CHARLES COUNTY, MARYLAND

STATE'S ATTORNEYS


DISTRICT ATTORNEYS
Appointed by Governor (Chapter 146, Acts of 1817 December session):
1818 Raphael Neale

1824 John Johnson, Jr.

DEPUTY ATTORNEYS
Appointed by Attorney General (Chapter 126, Acts of 1821 December session):
1841-1850 George Brent

STATE'S ATTORNEYS
Elected by Voters to 4-year terms (Constitution of 1851, Art. V, secs. 1-6):
1851-1853
1854 Robert Sennett Reeder
1855-1859
1860-1865 Richard H. Edelen (D)

Elected by Voters to 4-year terms (Constitution of 1864, Art. V, secs. 7-11):
1865-1867 Richard H. Edelen (D)

Elected by Voters to 4-year terms (Constitution of 1867, Art. V, secs. 7-12):
1867-1880 Eugene Digges (R)
1880-1883 James F. Matthews (D)
1883-1892 L. Allison Wilmer
1892-1896 James F. Matthews (D)
1896-1900 Adrian Posey
1900-1908 L. Allison Wilmer
1908-1924 Ferdinand C. Cooksey
1924-1926 F. Stone Posey
1926-1928 Ferdinand C. Cooksey
1928-1946 Edward J. Edelen (D)
1946-1951 Thomas C. Carrico
1951-1955 Robert T. Barbour
1955-1963 George W. Bowling
1963-1975 John C. Hancock
1975-1980 Robert C. Nalley
1980-1985 Stephen J. Braun (D)
1985-1989 Richard Alan Cooper
1989-2011 Leonard C. Collins (D)
2011- Anthony B. (Tony) Covington (D)

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