 4, 1792
*T. S. LEE-unanimous.
20. Nov. 15, 1793
*T. S. LEE-unanimous.
21. Nov. 17, 1794
*J. H. STONE-LeVIN WINDER.
22. Nov. 9, 1795
*J. H. STONE-unanimous.
23. Nov. 15, 1796
*J. H. STONE-unanimous.
24. Nov. 13, 1797
25. Nov. 12, 1798
*T. S. LEE-unanimous [Declined to serve].
26. Nov. 14, 1798
*Benj. OGLE-NICHOLAS CARROLL.
27. Nov. 18, 1799
*BENJ. OGLE-unanimous.
28. Nov. 10, 1800
*BENJ. OGLE-unanimous.
*J. M. MERCER, 59-JAMES MURRAY, 26.
29. Nov. 9, 1801 30. Nov. 8, 1802
*J. M. MERCER, 53- JAMES MURRAY, 22.
31. Nov. 14, 1803
*ROBT. BOWIE-unopposed.
32. Nov. 20, 1804
" *ROBT. BOWIE-unopposed.
33. Nov. 11, 1805
¥ *ROBT. BOWIE-unopposed.
34. Nov. 10, 1806
*R. WRIGHT, 59-CHAS. CARROLL, 11-JOHN E. HOWARD, 3-T. JOHNSON, 1.
*R. WRIGHT, 56-CHAS. CARROLL, 7- J. E. HOWARD 7-WRIGHT, 1.
35. Nov. 9, 1807
*JOHN HENRY-unanimous.
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APPENDIX A
No. Date.
Method.
Candidates with vote for each.
*R. WRIGHT-unopposed [resigned May 6, 1809].
*EDWARD LLOYD-unopposed.
*EDWARD LLOYD-unopposed.
*EDWARD LLOYD-unopposed.
40. Nov. 11, 1811
41. Nov. 12, 1812
*LEVIN WINDER, 52-ROBT. BOWIE, 29.
*LEVIN WINDER, 48-ROBT. BOWIE, 28.
*LEVIN WINDER, 48-ROBT. BOWIE, 23.
*CHAS. RIDGELY, 47-ROBT. BOWIE, 45.
*CHAS. RIDGELY, 62-ROBT. BOWIE. 17.
*CHAS. RIDGELY-unopposed.
47. Dec.
14, 1818
*C. GOLDSBOROUGH, 49-FRISBY TILGHMAN, 44. *SAML. SPRIGG, 49-CHAS. GOLDSBOROUGH, 36.
50. Dec.
8, 1821
51. Dec. 9, 1822
*SAML. STEVENS, JR, 63-JAS. B. ROBINS, 16.
52. Dec. 8, 1823
¥
*SAML. STEVENS, JR .- unopposed.
53. Dec.
13, 1824
*SAML. STEVENS, JR .- unopposed.
54. Jan.
2, 1826
*J. KENT-WM. TYLER.
55. Jan.
1, 1827
*J. KENT, 84-opponents not named.
56. Jan. 7, 1828
57. Jan.
5,1829
*D. MARTIN, 52-GEO. E. MITCHELL, 38.
58. Jan.
4, 1830
*D. MARTIN, 50-blanks 32 [died in office].
60. Jan.
2, 1832
*GEO. HOWARD, 64-NICH. BREWER, 5-blanks 13.
61. Jan.
7, 1833
*Jas. THOMAS, 62-JOHN S. STODDART, 2, John (?) THOMAS, 1-blanks, 21.
62. Jan.
4, 1834
*JAS. THOMAS, 48-ED. LLOYD, 46-W. H. MAR- RIOTT, 1.
63. Jan.
5, 1835
*JAS. THOMAS, 67-JOS. WEAST, 1-JOSHUA JONES, 2-blanks 13.
64. Jan.
4, 1836
*T. W. VEAZEY, 53-blanks, 23.
65. Jan.
2, 1837
*T. W. VEAZEY, 70-blanks, 9-scattering, 2.
66. Jan.
1, 1838
*T. W. VEAZEY, 52-blanks, 24-scattering, 5. *WM.GRASON,27,720-JOHN NEVITT STEELE,27,409
67. Oct.
3, 1838
Pop.
68. Oct.
6, 1841
*FRANCIS THOMAS, 28,986-WM. COST JOHNSON, 28,321.
69. Oct.
4, 1844
*T. G. PRATT, 35,038-JAS. CARROLL, 34,492.
70. Oct.
6, 1847
*P. F. THOMAS, 34,388-WM. T. GOLDSBOROUGH, 33,679.
71. Oct.
2, 1850
72. Nov.
2, 1853
73. Nov.
4, 1857
74. Nov.
6, 1861
*A. W. BRADFORD, 57,501-BENJ. C. HOWARD, 26,070.
75. Nov.
8, 1864
*THOS. SWANN, 40,579-EZEKIEL F. CHAMBERS, 32,068.
76. Nov.
5, 1867
*Oden BOWIE, 63,602- HUGH L. BOND, 21,890.
77. Nov.
7, 1871
*WM. P. WHYTE, 73,903-JACOB TOME, 58,815 [Gov. Whyte resigned in 1874].
36. Nov. 14, 1808
Leg.
37. June, 5, 1809
38. Nov. 13, 1809
39. Nov. 19, 1810
*ROBT. BOWIE-JOHN E. HOWARD.
42. Dec. 14, 1813
43. Dec. 12, 1814
44. Dec. 11, 1815
45. Dec. 9, 1816
46. Dec. 8, 1817
48. Dec.
13, 1819
49. Dec. 11, 1820
*SAML. SPRIGG, 48-CHAS. GOLDSBOROUGH, 46.
*SAML. SPRIGG-unopposed.
*J. KENT, 80-BENEDICT I. SEMMES, 1-Blanks, 3.
*T. K. CARROLL, 50-D. MARTIN, 43.
59. Jan.
3, 1831
¥
*E. L. LOWE, 35,292-WM. B. CLARKE, 33,800. *T. W. LIGON, 38,730-RICH. J. BOWIE, 34,557. *T. H. HICKS, 44,762-JOHN C. GROOME, 36,127.
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APPENDIX A.
No. Date.
Method.
Candidates with vote for each.
78. Feb. 4, 1874
79. Nov. 2, 1875
Leg. Pop.
*J. B. GROOME, 75-JOHN E. SMITH, 18.
*J. L. CARROLL, 85,454-J. MORRISON HARRIS. 72,530.
*W. T. HAMILTON, 90,771-JAS. A. GARY, 68,609. *R. M. McLANE, 92,694-HART B. HOLTON, 80,707 [Gov. McLane resigned in 18851.
82. Jan.
20, 1886
Leg.
*HY. LLOYD, 100-ROBT. B. DIXON, 14.
83. Nov. 8, 1887
Pop.
*E. E. JACKSON, 99,038-WALTER B. BROOKS, 86,622-Summerfield BALDWIN, 4,416.
84. Nov. 3, 1891
*FRANK BROWN, 108,530-WM. J.VANNORT, 78,388 -EDWIN HIGGINS, 5,120.
85. Nov. 5, 1895
*LLOYD LOWNDES, 124,936-JOHN E. HURST, 106,169-JOSHUA LEVERING, 7,719-H. FRANK- LIN ANDREW, 1,281.
86. Nov. 7, 1899
*J. W. SMITH, 128,409-L. LOWNDES, 116,286- JAS. SWANN, 5,275-JOHN A. RUGEMER, 420- LEVIN T. JONES, 432-WM. N. HILL, 367.
87 Nov. 3, 1903
88. Nov. 5, 1907
*EDWIN WARFIELD, 108,548-S. A. WILLIAMS, 95,923-WM. GISRIEL 2,913-SILAS M. CRABILL 1,302.
*A. L. CROTHERS, 102,051-G. R. GAITHER, 94,- 300 JAS. W. FRIZZELL, 3,776-IRA CULP, 1,310
80. Nov. 4, 1879
81. Nov. 6, 1883
APPENDIX B. ADMINISTRATIONS IN MARYLAND
1777-1908.
No. Governor or acting governor. Duration of Administration.
1 Thomas Johnson. 1777 (March 21)
2 Thomas Sim Lee (1).
1779 (November 12)
3 William Paca. 1782 (November 22)
4 William Smallwood. 1785 (November 26)
1788 (November 24)
5 John Eager Howard. 1791 (November 14)
6 George Plater 1792 (February 13)
6a James Brice.
1792 (April 5)
[Acting-governor pending the election of a successor to Governor Plater.] 1792 (April 5)
7 Thomas Sim Lee (2). 1794 (November 14)
8 John Hoskins Stone 1797 (November 17)
9 John Henry 1798 (November 14)
10 Benjamin Ogle 1801 (November 10)
11 John Francis Mercer 1803 (November 15)
12 Robert Bowie (1). [1806 (November 12)
13 Robert Wright. [1809 (May 6)
13a James Butcher.
[1809 (June 9)
[Acting-governor pending the election of a successor to Governor Wright.] 1809 (June 9)
14 Edward Lloyd.
15 Robert Bowie (2) 1811 (November 16)
16 Levin Winder. . 1812 (November 25)
17 Charles Carnan Ridgely 1816 (January 2)
18 Charles Goldsborough
1819 (December 20)
20 Samuel Stevens, Jr.
1826 (January 9)
22 Daniel Martin (1)
1830 (January 15)
23 Thomas King Carroll.
1831 (January 13)
25 George Howard
1833 (January 17)
26 James Thomas.
27 Thos. Ward Veazey 1836 (January 14)
28 William Grason 1839 (January 7)
29 Francis Thomas 1842 (January 3)
1845 (January 6)
30 Thomas George Pratt.
31 Philip Francis Thomas 1848 (January 3) 1851 (January 6)
32 Enoch Louis Lowe.
1854 (January 11)
33 Thomas Watkins Ligon. 1858 (January 13)
34 Thomas Holliday Hicks
1862 (January 8)
1822 (December 16)
21 Joseph Kent.
1829 (January 15)
24 Daniel Martin (2).
1831 (July 22)
1819 (January 8)
19 Samuel Sprigg.
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APPENDIX B
No. Governor or acting governor. Duration of Administration.
35 Augustus W. Bradford.
1866 (January 10)
36 Thomas Swann
1869 (January 13)
37 Oden Bowie.
38 Wm. Pinkney Whyte. 1872 (January 10)
39 Jas. Black Groome
1876 (January 12)
40 John Lee Carroll.
1880 (January 14)
41 Wm. Thos. Hamilton
-1884 (January 9)
42 Robert Milligan McLane.
1885 (March 27)
43 Henry Lloyd 1888 (January 11)
[Acting-governor from March 27, 1885, to January 21, 1886, when he was inaugurated governor after hav- ing been elected successor to Governor McLane.]
44 Elihu Emory Jackson
1888 (January 11)
45 Frank Brown. 1892 (January 13)
46 Lloyd Lowndes.
-1900 (January 10)
47 John Walter Smith
1904 (January 13)
48 Edwin Warfield.
1896 (January 8)
49 Austin Lane Crothers 1908 (January 8)
1862 (January 8)
1874 (March 4)
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BIOGRAPHICAL F
No.
NAME
BORN
PA
1 Thomas Johnson
Nov. 4, 1732
Thos. and Dorcas (Sed
2 Thomas Sim Lee
Oct. 29, 1745
Thos. and Christiana (S
3 William Paca
Oct. 31, 1740
John and Elizabeth P.
4 William Smallwood
1732 Bayne and Priscilla (H
5
John Eager Howard
June 4, 1752 Cornelius and Ruth (E
6 George Plater
Nov. 8, 1735 Geo. and Rebecca (Aq
7 John Hoskins Stone
1745 David and Elizabeth
8 John Henry
1750 John and Dorothy (R
9 Benjamin Ogle
Feb.
7, 1746
Samuel and Ann (Task
10 John Francis Mercer
May 17, 1759
Robert and Ann (Roy
11 Robert Bowie
Mar. 1750 Wm. and Margaret (S)
12 Robert Wright
Nov. 20, 1752 Solomon and Mary (Ti
13 Edward Lloyd
July 22, 1779 Edward and Elizabeth
14 Levin Winder
Sept. 4, 175 Wm. and Esther (Gilli
15
Charles Carnan Ridgely
Dec. 6, 1760 John and Acsah (Rid
16
Charles Goldsborough
July 15, 1760
Chas. and Anna Maria
17 Samuel Sprigg
1782 or 1783
Jos. and (?) Margaret ) S.
18 Samuel Stevens, Jr.
July 13, 1778
John and Elizabeth (C)
19 Joseph Kent
Jan. 14, 1779
Daniel and -K.
20 Daniel Martin
1780 Nicholas and Hannah
21 Thomas King Carroll
Apr. 29, 1793
Hy. Jas. and Elizabet
22 George Howard
Nov. 21, 1789
John Eager and Marga
23 James Thomas
Mar. 11, 1785
Wm. and Catherine (]
24 Thomas Ward Veazey
Jan. 31, 1774
Edward and Elizabeth V.
25 William Grason
1786
Rich. and -G. Francis and Nellie (Ma
26 Francis Thomas
Feb. 3, 1799
27 Thomas George Pratt
Feb. 18, 1804
Thos. and Eleanor (M:
28 Philip Francis Thomas
Sept. 12, 1810
Tristram and Maria (]
29 Enoch Louis Lowe
Aug. 10, 1820 Bradley S. A. and Ad ère) !
30 Thomas Watkins Ligon
1812
Hy. C. and Mary (Ser Thos. D. and (Watkii
32
Augustus Williamson Bradford
Jan. 9, 1806
Samuel and Jane (Bo) Thos. and Jane Byrd
33 Thomas Swann
1805 or 1806
34 Oden Bowie
Nov. 10, 1826
35
William Pinkney Whyte
Aug. , 1824
Wm. D. and Mary Eli Jos. and Isabella Pink
36 James Black Groome
Apr. 4, 1838
John Charles and Eli G.
37 John Lee Carroll
Sept. 30, 1830
Chas. and Mary Digg
38 William Thomas Hamilton
Sept. 8, 1820
Henry and Anna Mar
39 Robert Milligan McLane
June 23, 1815
Louis and Catherine CL.
40 Henry Lloyd
Feby. 21, 1852
Daniel and Kitty (H
41 Elihu Emory Jackson
Nov. 3, 1837
Hugh and Sally (McB
42 Frank Brown
Aug. 8, 1846 Stephen T. Cockey am anett)
43 Lloyd Lowndes
Feby. 21, 1845 Lloyd and Marie (Mo
44 John Walter Smith
Feby. 5, 1845 John Walter and Cha con) S.
45 Edwin Warfield
May 7, 1848 Albert G. and Margens) W.
46 Austin Lane Crothers
May, 17, 1860
Alpheus and Margaret B) C.
31 Thomas Holliday Hicks
Sept. 2, 1798
PC
OF GOVERNORS
MARRIAGE
DIED
No.
Ann Jennings
Oct. 26, 1819
1
Mary Digges
Nov. 9, 1819
2
(1) Mary Lloyd, (2) Anne Harrison
Bachelor
Feb. 14, 1792
4
Margaret Chew
Oct. 12, 1827
5
(1) Hannah Lee, (2) Elizabeth Rousby (?) Couden
Oct. 5, 1804 7
Margaret Campbell
Dec. 16, 1798
8
(1) Rebecca Stilley, (2) Henrietta' Margaret Hill
July 6, 1809 9
Sophia Sprigg
Aug. 20, 1821 10
Priscilla Mackall
Jan. 8, 1818
11
(1) Sarah de Courcy, (2) Miss Ringgold
Sept. 7, 1826
12
Sally Scott Murray
June 2, 1834 13
Mary Sloss
July 1, 1819 14
Priscilla Dorsey
July 17, 1829
15
(1) Elizabeth Goldsborough, (2) Sarah Yer- bury Goldsborough
Dec. 13, 1834 16
Violette Landsale
Apr. 21, 1855 17
Eliza May
Feb. 7, 1860
18
(1) Eleanor Lee Wallace, (2) Alice Lee Contee Mary Clare Maccubin
Jan. 11, 1831
20
Julianna Stevenson
Oct. 3, 1873 21
Prudence Gough Ridgely
Aug. 2, 1846 22
Elizabeth Coates
Dec. 25, 1845
23
V.
(1) Sarah Worrell, (2) Mary Veazey, (3) Mary Wallace
July 1, 1842 24
Susan Orrick Sulivane
July 2, 1868 25
Sally McDowell
Jan. 23, 1876 26
Adelaide Kent
Nov. 9, 1869 27
(1) Sallie Dorsey, (2) Mary Tolly Dorsey
Jan. 12, 1881
30
Elizabeth Kell
Mar. 1, 1881
32
(1) Elizabeth Gilmor Sherlock, (2) Mrs. John R. Thompson
July 24, 1883 33
Alice Carter
Dec. 4, 1894
34
(1) Louisa D. Hollingsworth, (2) Mrs. Raleigh Thomas
Mar. 17, 1908
35
Alice L. Edmondson
Oct. 4, 1893
36
(1) Anita Phelps, (2) Mary Carter Thompson Clara Jenness
Oct. 26, 1888
38
icL.
Georgine Urquhart
Apr. 16, 1898
39
Mary Elizabeth Stapleforte
40
Nannie Rider
Dec. 27, 1907
41
anett) B.
Mrs. Mary (Ridgely) Preston
42
Elizabeth Tasker Lowndes
Jan. 8, 1905
43
Mary Frances Richardson
44
fartreso
ton) S. s) W. r) C. Bachelor
Emma Nicodemus
45
46
1
3) S.
fière) L.
(1) Sarah Maria Kerr, (2) Mrs. Clintonia May Esther Winder Polk
Oct. 2, 1890 28
Aug. 23, 1892 29
(1) Anna Thompson, (2) Leah Raleigh, Mrs. Mary Wilcox
(3)
Feb. 13, 1865 31
G.
37
Nov. 24, 1839 19
Feb. 10, 1792 6
1799
3
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INDEX
Acting-governor, 235, 236, 238, 284 §6a, 284 §13a.
Addison (Plater), Rebecca, 286 §6.
Adams, Pres. John, opinion of Governor Johnson, 3; mentioned, 4.
Adams, Pres. John Q., attends Governor Howard's funeral, 31.
Alvey, Rich. H., 224.
Allegheny College attended by Governor Lowndes, 256.
American Party. (See Know-nothing.)
Annapolis (1774) Convention, 4.
Andrew, H. Franklin, 283 §85.
Anti-federalist party, 26.
April 19 (1861) riot, 174-176.
Apportionment in legislature-dispute
over, 77-78; agitation for reform, 93; readjustment of, 137.
Archer, Stevenson, defalcation, 246.
Articles of Confederation, 81.
Assessment bill defeated, 254.
Bank of Maryland failure, 122; riot, 122- 123.
Baughman, John W., 159.
Baughman, L. Victor, 245.
Baker (Johnson), Mary, 3.
Baldwin, Summerfield, 283 §83.
BALTIMORE. Riot of 1812: 62, 75-76; misinterpreted, 57; effect upon repub- lican party, 62, 81; Governor Bowie and, 62; threatened by British, 31, 79; agitation to increase representation, 89; Bank of Maryland riot, 122-123; Know-nothing riots, 187-188; Massa- chusetts soldiers mobbed, 174-176. Thomas Swann, mayor: accomplish- ments of administration, 184, 186; street railway inaugurated, 186; public parks, 186; fire department, 186; police commissioners removed, 189-190. Wil- liam Pinkney Whyte mayor: 204-205; "New Judge" movement, 205; water department improved, 205. Balti- more and Ohio strike: 213-214, 217- 219; Camden station fired, 219. Frank Brown postmaster, 250-251; postal ser- vice improved, 250-251; Baltimore Traction Company, 254; new sewerage, 265-266; city rewarded, 266; charter commission, 206. Thomas G. Hayes, mayor, 254. J. Barry Mahool, mayor, 254.
BALTIMORE AND OHIO RAILROAD. Rea- sons for projecting, 102; original plans for locomotion, 102; favored by Gover-
nor Kent, 101; meeting of projectors, 102; charter granted, 102; Governor Martin interested, 107; Maryland's financial aid, 126; completed to Ohio river, 161; collection of state arrears, 196; opposition of Chesapeake and Ohio canal, 121-122; opposition to Bal- timore and Potomac, 194-196; strike of 1877, 213-214, 217-219; Louis Mc- Lane president, 228; Thomas Swann president, 184, 186.
Baltimore and Potomac Railroad. Oden Bowie president, 194; opposition of Baltimore and Ohio, 194.
Baltimore City Passenger Railway, 196- 197.
Bennett (Brown), Susan A., 249, 286 §42. Black (Groome), Elizabeth, 209, 286 §36. Blair, Montgomery, 211.
Boarman (Thomas), Catherine, 119, 286 § 23.
Bond, Hugh L., 282 §76.
Bond (Bradford), Jane, 179, 286 §32.
Bordley, Stephen, 3, 15.
Boston, congress for relief of, 16.
Boundary dispute between Maryland and Virginia, 203.
Bowie, Hannah Lee, 91.
Bowie, Rev. John, school of, 96.
BOWIE, Oden sketch, 192-197; (first gover-
nor under constitution of 1867, 192, 195-196; ancestry and education, 193; in Mexican war, 193; defeated for gen- eral assembly, 193; elected to legisla- ture, 193; marriage, 193-194; home life, 194, 197; and Baltimore and Poto- mac Railroad, 194, defeated for lieuten- ant governor 195; advocates constitu- tional reform 195, governor, 195-196; president Baltimore City Passenger Railway, 196-197; Maryland Jockey Club, 197; death, 197). 202, 282 §76, 285 §37, 286 §34.
Bowie, Richard J., 167, 282 §72.
BOWIE, Robert, sketch, 57-63 (character- istics, 58; birth, 58; romantic marriage, 58; activities before Revolution, 58-59; Revolutionary soldier, 59; elected to legislature, 59; governor, 60-61; second administration, 61-62; favors war with England, 61-62; Baltimore riot and, 62; defeated for governor, 62-63; death, 63. Mentioned, 65; second administra- tion, 76, 77, 281 §31, §32, §33, 282 §40, §41, §42, §43, §44, §45; 284 §12, §15; 286 §11.
290
INDEX
Bowie, Captain William, 58, 286 §11. Bowie, Col. Wm. D., 193, 286 §34. Boyle, Edmeralda, quoted 8.
BRADFORD, Augustus Williamson, sketch, 178-183 (boyhood, 179; supports Clay, 179-180; marriage, 180; union speech of, 180; election as governor, 180-181; labors to preserve union, 181-182; con- flict with federal troops, 182; mansion burned, 183; surveyor of port of Balti- more, 183; death, 183). Hicks' letter to, 175; appoints Hicks to U. S. senate, 177; 282 §74, 285 §35, 286 §32.
Bradford, Samuel, 179, 286 §32.
Bradley, Stephen J., 135.
Brandywine, battle of: Governor Wright and, 66; Governor Mercer and, 52.
Breckinridge, John C., 162.
Brewer, Nicholas, 117, 282 §60.
Brice, James, acting-governor, 235-236; 284 §6a.
Brooke, Commander Robert, 119.
Brooks, Walter B., 245, 283 §83.
Brown, Abel, 249.
Brown and Brune, 199, 215.
Brown, Judge Edwin H., 278.
BROWN, Frank, sketch, 248-254 (boyhood,
249, election to house of delegates, 249; legislative career, 250; postmaster of Baltimore, 250; elected governor, 251; administration, 251-254; marriage, 254; political activities, 1895-1908, 254). Appoints Governor Lloyd judge, 240, 283 §84, 285 §45; 286 §42.
Brown, Mayor George Wm., 174-175.
Brown, James, 222.
Brown, Stephen T. Cockey, 249; death of, 250, 286 §42.
Bryan, Wm. J., 273.
Buchanan, Pres. James, 149, 162; appoints Gov. P. F. Thomas commissioner of patents, 155, and secretary of treasury, 155; election of, 231-232; appoints Governor McLane minister to Mexico, 235-236.
Butcher, James, acting-governor, 68, 235- 236; 284 §13a.
Butler, General B. F., 172.
Byrd, William, 185.
Calverts, Gov. James Thomas, descended from, 119.
Cameron, Simon, 176-177.
Camden, battle of, 28; Gates retirement, 23.
Camden Station, fired, 219.
Campbell (Henry), Margaret, 45, 287 §8. Carmichael, Rich. B., 132.
Carnan, Charles Ridgely. (See Governor Ridgely.)
Carnan, John, 82, 286 § 15.
Carroll, Charles, 281 §34, §35.
Carroll, Chas., brother of Gov. J. L. Car- roll, 216.
Carroll, Col. Chas., 215, 216, 286 §37.
Carroll of Carrollton, Chas., 17; elected U. S. senator, 43; favors Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, 102; mentioned, 214;
Maryland's most famous citizen, 215; buried at Doughoregan, 216. Carroll, Capt. Hy., 109.
Carroll, Hy. Jas., 109-110; 286 §21. Carroll, James, 146, 282 §69.
CARROLL, John Lee, sketch, 213-220 (chief feature of administration, 213-214; birth and ancestry, 214-215; education, 215; marriage, 215-216; defeated for legislature, 215; residence in New York, 216; legislative career, 216-217; elected governor, 217; Baltimore and Ohio strike, 213-214; 217-219; second mar- riage, 219; later years, 220). Succeeds Groome, 210; defeats Hamilton, for nomination, 225-226; 283 §79; 285 § 40; 286 §37.
Carroll, Nicholas, 46, 281 §18, §26.
CARROLL, Thomas King, sketch, 109-113, (ancestry 109-110; education, 110; admitted to bar, 110; marriage, 111; Masonic order, 111; in legislature, 111; governor, 111; personality, 112; and U. S. senatorship, 112; declines seat in state senate, 112; naval officer at Balti- more, 112; death, 113). 114, 282 §58, 284 §23, 286 §21.
Carter (Bowie), Alice, 194, 287 §34.
Carter, Chas. H., 194.
Cass, Lewis, 223.
Census frauds of 1900, 265-266.
Centennial Exposition, 219.
Chambers, Ezekiel F., 282 §75.
Charter Committee of Maryland (1776), 17.
Charter, new, Baltimore, 259.
Chase, Saml., 4; candidate for governor, 5; Wm. Paca and, 15; arms continental soldiers, 16; impeached, 61; 281 §1.
CHESAPEAKE AND OHIO CANAL: Super- sedes Potomac Co., 94, 97; original plans for, 97; opposed by Baltimoreans, 102; proposal to build link to Baltimore, 102; Governor Martin favors, 107; con- flict with Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, 121-122; receives aid from state, 122, 126; Francis Thomas president, 138; begins to fulfil promise, 196.
Chew (Howard), Margaret 31, 115, 286 § 22, 287 §5.
China, Governor Lowe named as minister
to, 162; religious revolution, 231; Gov- ernor McLane, minister to, 231.
Civil Service reform, 225.
Civil Rights bill, 256-257.
CIVIL WAR. Francis Thomas and, 142; Governor Lowe and, 158-159; 162-163; Maryland's divided sentiment, 171; Massachusetts soldiers mobbed in Bal- timore, 174-176; Hicks proposes truce, 175; attitude of legislature, 176; mem- bers of legislature arrested, 177; meet- ings to prevent, 180; peace conference at Washington, 180; intimidation at Bradford's election, 180-181; conflict in Maryland between state and federal authorities, 181-182; invasion of Mary- land by confederate army, 183; Mary-
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land Committee protests to president,
233; political parties and, 188-189. (See also Secession.)
Clarke, Wm. B., 160, 282 §71.
Clay, Henry, 179-180; Governor Hamilton and, 223.
Cleveland, Grover, appoints Governor Groome collector of customs, 212; ap- points Governor McLane minister to France, 234; elected president, 250, 271; appoints Governor Brown postmaster, 250; appoints Governor Warfield sur- veyor of port, 271-272; views regarding office-holders and politics, 272.
Clongowas Wood College, attended by Governor Lowe, 159.
Coal strike at Frostburg, 252.
Coates (Thomas), Elizabeth, 120, 287 §23. Cobb, Howell, 155.
College, Bourbon, attended by Governor McLane, 229.
Columbian College, attended by Governor Swann, 185.
Comptroller of Maryland-office created, 154.
Confederacy, opposed by Gov. Francis Thomas, 159. (See Civil War.)
Congress and "salary grab," 225.
Congress, continental, protests to king, 4. Connolly (Stevens), Elizabeth, 286 §18.
CONSTITUTION, U. S. convention (1787)
and, 54; opponents of centralization and, 54; development of, 75; opposition to, 54, 75; accepted by colonies, 24; adopted by Maryland, 22; opposition to in Maryland, 24-25; Governor Paca's attempt to amend, 34-35; Governor Plater presides at ratifying convention, 34; State (1776), 5, 124; burdened with amendments, 161 .- State (1851), 124; convention and, 161; Governor Hicks a delegate, 173; Governor Francis Thomas and, 142; creates office of comp- troller, 154; Gov. P. F. Thomas and, 154; Governor Grason, and, 135; ratified, 161; benefits of, 161 .- State (1864), 188-189, provisions of, 195; election under, 195. State (1867), 195; provisions of, 195- 196; Governor Groome and, 209.
Contee (Kent), Alice Lee, 103, 287 § 19. Couden (Stone), Miss, 40, 287 §7.
Cox, Christopher C. Maryland's only lieu- tenant-governor, 189; election of, 195; fails to succeed Governor Swann, 190. Coxe, Rich. S., 145. Coxey's army, 253.
Cowpens, battle of, 28-29.
Crabill, Silas M., 283 §87. Cradock, Rev. Thomas, school, 58. Creswell, John A. J., 156, 190.
Crothers, Alpheus, 276, 286 §46.
CROTHERS, Austin Lane, sketch, 276-280; (political economist, 276; youth, 276- 277; teaches school, 277; enters politics, 277; state senator, 277; judge, 278; nominated for governor, 278; campaign, 278-279; elected, 279; favors good roads and administrative economy,
279-280; home life, 280). Governor Jackson and, 247; succeeds Governor Warfield, 273-274, 283 §88, 285 §49, 286 §46.
Crothers, Charles C., 277.
Culp, Ira, 263 §88.
Cumberland, Maryland, and Baltimore and Ohio strike, 218-219.
Declaration of Independence signed, 6.
DeCourcy (Wright), Sarah, 67, 287 §12. DeCourcy, William, 67; homestead of, 69.
DeCoursey (Veazey), Elizabeth, 125, 286 §24.
DeKalb, Baron Johann, death of, 23.
Democratic party, 103.
Dickinson College, attended by Gov. P. F. Thomas, 151.
Digges (Lee), Mary, 13, 287 §2.
Disfranchisement in Maryland after seces- sion, 189.
District of Columbia, government for, 203-204.
Divorce of Gov. Francis Thomas and Sallie McDowell, 139-141.
Dixon, Robert B., 239, 283 §82.
Dorsey, Chas. Worthington, 166.
Dorsey (Ligon), Mary Tolly 166, 287 §30.
Dorsey (Ridgely), Priscilla, 82, 287 §15.
Dorsey (Ridgely), Rebecca, 83.
Dorsey (Ligon), Sallie, 166, 287 §30.
Doughoregan Manor, 215, 216.
Druid Hill Park, 187.
Duel between Governor Wright and Gov- ernor Lloyd, 66; between Governor Francis Thoams and Wm. Price, 139.
Eager (Howard), Ruth, 27, 286 §5. Eden, Gov. Robt., 4.
Edmondson (Groome), Alice L., 211, 287 §36.
ELECTION: Military interference with, in 1861, 180-181, under constitution of 1864, 183; popular for governor, 87; contested-White vs. Harris, 200-201; Wallis vs. Gwinn, 210-211; under Know-nothing rule, 166-170, 187-188; senatorial primary in Maryland, 267, 275.
England, Reverdy Johnson, appointed minister to, 201. (See also War of 1812-15.)
Eutaw Springs, battle of, 29.
Eversfield, Rev., school of, 58.
Federal party formed, 26; how kept in power, 86; oppose second war with Eng- land, 61; struggle between republican party, 47-49, cause of strength in Mary- land (1815-18), 85.
Flying Camp joins Washington, 5; Gov. J. E. Howard and, 27.
Fort McHenry, bombardment of, 79-80; granted to U. S. government, 84. Fort Putnam, 21.
Fort Washington, 21; Governor Small- wood and, 22; granted to Federal Gov- ernment, 84.
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Franceinterferes with American commerce,
60; threatened war with, 45; Governor McLane minister to, 234.
Francis (Thomas) Maria, 151, 286 § 28. .
Frederick, Maryland, legislature meets at, 176.
Free Ballot act, 72.
Freeholders' Convention, 58.
"Free Silver" and W. H. Jackson, 246- 247.
Fremont, Gen. John C., 148.
Frizzell, Jas. M., 283 §88.
Frostburg coal strike, 252.
Gaither, George R., 279, 283 §88. Gale, Geo., 43.
Gary, Jas. A., 226, 283 §80.
Gates, Gen. Horatio at Camden, 23; super- seded, 23; Smallwood and, 23; men- tioned, 24.
Geological work, first in Maryland, 122. Georgetown College, attended by Gover- nor Pratt, 145; Gov. J. L. Carroll, 215. Germantown, battle of, and Gov. J. E.
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