QUEEN ANNE'S COUNTY, MARYLAND

CIRCUIT COURT

CLERKS


COUNTY COURT CLERKS

Appointed by Secretary in Maryland:
1707-1714 Evan Thomas (resigned)
1714-1728 James Knowles (resigned)
1728-1763 Richard Tilghman III (resigned)
1763-1777 Richard Tilghman IV

Appointed by County Court Justices (Constitution of 1776, sec. 47):
1777-1779 Solomon Wright (resigned)
1780-1787 Charles Downes
1787-1810 Samuel Turbutt Wright
1810-1816 John Brown
1816-1832 Thomas Murphy
1832-1851 John Tilghman

CIRCUIT COURT CLERKS

Elected by Voters to 6-year terms (Constitution of 1851, Art. IV, sec. 14):
1851-1857 John Palmer
1857-1863 Madison Brown
1863 James Wooters
1863-1865 Samuel E. Dyott

Elected by Voters to 6-year terms (Constitution of 1864, Art. IV, sec. 29):
1865-1867 Samuel E. Dyott

Elected by Voters to 6-year terms (Constitution of 1867, Art. IV, sec. 25):
1867-1873 James Wooters
1873-1874 William A. G. Hobbs (D)
1874-1881 James Wooters
1881-1887 Samuel C. Dudley
1887-1892 William Dever (died Nov. 1892)
1892-1893 Lemuel Dunbracco
1893-1899 William H. Cecil
1899-1905 John E. George
1905-1911 Samuel Seney
1911-1917 William F. Watson (D)
1917-1923 J. Fletcher Rolph
1923-1926 B. Hackett Turner (D)

Elected by Voters to 4-year terms (Constitution of 1867, Art. XVII, added by Chapter 227, Acts of 1922, ratified Nov. 7, 1922):
1926-1934 B. Hackett Turner (D)
1934-1938 William H. Carter (D)
1938-1946 A. Sydney Gadd, Jr. (D)
1946-1950 Nellie B. Whiteley
1950-1958 Thomas Sorden Pippen (D)

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):
1958-1962 Thomas Sorden Pippen (D)
1962-1978 Charles W. Cecil (D)
1978-1994 Marguerite W. Markin (D)
1994- Scott MacGlashan (R)

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