{{short description|Wives of governors of the U.S. state of Maryland}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2025}} {{Infobox Political post |post = First Lady |body = Maryland |insignia = Seal of Maryland (reverse).svg |insigniacaption = Seal of the State of Maryland |insigniasize = 150px |style = |image = Dawn Moore.jpg |incumbent = Dawn Moore |incumbentsince = January 18, 2023 |termlength = |residence = Government House |formation = {{start date and age|1777|3|21}} |inaugural = Ann Jennings Johnson |salary = |website = [http://governor.maryland.gov/firstlady/ Official website] }} The spouse of the governor of Maryland is given an honorary position, styled as First Lady or First Gentleman of the State of Maryland. To date there have been no female governors of the State of Maryland, and all first spouses have been first ladies.
==List== {{Sticky header}} {| class="wikitable sortable sticky-header" ! Name !! Took office !! Left office !! Spouse of |- |{{sortname|Ann Jennings|Johnson}}||1777||1779||{{sortname|Thomas|Johnson|dab=jurist}} |- |{{sortname|Mary Digges|Lee}}||1779||1782||{{sortname|Thomas Sim|Lee}} |- |{{sortname|Anna Maria Tilghman|Chew|nolink=y}} (hostess for widower)||1782||1785||{{sortname|William|Paca}} |- |''none'' (Smallwood never married)||1785||1788||{{sortname|William|Smallwood}} |- |{{sortname|Peggy Chew|Howard}}||1788||1791||{{sortname|John Eager|Howard}} |- |''none'' (Plater was a widower)||1791||1792||{{sortname|George|Plater}} |- |{{sortname|Juliana Jennings|Brice|nolink=y}} (acting)||1792||1792||{{sortname|James|Brice}} (acting) |- |{{sortname|Mary Digges|Lee|nolink=y}}||1792||1794||{{sortname|Thomas Sim|Lee}} |- |widower||1794||1797||{{sortname|John Hoskins|Stone}} |- |widower||1797||1798||{{sortname|John|Henry|dab=Maryland}} |- |{{sortname|Henrietta Margaret Hill|Ogle|nolink=y}}||1798||1801||{{sortname|Benjamin|Ogle}} |- |{{sortname|Sophia Sprigg|Mercer|nolink=y}}||1801||1803||{{sortname|John Francis|Mercer}} |- |{{sortname|Priscilla Mackall|Bowie|nolink=y}}<ref name=rbowie>{{cite web |url=http://www.nga.org/cms/home/governors/past-governors-bios/page_maryland/col2-content/main-content-list/title_bowie_robert.html |title=Maryland Governor Robert Bowie |publisher=National Governors Association |access-date=February 28, 2015 }}</ref>||1803||1806||{{sortname|Robert|Bowie}} |- |{{sortname|Elizabeth Harriot Robertson|Wright|nolink=y}}||1806||1809||{{sortname|Robert|Wright|dab=Maryland politician}} |- |{{sortname|Sally Scott Murray|Lloyd|nolink=y}}||1809||1811||{{sortname|Edward|Lloyd|dab=Governor of Maryland}} |- |{{sortname|Priscilla Mackall|Bowie|nolink=y}}<ref name=rbowie/>||1811||1812||{{sortname|Robert|Bowie}} |- |{{sortname|Mary Stoughton Sloss|Winder|nolink=y}}||1812||1816||{{sortname|Levin|Winder}} |- |{{sortname|Priscilla Dorsey|Ridgely|nolink=y}}||1816||1819||{{sortname|Charles Carnan|Ridgely}} |- |{{sortname|Sarah|Goldsborough|nolink=y}}||1819||1819||{{sortname|Charles|Goldsborough}} |- |{{sortname|Violetta Lansdale|Sprigg|nolink=y}}||1819||1822||{{sortname|Samuel|Sprigg}} |- |{{sortname|Eliza May|Stevens|nolink=y}}||1822||1826||{{sortname|Samuel|Stevens Jr.}} |- |{{sortname|Eleanor Lee Wallace|Kent|nolink=y}}||1826||1826||rowspan=3|{{sortname|Joseph|Kent}} |- |''none'' (Kent was a widower)||1826||1828 |- |{{sortname|Alice Contee|Kent|nolink=y}}||1828||1829 |- |{{sortname|Mary Clare Maccubbin|Martin|nolink=y}}||1829||1830||{{sortname|Daniel|Martin|dab=politician}} |- |{{sortname|Julianna Stevenson|Carroll|nolink=y}}||1830||1831||{{sortname|Thomas King|Carroll}} |- |{{sortname|Mary Clare Maccubbin|Martin|nolink=y}}||1831||1831||{{sortname|Daniel|Martin|dab=politician}} |- |{{sortname|Prudence Gough Ridgely|Howard|nolink=y}}||1831||1833||{{sortname|George|Howard|dab=Governor of Maryland}} |- |{{sortname|Elizabeth Courts|Thomas|nolink=y}}||1833||1836||{{sortname|James|Thomas|dab=Governor of Maryland}} |- |{{sortname|Mary Wallace|Veazey|nolink=y}}||1836||1839||{{sortname|Thomas|Veazey}} |- |{{sortname|Susan Orrick Sulivane|Grason|nolink=y}}||1839||1842||{{sortname|William|Grason}} |- |{{sortname||Sally Campbell Preston McDowell Thomas|Miller|nolink=y}}||1842||1842||rowspan=2|{{sortname|Francis|Thomas}} |- |''none'' (couple separated)||1842||1845 |- |{{sortname|Adeline Mackubin Kent|Pratt|nolink=y}}||1845||1848||{{sortname|Thomas|Pratt|dab=Maryland politician}} |- |{{sortname|Sarah Maria Kerr|Thomas|nolink=y}}||1848||1851||{{sortname|Philip Francis|Thomas}} |- |{{sortname|Esther Winder Polk|Lowe|nolink=y}}||1851||1854||{{sortname|Enoch Louis|Lowe}} |- |{{sortname|Mary Tolly Dorsey|Ligon|nolink=y}}||1854||1858||{{sortname|Thomas Watkins|Ligon}} |- |''none'' (Hicks was a widower)||1858||1862||{{sortname|Thomas Holliday|Hicks}} |- |{{sortname|Elizabeth Kell|Bradford|nolink=y}}||1862||1866||{{sortname|Augustus|Bradford}} |- |{{sortname|Elizabeth Sherlock|Swann|nolink=y}}||1866||1869||{{sortname|Thomas|Swann}} |- |{{sortname|Alice Carter|Bowie|nolink=y}}||1869||1872||{{sortname|Oden|Bowie}} |- |{{sortname|Louisa Hollingsworth|Whyte|nolink=y}}||1872||1874||{{sortname|William Pinkney|Whyte}} |- |''none'' (Groome not married)||1874||1876||{{sortname|James Black|Groome}} |- |''none'' (Carroll was a widower)||1876||1877||rowspan=2|{{sortname|John Lee|Carroll}} |- |{{sortname|Mary Carter Thompson|Carroll|nolink=y}}||1877||1880 |- |{{sortname|Clara Jenness|Hamilton|nolink=y}}||1880||1884||{{sortname|William Thomas|Hamilton}} |- |{{sortname|Georgine Urquhart|McLane|nolink=y}}||1884||1885||{{sortname|Robert Milligan|McLane}} |- |{{sortname|Mary Elizabeth Staplefort|Lloyd|nolink=y}}||1885||1888||{{sortname|Henry|Lloyd|dab=governor}} |- |{{sortname|Nannie Rider|Jackson|nolink=y}}||1888||1892||{{sortname|Elihu Emory|Jackson}} |- |{{sortname|Mary Ridgely Preston|Brown|nolink=y}}||1892||1895||rowspan=2|{{sortname|Frank|Brown|dab=governor}} |- |{{sortname|Mary Ridgely Brown|Lee|nolink=y}} (hostess for widower)||1895||1896 |- |{{sortname|Elizabeth Tasker|Lowndes|nolink=y}}||1896||1900||{{sortname|Lloyd|Lowndes Jr.}} |- |{{sortname|Mary Frances Richardson|Smith|nolink=y}}||1900||1904||{{sortname|John Walter|Smith}} |- |{{sortname|Emma Nicodemus|Warfield|nolink=y}}||1904||1908||{{sortname|Edwin|Warfield}} |- |{{sortname|Lynn Shaffer|Ewing|nolink=y}} (hostess; Crothers never married)||1908||1912||{{sortname|Austin Lane|Crothers}} |- |{{sortname|Ellen Showell|Goldsborough|nolink=y}}||1912||1916||{{sortname|Phillips Lee|Goldsborough}} |- |{{sortname|Gertrude Johnson|Harrington|nolink=y}}||1916||1920||{{sortname|Emerson|Harrington}} |- |{{sortname|Elizabeth Caskie Cabell|Ritchie|nolink=y}} (hostess)||1920||1931||rowspan=2|{{sortname|Albert|Ritchie}} |- |''none''||1931||1935 |- |{{sortname|Edna Viola Amos|Nice|nolink=y}}||1935||1939||{{sortname|Harry|Nice}} |- |{{sortname|Eugenia Byrnes|O'Conor|nolink=y}}||1939||1947||{{sortname|Herbert|O'Conor}} |- |{{sortname|Dorothy Byron|Lane|nolink=y}}||1947||1951||{{sortname|William Preston|Lane Jr.}} |- |{{sortname|Honolulu Claire Manzer|McKeldin|nolink=y}}||1951||1959||{{sortname|Theodore|McKeldin}} |- |{{sortname|Helen Avalynne Gibson|Tawes|nolink=y}}||1959||1967||{{sortname|J. Millard|Tawes}} |- |{{sortname|Elinor Judefind|Agnew|Judy Agnew}}||1967||1969||{{sortname|Spiro|Agnew}} |- |{{sortname|Barbara Oberfeld|Mandel|nolink=y}}||1969||1974||rowspan=2|{{sortname|Marvin|Mandel}} |- |{{sortname|Jeanne Blackistone Dorsey|Mandel|Jeanne Dorsey Mandel}}||1974||1979 |- |{{sortname|Mathilde Boal|Lee|Mimi Lee}} (acting)||1977||1979||{{sortname|Blair|Lee III}} (acting) |- |{{sortname|Jeanne Blackistone Dorsey|Mandel|Jeanne Dorsey Mandel}}||1979||1979||{{sortname|Marvin|Mandel}} |- |{{sortname|Patricia Donoho|Hughes}}||1979||1987||{{sortname|Harry|Hughes}} |- |{{sortname|Hilda Mae|Snoops|nolink=y}} (hostess; Schaefer never married)||1987||1995||{{sortname|William Donald|Schaefer}} |- |{{sortname|Frances Hughes|Glendening}}||1995||2001||rowspan=3|{{sortname|Parris|Glendening}} |- |''none'' (Glendening not married)||2001||2002 |- |{{sortname|Jennifer|Crawford|nolink=y}}||2002||2003 |- |{{sortname|Kendel Sibiski|Ehrlich|Kendel Ehrlich}}||2003||2007||{{sortname|Bob|Ehrlich}} |- |{{sortname|Catherine Curran|O'Malley|Katie O'Malley}}||2007||2015||{{sortname|Martin|O'Malley}} |- |{{sortname|Yumi|Hogan}}||2015||2023||{{sortname|Larry|Hogan}} |- |{{sortname|Dawn|Moore}}||2023||serving||{{sortname|Wes|Moore}} |}
==See also== *List of governors of Maryland
==References== {{Reflist|30em}}
==External links== *[http://msa.maryland.gov/megafile/msa/speccol/sc4800/sc4806/bios/html/00003.html Chronological List of Governors, First Ladies, and Official Hostesses], Maryland State Archives
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