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{{Short description|Appointed state administrative official}}
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The '''[[Secretary of state (U.S. state government)|secretary of state]] of [[Maryland]]''' is charged with the administrative and record-keeping functions of the [[Government of Maryland|state government]] of the [[U.S. state]] of [[Maryland]].  The secretary of state also holds custody of the [[Seal of Maryland]].  Unlike in many states, the secretary of state is not an elective office, but is appointed by the [[Governor of Maryland|governor]] and confirmed by the [[Maryland Senate|state senate]]. [[Susan C. Lee]] has served as the secretary of state since January 2023.

==List of secretaries of state==
{| class=wikitable
|-
!Name
!Term
!Image
|-
|[[John Charles Groome (Maryland)|John Charles Groome]]
|1838
|
|-
|[[John H. Culbreth]]
|1838
|
|-
|[[Joseph Hopper Nicholson II]]
|1838–1839
|
|-
|[[Cornelius McLean]]
|1839–1840
|
|-
|[[James Murray (Maryland)|James Murray]]
|1840–1841
|
|-
|[[Thomas Wright, III]]
|1841–1842
|
|-
|Henry Hobbs
|1842
|
|-
|[[John Carroll LeGrand]]
|1842–1844
|[[File:John Carroll LeGrand, unknown date.jpg|80px]]
|-
|[[John N. Watkins]]
|1844
|
|-
|[[John N. Watkins]]
|1844–1845
|
|-
|[[William T. Wootton]]
|1845–1848
|
|-
|[[Richard C. Hollyday]]
|1848–1849
|
|-
|[[John N. Watkins]]
|1849–1851
|
|-
|[[Thomas H. O'Neal]]
|1851–1853
|
|-
|[[John Randolph Quinn]]
|1853–1854
|
|-
|[[Nathaniel Cox]] 
|1854–1857
|
|-
|[[Jonathan Pinkney]]
|1857–1858
|
|-
|[[James R. Partridge]] 
|1858–1861
|
|-
|[[Grayson Eichelberger]]
|1861
|
|-
|[[Thomas J. Wilson]]
|1861–1862
|
|-
|[[William B. Hill]]
|1862–1866
|
|-
|[[John M. Carter]]
|1866–1869
|
|-
|[[Richard C. Hollyday]]
|1869–1872
|
|-
|[[John Thomson Mason Jr.]]
|1872–1873
|
|-
|[[Richard C. Hollyday]]
|1873–1880
|
|-
|[[James T. Briscoe]]
|1880–1884
|
|-
|[[Richard C. Hollyday]] 
|1884
|
|-
|[[George B. Milligan]] 
|1884–1886
|
|-
|[[Edward W. LeCompte]]
|1886–1893
|
|-
|[[William T. Brantly]]
|1893–1894
|
|-
|[[Edwin Gott]]
|1894–1896
|
|-
|[[Richard Dallam]]
|1896–1899
|
|-
|[[George E. Loweree]]
|1899–1900
|
|-
|[[Wilfred Bateman]]
|1900–1904
|
|-
|[[Oswald Tilghman]]
|1904–1908
|[[File:Oswald Tilghman.jpg|80px]]
|-
|[[N. Winslow Williams]]
|1908–1912
|
|-
|[[Robert P. Graham]]
|1912–1916
|
|-
|[[Thomas W. Simmons]]
|1916–1919
|
|-
|[[George L. P. Radcliffe]]
|1919–1920
|[[File:Georgelpradcliffe.jpg|80px]]
|-
|[[Philip B. Perlman]]
|1920–1923
|[[File:Philip B. Perlman (2005).jpg|80px]]
|-
|[[E. Brooke Lee]]
|1923–1925
|[[File:Edward brook lee.jpg|80px]]
|-
|[[David C. Winebrenner III]]
|1925–1935
|
|-
|[[Thomas L. Dawson]]
|1935–1936
|[[File:Thos. L. Dawson, Rockville, (Maryland) LCCN2016851883.jpg|80px]]
|-
|[[E. Ray Jones]]
|1936–1939
|
|-
|[[John B. Gontrum]]
|1939
|
|-
|[[Francis Petrott]]
|1939–1941
|
|-
|[[Miles T. Tull]]
|1941
|
|-
|[[Thomas Elmo Jones]]
|1941–1946
|
|-
|[[William J. McWilliams]]
|1946
|
|-
|[[Edward G. Chaney]]
|1946–1947
|
|-
|[[John B. Funk]]
|1947
|
|-
|[[Bertram Lee Boone II]]
|1947–1949
|
|-
|[[Vivian V. Simpson]]
|1949–1951
|
|-
|[[John R. Reeves (politician)|John R. Reeves]]
|1951–1955
|
|-
|[[Blanchard Randall]]
|1955–1957
|
|-
|[[Claude B. Hellmann]]
|1957–1959
|
|-
|[[Thomas B. Finan]]
|1959–1961
|
|-
|[[Lloyd Lewis Simpkins]]
|1961–1967
| 
|-
|[[C. Stanley Blair]]
|1967–1969
|[[File:C Stanley Blair.png|80px]]
|-
|[[Blair Lee III]] 
|1969–1971
|[[File:Blair Lee III (Maryland governor).jpg|80px]]
|-
|[[Fred L. Wineland]]
|1971–1982
| 
|-
|[[Patricia G. Holtz]]
|1982–1983
|
|-
|[[Lorraine M. Sheehan]] 
|1983–1987
| 
|-
|[[Winfield M. Kelly Jr.]]
|1987–1993
| 
|-
|[[Tyras S. Athey]]
|1993–1995
|
|-
|[[John T. Willis (politician)|John T. Willis]]
|1995–2003
|
|-
|[[R. Karl Aumann]]
|2003–2005
|
|-
|[[Mary Kane|Mary D. Kane]]
|2005–2007
|[[File:MaryKane (cropped).jpg|80px]]
|-
|[[Dennis C. Schnepfe]]
|2007–2008
|
|-
|[[John P. McDonough (politician)|John P. McDonough]]
|2008–2015
|[[File:John P- McDonough, Maryland Secretary of State 2013-08-20 05-02.jpg|80px]]
|-
|[[John C. Wobensmith]]
|2015–2023
| 
|-
|[[Susan C. Lee]]
|2023–present
|[[File:Secretary of State Susan C. Lee Headshot.jpg|80px]]
|}

==References==
* [https://msa.maryland.gov/msa/stagser/s1259/102/0025/html/sos2.html About the office of Secretary of State, from the Maryland Archives.]
* [https://msa.maryland.gov/msa/speccol/sc2600/sc2685/html/secstate.html List of Secretaries of State, from the Maryland Archives.]

==External links==
* {{commons category-inline|Secretaries of State of Maryland}}

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