[2] The current governor is Democrat Wes Moore, who took office on January 18, 2023.
[3] Maryland was one of the original Thirteen Colonies and was admitted as a state on April 28, 1788.
[4] Before it declared its independence, Maryland was a colony of the Kingdom of Great Britain.
Under the constitution of 1776, governors were appointed by the General Assembly legislature to one-year terms.
An 1838 constitutional amendment allowed for popular election of governors to three-year terms, though they could not succeed themselves.