COUNTY COURT CLERKS
Appointed by Secretary in Maryland:
Appointed by act of Convention:
Appointed by Secretary in Maryland:
Appointed by County Court Justices (Constitution of 1776, sec. 47):
Appointed by Governor to 7-year terms (Chapter 224, Acts of 1836, confirmed by Chapter 160, Acts of 1837):
CIRCUIT COURT CLERKS
Elected by Voters to 6-year terms (Constitution of 1851, Art. IV, sec. 14):
Elected by Voters to 6-year terms (Constitution of 1864, Art. IV, sec. 29):
Elected by Voters to 6-year terms (Constitution of 1867, Art. IV, sec. 25):
Elected by Voters to 4-year terms (Constitution of 1867, Art. XVII, added by Chapter 227, Acts of 1922, ratified Nov. 7, 1922):
Elected by Voters to 4-year terms (Constitution of 1867, Art. IV, sec. 25, amended by Chapter 99, Acts of 1956, ratified Nov. 6, 1956):
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1658-1660 George Thompson (dismissed)
1660 Thomas Lomax (expelled)
1661-1667 George Thompson
1667-1669 Richard Boughton
1670-1672 Henry Bonner
1672-1674 Philip Gibbon (died c. April 1674)
1674-1676 Matthew Stone (died c. Sept. 1676)
1676-1682 Randolph Brandt (resigned)
1682-1689 Richard Boughton
1689 Richard Boughton (resigned)
1690-1699 Cleborne [Cleybourn] Lomax (died 1699)
1699 Edward Batson (resigned)
1700-1710 Edmund Howard (died Oct. 1710)
1710-1717 John Rodgers (died Nov. 1717)
1717-1720 Alexander Contee (transferred to Prince George's County)
1720-1740 Samuel Hanson, Sr. (died Oct. 26, 1740)
1741-1752 Edmund Porteus (died March 28, 1752)
1752-1756 Benjamin Fendall (resigned)
1756-1776 Philip Richard Fendall
1777-1778 Philip Richard Fendall
1778-1787 John Gwinn
1789-1795 John Bealle Turner
1795-1844 John Barnes
1844-1850 Walter Mitchell
1850-1851 Richard H. Mitchell
1851-1857 Joseph Stewart
1857-1859 Joseph H. Cooksey
1859-1865 Gerard W. Crain
1865-1867 George A. Huntt
1867-1875 George A. Huntt
1875-1885 Benjamin G. Stonestreet (R)
1885-1897 J. Samuel Turner
1897-1903 Benjamin G. Stonestreet (R)
1903-1909 Francis D. Mudd
1909-1915 Harry C. Chappelear
1915-1917 Conrad Posey
1917, March 8 - Nov. 30 Francis B. Matthews
1917-1926 Warren M. Albrittain (R)
1926-1943 Warren M. Albrittain (R)
1943-1946 Thomas B. R. Mudd (R)
1946-1958 Patrick C. Mudd
1958-1984 Patrick C. Mudd
1984-2001 Donna G. Burch (D)
2001-2005 Richard A.Day III (D)
2005- Sharon L. (Sherri) Hancock (D)
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