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{{Infobox Political post
| post = President 
| body = the [[Maryland Senate]]
|insignia        = Seal_of_Maryland_(reverse).svg
| insigniasize = 100px
| insigniacaption = Seal of Maryland
| imagesize = 
| image =  File:Bill Ferguson (52885272108).jpg
| incumbent = [[Bill Ferguson (politician)|Bill Ferguson]]
| incumbentsince = January 8, 2020
| style = The Honorable (diplomatic)<br />Mr. President (within the assembly)
| succession = [[Gubernatorial lines of succession in the United States#Maryland|Second]]
| formation = [[Maryland State Constitution]]
| inaugural = [[Daniel of St. Thomas Jenifer]]<br />1777
| website = [https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite Maryland General Assembly]
}}
The '''President of the [[Maryland Senate]]''' is elected by a majority of the State Senators.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://msa.maryland.gov/msa/mdmanual/05sen/html/sen.html|title=Maryland Senate - Organizational Structure|website=msa.maryland.gov|access-date=2019-04-08}}</ref> The incumbent is [[Bill Ferguson (politician)|Bill Ferguson]] who has held the role since January 8, 2020.

The [[Maryland Constitution of 1864]] created the new position of [[Lieutenant Governor of Maryland]], elected by the voters of the state.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://msa.maryland.gov/msa/speccol/sc2600/sc2685/html/ltgovintro.html|title=Maryland State Archives, Lieutenant Governors of Maryland 1865-1990|website=msa.maryland.gov|access-date=2019-04-08}}</ref> That officer served as president of the Senate and would assume the office of [[Governor of Maryland|governor]] if the incumbent should die, resign, be removed, or be disqualified.<ref name=":0" /> [[Christopher Christian Cox]] was the first and only lieutenant governor to preside over the Senate in that capacity;<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://msa.maryland.gov/msa/speccol/sc3500/sc3520/001400/001490/html/msa01490.html|title=Christopher C. Cox, MSA SC 3520-1490|website=msa.maryland.gov|access-date=2019-04-08}}</ref> the position was abolished in the state's [[Maryland Constitution of 1867|1867 Constitution]], which remains in effect as amended.<ref name=":0" /> When the lieutenant governorship was re-established by a [[constitutional amendment]] in 1970, it did not include the Senate presidency.<ref name=":0" />

==List of Senate presidents==
{|class="wikitable"
|-
!Order
!Name (Political Party)
!District
!Sessions
|-
|1
|[[Daniel of St. Thomas Jenifer]]
|
|1777–1780
|-
|2
|[[Matthew Tilghman]]
|
|1780
|-
|3
|[[Daniel of St. Thomas Jenifer]]
|
|1780
|-
|4
|[[George Plater]]
|
|1780–1782
|-
|5
|[[Matthew Tilghman]]
|
|1782–1783
|-
|6
|[[Charles Carroll of Carrollton]]
|
|1783
|-
|7
|[[Daniel Carroll]]
|
|1783
|-
|8
|[[Charles Carroll of Carrollton]]
|
|1783
|-
|9
|[[George Plater]]
|
|1784
|-
|10
|[[John Smith (Maryland Senate President)|John Smith]]
|
|1784
|-
|11
|[[George Plater]]
|
|1785
|-
|12
|[[Daniel Carroll]]
|
|1785
|-
|13
|[[George Plater]]
|
|1786
|-
|14
|[[John Smith (Maryland Senate President)|John Smith]]
|
|1786
|-
|15
|[[Daniel Carroll]]
|
|1787
|-
|16
|[[George Plater]]
|
|1787–1788
|-
|17
|[[Daniel Carroll]]
|
|1788–1789
|-
|18
|[[John Smith (Maryland Senate President)|John Smith]]
|
|1789
|-
|19
|[[George Plater]]
|
|1790
|-
|20
|[[William Smallwood]]
|
|1791
|-
|21
|[[George Dent]]
|
|1792
|-
|22
|[[William Perry (Maryland)|William Perry]]
|
|1792–1798
|-
|23
|[[John Thomas (Maryland Senate President)|John Thomas]]
|
|1797–1800
|-
|24
|[[Richard Harwood (Maryland Senate President)|Richard Harwood]]
|
|1801–1805
|-
|25
|[[William Thomas (Maryland Senate President)|William Thomas]]
|
|1806–1807
|-
|26
|[[Stephen Lowrey]]
|
|1807
|-
|27
|[[William Thomas (Maryland Senate President)|William Thomas]]
|
|1807–1809
|-
|28
|[[Stephen Lowrey]]
|
|1809
|-
|29
|[[William Thomas (Maryland Senate President)|William Thomas]]
|
|1809–1813
|-
|30
|[[Elijah Davis]]
|
|1813–1815
|-
|31
|[[William Spencer (Maryland Senate President)|William Spencer]]
|
|1816–1820
|-
|32
|[[William R. Stuart]]
|
|1821–1825
|-
|33
|[[Edward Lloyd (Governor of Maryland)|Edward Lloyd]]
|
|1826
|-
|34
|[[William H. Marriott]]
|
|1827–1830
|-
|35
|[[Benjamin S. Forrest]]
|
|1831–1834
|-
|36
|[[Thomas Sappington]]
|
|1834
|-
|-{{Party shading/Whig}}
|37
|[[John G. Chapman]] ([[Whig Party (United States)|Whig]])
|
|1834–1836
|-
|38
|[[Richard Thomas (Maryland Senate President)|Richard Thomas]]
|St. Mary's
|1836–1843
|-
|39
|[[William Williams (Maryland Senate President)|William Williams]]
|Somerset
|1844–1847
|-
|40
|[[William Lingan Gaither]]
|Montgomery
|1849
|-
|41
|[[Edward Lloyd (1798-1861)|Edward Lloyd]]
|Talbot
|1852–1853
|-
|42
|[[William Lingan Gaither]]
|Montgomery
|1854
|-
|43
|[[George Wells (Maryland Senate President)|George Wells]]
|Anne Arundel
|1856
|-
|44
|[[Edwin H. Webster]]
|Harford
|1858
|-
|45
|[[John B. Brooke]]
|Prince George's
|1860–1861
|-
|46
|[[Henry Hollyday Goldsborough]]
|Talbot
|1861–1862
|-
|47
|[[John S. Sellman]]
|Anne Arundel
|1864
|-
|-{{Party shading/Unionist}}
|48
|[[Christopher C. Cox]] ([[National Union Party (United States)|National Union]])*
|
|1865–1867
|-
|-{{Party shading/Democratic}}
|49
|[[Barnes Compton]] (D)
|Charles
|1868–1870
|-
|-{{Party shading/Democratic}}
|50
|[[Henry Snyder]] (D)
|Baltimore City, District 2
|1872
|-
|-{{Party shading/Democratic}}
|51
|[[John Lee Carroll]] (D)
|Howard
|1874
|-
|-{{Party shading/Democratic}}
|52
|[[Daniel Fields]] (D)
|Caroline
|1876
|-
|-{{Party shading/Democratic}}
|53
|[[Edward Lloyd (1825-1907)|Edward Lloyd]] (D)
|Talbot
|1878
|-
|-{{Party shading/Democratic}}
|54
|[[Herman Stump, Jr.]] (D)
|Harford
|1880
|-
|-{{Party shading/Democratic}}
|55
|[[George Hawkins Williams]] (D)
|Baltimore
|1882
|-
|-{{Party shading/Democratic}}
|56
|[[Henry Lloyd (governor)|Henry Lloyd]] (D)
|Dorchester
|1884
|-
|-{{Party shading/Democratic}}
|57
|[[Edwin Warfield]] (D)
|Howard
|1886
|-
|-{{Party shading/Democratic}}
|58
|[[George Peter (politician, died 1893)|George Peter]] (D)
|Montgomery
|1888
|-
|-{{Party shading/Democratic}}
|59
|[[Robert Franklin Brattan]] (D)
|Somerset
|1890
|-
|-{{Party shading/Democratic}}
|60
|[[Edward Lloyd VII]] (D)
|Talbot
|1892
|-
|-{{Party shading/Democratic}}
|61
|[[John Walter Smith]] (D)
|Worcester
|1894
|-
|-{{Party shading/Democratic}}
|62
|[[William Cabell Bruce]] (D)
|Baltimore City, District 2
|1896
|-
|-{{Party shading/Republican}}
|63
|[[John Wirt Randall]] (R)
|Anne Arundel
|1898
|-
|-{{Party shading/Democratic}}
|64
|[[John Hubner]] (D)
|Baltimore
|1900–1902
|-
|-{{Party shading/Democratic}}
|65
|[[Spencer Cone Jones]] (D)
|Montgomery
|1904
|-
|-{{Party shading/Democratic}}
|66
|[[Joseph B. Seth]] (D)
|Talbot
|1906–1908
|-
|-{{Party shading/Democratic}}
|67
|[[Arthur Pue Gorman Jr.]] (D)
|Howard
|1910
|-
|-{{Party shading/Democratic}}
|68
|[[Jesse D. Price]] (D)
|Wicomico
|1912–1914
|-
|-{{Party shading/Democratic}}
|69
|[[Peter J. Campbell]] (D)
|Baltimore City, District 2
|1916–1918
|-
|-{{Party shading/Democratic}}
|70
|[[William I. Norris]] (D)
|Baltimore City, District 1
|1920–1922
|-
|-{{Party shading/Democratic}}
|71
|[[David G. McIntosh Jr.]] (D)
|Baltimore
|1924–1929
|-
|-{{Party shading/Democratic}}
|72
|[[Walter J. Mitchell]] (D)
|Charles
|1931–1933
|-
|-{{Party shading/Democratic}}
|73
|[[Lansdale G. Sasscer]] (D)
|Prince George's
|1935–1937
|-
|-{{Party shading/Democratic}}
|74
|[[Arthur H. Brice]] (D)
|Kent
|1939–1943
|-
|-{{Party shading/Democratic}}
|75
|[[James J. Lindsay, Jr.]] (D)
|Baltimore
|1944–1946
|-
|-{{Party shading/Democratic}}
|76
|[[Joseph R. Byrnes]] (D)
|Baltimore City, District 5
|1947–1950
|-
|-{{Party shading/Democratic}}
|77
|[[L. Harold Sothoron]] (D)
|Prince George's
|1950 
|-
|-{{Party shading/Democratic}}
|78
|[[George W. Della]] (D)
|Baltimore City, District 6
|1951–1954
|-
|-{{Party shading/Democratic}}
|79
|[[Louis L. Goldstein]] (D)
|Calvert
|1955–1958
|-
|-{{Party shading/Democratic}}
|80
|[[George W. Della]] (D)
|Baltimore City, District 6
|1959–1962
|-
|-{{Party shading/Democratic}}
|81
|[[William S. James]] (D)
|Harford
|1963–1974
|-
|-{{Party shading/Democratic}}
|82
|[[Steny Hoyer]] (D)
|District 26
|1975–1978
|-
|-{{Party shading/Democratic}}
|83
|[[James Clark, Jr.]] (D)
|District 14
|1979–1982
|-
|-{{Party shading/Democratic}}
|84
|[[Melvin A. Steinberg]] (D)
|District 11
|1983–1986
|-
|-{{Party shading/Democratic}}
|85
|[[Thomas V. Miller, Jr.|Thomas V. 'Mike' Miller, Jr.]] (D)
|District 27
|1987–January 8, 2020
|- 
|-{{Party shading/Democratic}}
|86
|[[Bill Ferguson (politician)|Bill Ferguson]] (D)
|District 46
|January 8, 2020 – Present
|}
<nowiki>*</nowiki> Cox was elected Lieutenant Governor under the 1864 Constitution, which made him [[Ex officio member|''ex officio'']] president of the Senate.

==See also==
* [[List of Maryland General Assemblies]]

==References==
<references />
*[http://www.mdarchives.state.md.us/msa/speccol/sc2600/sc2685/html/senpres.html List of Presidents of the State Senate from the Maryland Archives]

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