Capital: Annapolis

State Nickname: Old Line State

State Bird: Baltimore Oriole

State Flower: Black-Eyed Susan

Admitted to the Union: April 18, 1788

November 24, 1788 to November 14, 1791:

John Edgar Howard

November 14, 1791 to February 10, 1792:

George Piater

February 13, 1792 to April 5, 1792:

James Brice*

*Acting governor

April 4, 1792 to November 14, 1794:

Thomas Sim Lee

November 4, 1794 to November 17, 1797:

John H. Stone

November 17, 1797 to November 14, 1798:

John Henry

November 14, 1798 to November 10, 1801:

Benjamin Ogle

November 10, 1801 to November 13, 1803:

John Francis Mercer

November 15, 1803 to November 10, 1806:

Robert Bowie

November 12, 1806 to May 6, 1809:

Robert Wright

May 6, 1809 to June 9, 1809:

James Butcher*

*Acting governor

June 9, 1809 to November 16, 1811:

Edward Lloyd

November 16, 1811 to November 25, 1812:

Robert Bowie

November 25, 1812 to January 2, 1818:

Levin Winder

January 2, 1816 to January 8, 1819:

Charles Ridgely

January 8, 1819 to December 20, 1819:

Charles Goldsborough

December 20, 1819 to December 16, 1822:

Samuel Sprigg

December 16, 1822 to January 9, 1826:

Samuel Stevens, Jr.

January 9, 1826 to January 15, 1829:

Joseph Kent

January 15, 1829 to January 15, 1830:

Daniel Martin

January 15, 1830 to January 13, 1831:

Thomas King Carroll

January 13, 1831 to July 11, 1831:

Daniel Martin*

*Died in office

July 11, 1831 to January 17, 1833:

George Howard

January 17, 1833 to January 14, 1836:

James Thomas

January 14, 1836 to January 7, 1839:

Thomas W. Veazey

January 7, 1839 to January 3, 1842:

William Grason

January 3, 1842 to January 6, 1845:

Francis Thomas

January 6, 1845 to January 3, 1848:

Thomas G. Pratt

January 3, 1848 to January 6, 1851:

Philip Francis Thomas

January 6, 1851 to January 11, 1854:

Enoch L. Lowe

January 11, 1854 to January 13, 1858:

Thomas W. Ligon

January 13, 1858 to January 8, 1862:

Thomas H. Hicks

January 8, 1862 to January 10, 1866:

Agustus W. Bradford

January 10, 1866 to January 13, 1869:

Thomas Swann

January 13, 1869 to January 10, 1872:

Oden Bowie

January 10, 1872 to March 4, 1874:

William P. Whyte

March 4, 1874 to January 12, 1876:

James B. Groome

January 12, 1876 to January 14, 1880:

John Lee Carroll

January 14, 1880 to January 9, 1884:

William T. Hamilton

January 9, 1884 to March 27, 1885:

Robert M. McLane

March 27, 1885 to January 11, 1888:

Henry Lloyd

January 11, 188 to January 13, 1892:

Elihu E. Jackson

January 13, 1892 to January 8, 1896:

Frank Brown

January 8, 1896 to January 10, 1900:

Lloyd Lowndes

January 10, 1900 to January 13, 1904:

John W. Smith

Janaury 13, 1904 to January8, 1908:

Edwin Warfield

January 8, 1908 to January 10, 1912:

Austin L Crothers

January 10, 1912 to January 12, 1916:

Phillips L. Goldsborough

January 12, 1916 to January 14, 1920:

Emerson C. Harrington

January 14, 1920 to January 9, 1935:

Albert C. Ritchie

January 9, 1935 to January 11, 1939:

Harry W. Nice

Janaury 11, 1939 to January 3, 1947:

Herbert R. O'Connor

January 3, 1947 to January 10, 1951:

William P. Lane, Jr.

January 10, 1951 to January 14, 1959:

Thoedore R. McKeldin

January 14, 1959 to January 25, 1967:

J. Millard Tawes

January 25, 1967 to January 7, 1969:

Spiro T. Agnew

January 7, 1969 October 7, 1979:

Marvin Mandel

October 7, 1979 to January 20, 1987:

Harry Hughes

January 21, 1987 to January 18, 1995:

William D. Schaefer

January 18, 1995 to 2003:

Parris N. Glendening

2003 --

Robert L. Ehrlich

Written by James Ryder Randall
To the tune of Oh Christmas Tree

The despot's heel is on thy shore,
Maryland, My Maryland!
His torch is at thy temple door,
Maryland, My Maryland!
Avenge the patriotic gore
That flecked the streets of Baltimore,
And be the battle queen of yore,
Maryland! My Maryland!

State Population

1790: 319,728

1800: 341,543

1810: 380,546

1820: 407,350

1830: 447,040

1840: 469,232

1850: 583,034

1860: 687,049

1870: 780,894

1880: 934,943

1890: 1,042,390

1900: 1,118,044

1910: 1,295,346

1920: 1,449,661

1930: 1,631,526

1940: 1,821,244

1950: 2,343,001

1960: 3,100,689

1970: 3,923,897

1980: 4,216,975

1990: 4,781,468

2000: 5,296,485