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Lieutenant Governor of Maryland

Second highest-ranking official in Maryland

Field	Value
post	Lieutenant Governor
body	Maryland
insignia	Coat of arms of Maryland.svg
insigniasize	110px
insigniacaption	Coat of arms of the state of Maryland
style
image	File:Aruna Miller Official Portrait.jpg
imagesize	200px
incumbent	Aruna Miller
incumbentsince	January 18, 2023
department	Government of Maryland
termlength	Four years, no term limit
formation	January 1971
succession	First
inaugural	Christopher C. Cox
website

The lieutenant governor of Maryland is the second highest-ranking official in the executive branch of the state government of Maryland in the United States. The officeholder is elected on the same ticket as the governor of Maryland and must meet the same qualifications.

The current lieutenant governor is Aruna Miller, who took office on January 18, 2023.

History

The position was first created by the Maryland Constitution of 1864. Under that system of government, the lieutenant governor served as president of the Senate and would assume the office of governor if the incumbent should die, resign, be removed, or be disqualified.

The state's present constitution, adopted in 1867, abolished the lieutenant governorship. However, the position was re-established by a constitutional amendment ratified on November 3, 1970.

Duties and responsibilities

Under the 1970 amendment, the lieutenant governor "shall have only the duties delegated to him by the governor." Maryland's lieutenant governorship is thus weaker than the office in several, but not all, other states that have one. For instance, in many states, including Texas, the lieutenant governor is the president of the state's Senate and in California the lieutenant governor assumes all of the governor's powers when the governor is out of the state. In both of those states, as in some others, the lieutenant governor is elected independently of the state's governor.

In practice, Maryland's lieutenant governor attends cabinet meetings, chairs various task forces and commissions, represents the state at ceremonial functions and at events with or without the governor, and advises the governor. If the governor dies, resigns or is removed from office (via impeachment conviction), the lieutenant governor becomes governor. A vacancy in the lieutenant governorship is filled by a person nominated by the governor and confirmed by a majority vote of the General Assembly voting in joint session.

List of lieutenant governors

;Parties

Under the Maryland Constitution of 1864

:Constitution was amended to abolish the office of Lieutenant Governor after Cox's tenure.

No.	Lieutenant Governor	Party	Term	1
[[File:Christopher C. Cox.jpg	100px]]	Christopher C. Cox		Unionist	1865–1868

Under the Maryland Constitution of 1867

:Constitution amended November 4, 1970, to re-create the office of Lieutenant Governor.

No.	Lieutenant Governor	Party	Term end	Governor	2	3
[[File:Blair Lee III (Maryland governor).jpg	100px]]	Blair Lee III	Democratic	January 20, 1971	January 17, 1979	Marvin Mandel
[[File:SamWalterBogleyIII.jpg	100px]]	Samuel W. Bogley	Democratic	January 17, 1979	January 19, 1983	Harry Hughes
[[File:J. Joseph Curran.jpg	100px]]	J. Joseph Curran Jr.	Democratic	January 19, 1983	January 21, 1987
[[File:No image.svg	100px]]	Melvin A. Steinberg	Democratic	January 21, 1987	January 18, 1995	William D. Schaefer
[[File:Kathleen Kennedy Townsend giving out awards, 2001, cropped.jpg	100px]]	Kathleen Kennedy Townsend	Democratic	January 18, 1995	January 15, 2003	Parris Glendening
[[File:Michael Steele.jpg	100px]]	Michael Steele	Republican	January 15, 2003	January 17, 2007	Bob Ehrlich
[[File:Anthony G. Brown Official State Photo.jpg	100px]]	Anthony Brown	Democratic	January 17, 2007	January 21, 2015	Martin O'Malley
[[File:Boyd Rutherford, Lieutenant Governor.jpg	100px]]	Boyd Rutherford	Republican	January 21, 2015	January 18, 2023	Larry Hogan
[[File:Aruna_Miller_Official_Portrait.jpg	100px]]	Aruna Miller	Democratic	January 18, 2023	Incumbent	Wes Moore

References

Maryland State Archives. (October 20, 2017). Maryland Manual On-Line: A Guide to Maryland Government. "Lieutenant Governor". Retrieved August 15, 2020.

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