TALBOT COUNTY, MARYLAND

CIRCUIT COURT

CLERKS

COUNTY COURT CLERKS

Appointed by Secretary in Maryland:
1662 Moses Stagwell
1662-1663 John Morgan
1663-1668 Thomas Vaughan
1668-1674 William Hemsley
1674-1679 Thomas Vaughan (resigned)
1679-1686 Thomas Impey (died Oct. 9, 1686)
1687-1689 Nicholas Lowe, Sr.

Appointed by act of Convention:
1689 Nicholas Lowe, Sr. (resigned)

Appointed by Secretary in Maryland:
1689-1692 John Lewellin (displaced)
1692-1696 John Valliant
1696-1699 Thomas Lawrence, Jr.
1699-1714 Robert Finley (died c. June 1714)
1714-1721 Foster Turbutt (died Feb. 21, 1721)
1721-1727 Philip Feddeman
1727-1734 Tench Francis
1734-1738 Thomas Bullen
1738-1777 John Leeds

Appointed by County Court Justices (Constitution of 1776, sec. 47):
1777-1785 Richard Skinner
1785-1794 Benjamin Stevens
1794-1801 William Stoddert Bond
1801-1835 Jacob Loockerman

Appointed by Governor to 7-year term (Chapter 224, Acts of 1836, confirmed by Chapter 160, Acts of 1837):
1835-1851 James Parrott

CIRCUIT COURT CLERKS

Elected by Voters to 6-year terms (Constitution of 1851, Art. IV, sec. 14):
1851-1865 Samuel T. Hopkins

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

Elected by Voters to 6-year terms (Constitution of 1867, Art. IV, sec. 25):
1867-1873 John Baggs
1873-1884 J. Frank Turner (D)
1884-1896 Thomas Hughlett (died March 31, 1896)
1896-1897 Wilfred Bateman (D)
1897-1915 Francis G. Wrightson (D)
1915-1926 Charles B. Lloyd

Elected by Voters to 4-year terms (Constitution of 1867, Art. XVII, added by Chapter 227, Acts of 1922, ratified Nov. 7, 1922):
1926-1930 Charles B. Lloyd
1930-1942 Thomas J. Faulkner (D)
1942-1945 Laurence B. Craig
1945-1946 W. Lester Ball (died 1945)
1946-1958 John T. Baynard

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):
1958-1985 John T. Baynard (retired)
1985-2018 Mary Ann Shortall (D)
2018- Kathi Dulin Duvall (R)

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