List of Maryland General Assembly sessions
Appearance
The following is a list of legislative sessions of the Maryland General Assembly, the law-making branch of government of the U.S. state of Maryland. Maryland became part of the United States on April 28, 1788.
Sessions
[edit]Colonial sessions
[edit]Number[1] | Name | Start date[1] | End date |
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1 | Proprietary Assembly | 1634/1635 | |
2 | Freemen's Assembly | January 25, 1637/1638 | March 24, 1637/1638 |
3 | Proprietary Assembly | February 25, 1638/1639 | March 19, 1638/1639 |
4 | Proprietary Assembly | October 12, 1640 | October 24, 1640 |
5 | Proprietary Assembly | August 2, 1641 | August 12, 1641 |
6 | Freemen's Assembly | March 21, 1641/1642 | March 23, 1641/1642 |
7 | Proprietary Assembly | August 2, 1641 | August 12, 1641 |
8 | Freemen's Assembly | September 5, 1642 | September 13, 1642 |
9 | Proprietary Assembly | February 11, 1644/1945 | N/A |
10 | Proprietary Assembly | Fall of 1646 | |
11 | Proprietary Assembly | December 29, 1646 | January 2, 1647 |
12 | Freemen's Assembly | January 7, 1647/1648 | March 4, 1647/1648 |
13 | Proprietary Assembly | April 2, 1649 | April 21, 1649 |
14 | Proprietary Assembly | April 6, 1650 | April 29, 19650 |
15 | Proprietary Assembly | 1650/1651 | |
16 | Commonwealth Assembly | June 24, 1652(?) | June 28, 1652(?) |
17 | Commonwealth Assembly | October 1654 | October 20, 1654 |
18 | Commonwealth Assembly | September 24, 1657 | September 24, 1657 |
19 | Proprietary Assembly | April 27, 1658 | May 6, 1658 |
20 | Proprietary Assembly | February 28, 1659/1660 | March 14, 1659/1660 |
21 | Proprietary Assembly | April 17, 1661 | May 2, 1661 |
22 | Proprietary Assembly | April 1, 1662 | April 12, 1662 |
23 | Proprietary Assembly | September 15, 1663 | October 3, 1663 |
24 | Proprietary Assembly | September 13, 1664 | September 21, 1664 |
25 | Proprietary Assembly | April 10, 1666 | May 3, 1666 |
26 | Proprietary Assembly | April 13, 1669 | May 8, 1669 |
27 | Proprietary Assembly | March 27, 1671 | April 19, 1671 |
28 | Proprietary Assembly | October 10, 1671 | October 19, 1671 |
29 | Proprietary Assembly | May 19, 1674 | June 6, 1674 |
30 | Proprietary Assembly | February 12, 1674/1675 | February 24, 1674/1675 |
31 | Proprietary Assembly | May 15, 1676 | June 15, 1676 |
32 | Proprietary Assembly | October 20, 1678 | November 14, 1678 |
33 | Proprietary Assembly | August 16, 1681 | September 17, 1681 |
34 | Proprietary Assembly | April 25, 1682 | May 13, 1682 |
35 | Proprietary Assembly | April 25, 1682 | May 13, 1682 |
36 | Proprietary Assembly | October 26, 1682 | November 17, 1682 |
37 | Proprietary Assembly | October 2, 1683 | November 6, 1683 |
38 | Proprietary Assembly | April 1, 1684 | April 26, 1684 |
39 | Proprietary Assembly | October 27, 1686 | November 19, 1686 |
40 | Proprietary Assembly | November 14, 1688 | December 8, 1688 |
41 | Protestant Convention | August 22, 1689 | September 4, 1689 |
42 | Protestant Convention | April 1, 1690 | April 4, 1690(?) |
43 | Protestant Convention | September 29, 1690 | October 6, 1690 |
44 | Protestant Convention | April 12, 1691(?) | April 25, 1691 |
45 | Protestant Convention | August 1691 | September 10, 1691 |
46 | Protestant Convention | April 9, 1692 | April 9, 1692 |
47 | Royal Assembly | May 10, 1692 | June 9, 1692 |
48 | Royal Assembly | September 20, 1693 | September 26, 1693 |
49 | Royal Assembly | September 20, 1694 | October 18, 1694 |
50 | Royal Assembly | February 28, 1694/1695 | March 1, 1694/1695 |
51 | Royal Assembly | May 8, 1695 | May 22, 1695 |
52 | Royal Assembly | October 2, 1695 | October 19, 1695 |
53 | Royal Assembly | April 30, 1696 | May 14, 1696 |
54 | Royal Assembly | July 1, 1696 | July 10, 1696 |
55 | Royal Assembly | September 16, 1696 | October 2, 1696 |
56 | Royal Assembly | May 26, 1697 | June 11, 1697 |
57 | Royal Assembly | March 10, 1697/1698 | April 4, 1698 |
58 | Royal Assembly | October 20, 1698 | November 12, 1698 |
59 | Royal Assembly | June 29, 1699 | July 22, 1699 |
60 | Royal Assembly | April 26, 1700 | May 9, 1700 |
61 | Royal Assembly | May 8, 1701 | May 17, 1701 |
62 | Royal Assembly | March 16, 1701/1702 | March 25, 1702 |
63 | Royal Assembly | June 25, 1702 | June 26, 1702 |
64 | Royal Assembly | October 26, 1703 | October 29, 1703 |
65 | Royal Assembly | April 26, 1704 | May 3, 1704 |
66 | Royal Assembly | September 5, 1704 | October 3, 1704 |
67 | Royal Assembly | December 5, 1704 | December 9, 1704 |
68 | Royal Assembly | May 15, 1705 | May 25, 1705 |
69 | Royal Assembly | April 2, 1706 | April 19, 1706 |
70 | Royal Assembly | March 26, 1707 | April 15, 1707 |
71 | Royal Assembly | September 27, 1708 | October 5, 1708 |
72 | Royal Assembly | November 29, 1708 | December 17, 1708 |
73 | Royal Assembly | October 26, 1709 | November 11, 1709 |
74 | Royal Assembly | October 24, 1710 | November 4, 1710 |
75 | Royal Assembly | October 23, 1711 | November 3, 1711 |
76 | Royal Assembly | October 28, 1712 | November 15, 1712 |
77 | Royal Assembly | October 27, 1713 | November 14, 1713 |
78 | Royal Assembly | June 22, 1714 | July 3, 1714 |
79 | Royal Assembly | October 5, 1714 | October 9, 1714 |
80 | Royal Assembly | April 26, 1715 | June 3, 1715 |
81 | Proprietary Convention | April 24, 1716 | April 24, 1716 |
82 | Proprietary Assembly | July 17, 1716 | August 10, 1716 |
83 | Proprietary Assembly | May 28, 1717 | June 8, 1717 |
84 | Proprietary Assembly | April 22, 1718 | May 10, 1718 |
85 | Proprietary Assembly | May 14, 1719 | June 6, 1719 |
86 | Proprietary Assembly | April 5, 1720 | April 22, 1720 |
87 | Proprietary Assembly | October 11, 1720 | October 27, 1720 |
88 | Proprietary Assembly | July 18, 1721 | August 5, 1721 |
89 | Proprietary Assembly | April 5, 1720 | April 22, 1720 |
90 | Proprietary Assembly | October 9, 1722 | November 3, 1722 |
91 | Proprietary Assembly | September 23, 1723 | October 26, 1723 |
92 | Proprietary Assembly | October 6, 1724 | November 4, 1724 |
93 | Proprietary Assembly | October 6, 1725 | November 6, 1725 |
94 | Proprietary Assembly | March 15, 1725/1726 | March 23, 1725/1726 |
95 | Proprietary Assembly | July 12, 1726 | July 25, 1726 |
96 | Proprietary Assembly | October 10, 1727 | October 30, 1727 |
97 | Proprietary Assembly | October 3, 1728 | October 30, 1728 |
98 | Proprietary Assembly | July 10, 1729 | August 8, 1729 |
99 | Proprietary Assembly | May 21, 1730 | June 16, 1730 |
100 | Proprietary Assembly | July 13, 1731 | July 29, 1731 |
101 | Proprietary Assembly | August 19, 1731 | September 6, 1731 |
102 | Proprietary Assembly | July 11, 1732 | August 8, 1732 |
103 | Proprietary Assembly | March 13, 1732/1733 | April 12, 1733 |
104 | Proprietary Convention | March 19, 1733/1734 | March 25, 1734 |
105 | Proprietary Assembly | March 20, 1734/1735 | April 24, 1735 |
106 | Proprietary Convention | March 19, 1735/1736 | April 10, 1736 |
107 | Proprietary Assembly | April 20, 1736 | May 6, 1736 |
108 | Proprietary Assembly | April 26, 1737 | May 28, 1737 |
109 | Proprietary Assembly | August 11, 1737 | August 17, 1737 |
110 | Proprietary Convention | May 3, 1738 | May 27, 1738 |
111 | Proprietary Convention | May 1, 1739 | June 12, 1739 |
112 | Proprietary Assembly | April 23, 1740 | June 5, 1740 |
113 | Proprietary Assembly | July 7, 1740 | July 29, 1740 |
114 | Proprietary Assembly | May 26, 1741 | June 22, 1741 |
115 | Proprietary Assembly | September 21, 1742 | October 29, 1742 |
116 | Proprietary Assembly | May 1, 1744 | June 4, 1744 |
117 | Proprietary Assembly | August 5, 1745 | September 28, 1745 |
118 | 1st Proprietary Convention | March 12, 1745/1746 | March 29, 1746 |
119 | Proprietary Assembly | June 17, 1746 | July 8, 1746 |
120 | Proprietary Assembly | November 6, 1746 | November 12, 1746 |
121 | Proprietary Assembly | May 16, 1747 | July 11, 1747 |
122 | 2nd Proprietary Convention | December 22, 1747 | December 23, 1747 |
123 | Proprietary Assembly | May 10, 1748 | June 11, 1748 |
124 | Proprietary Convention | May 9, 1749 | May 11, 1749 |
125 | Proprietary Assembly | May 24, 1749 | June 24, 1749 |
126 | Proprietary Assembly | April 20, 1736 | May 6, 1736 |
127 | Proprietary Assembly | May 15, 1751 | June 8, 1751 |
128 | Proprietary Assembly | December 7, 1751 | December 14, 1751 |
129 | Proprietary Assembly | June 3, 1752 | June 23, 1752 |
130 | Proprietary Assembly | October 2, 1753 | November 17, 1753 |
131 | Proprietary Assembly | February 26, 1754 | March 9, 1754 |
132 | Proprietary Assembly | May 8, 1754 | May 30, 1754 |
133 | Proprietary Assembly | July 17, 1754 | July 25, 1754 |
134 | Proprietary Assembly | December 12, 1754 | December 24, 1754 |
135 | Proprietary Assembly | February 22, 1755 | March 26, 1755 |
136 | Proprietary Assembly | June 23, 1755 | July 8, 1755 |
137 | Proprietary Assembly | February 23, 1756 | May 22, 1756 |
138 | Proprietary Assembly | September 14, 1756 | October 9, 1756 |
139 | Proprietary Assembly | April 8, 1757 | May 9, 1757 |
140 | Proprietary Assembly | September 28, 1757 | December 16, 1757 |
141 | Proprietary Convention | February 13, 1758 | March 9, 1758 |
142 | Proprietary Assembly | September 28, 1757 | December 16, 1757 |
143 | 1st Proprietary Convention | October 23, 1758 | November 4, 1758 |
144 | Proprietary Assembly | November 22, 1758 | December 23, 1758 |
145 | 2nd Proprietary Convention | April 4, 1759 | April 17, 1759 |
146 | Proprietary Assembly | March 22, 1760 | April 11, 1760 |
147 | Proprietary Assembly | September 26, 1760 | October 15, 1760 |
148 | 3rd Proprietary Convention | April 13, 1761 | May 6, 1761 |
149 | Proprietary Assembly | March 17, 1762 | April 24, 1762 |
150 | Proprietary Assembly | October 4, 1763 | November 26, 1763 |
151 | Proprietary Assembly | September 23, 1765 | September 28, 1765 |
152 | Proprietary Assembly | November 1, 1765 | December 20, 1765 |
153 | Proprietary Assembly | May 9, 1766 | May 27, 166 |
154 | Proprietary Assembly | November 1, 1766 | December 6, 1766 |
155 | Proprietary Assembly | May 24, 1768 | June 22, 1768 |
156 | Proprietary Assembly | November 17, 1769 | December 20, 1769 |
157 | Proprietary Assembly | September 25, 1770 | November 2, 1770 |
158 | Proprietary Assembly | November 5, 1770 | November 21, 1770 |
159 | Proprietary Assembly | October 2, 1771 | November 30, 1771 |
160 | Proprietary Assembly | June 15, 1773 | July 3, 1773 |
161 | Proprietary Convention | October 13, 1773 | October 29, 1773 |
162 | Proprietary Assembly | November 16, 1773 | December 23, 1773 |
163 | Proprietary Assembly | March 23, 1774 | April 19, 1774 |
165 | 1st Convention | June 22, 1774 | June 25, 1774 |
166 | 2nd Convention | November 21, 1774 | November 25, 1774 |
167 | 3rd Convention | December 8, 1774 | December 12, 1774 |
168 | 4th Convention | April 24, 1775 | May 3, 1775 |
169 | 5th Convention | July 26, 1775 | August 14, 1775 |
170 | 6th Convention | December 7, 1775 | January 18, 1776 |
171 | 7th Convention | May 8, 1776 | May 25, 1776 |
172 | 8th Convention | June 21, 1776 | July 6, 1776 |
173 | 9th Convention | August 14, 1776 | November 11, 1776 |
Post-colonial sessions
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Number[1] | Name | Start date[1] | End date | Last election |
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174 | 174th Maryland General Assembly | February 5, 1777 | April 20, 1777 | ? |
175 | 175th Maryland General Assembly | October 21, 1777 | December 23, 1777 | ? |
176 | 176th Maryland General Assembly | March 13, 1778 | April 22, 1778 | ? |
177 | 177th Maryland General Assembly | June 1, 1778 | June 23, 1778 | ? |
178 | 178th Maryland General Assembly | October 19, 1778 | December 15, 1778 | ? |
179 | 179th Maryland General Assembly | March 2, 1779 | March 25, 1779 | ? |
180 | 180th Maryland General Assembly | July 15, 1779 | August 15, 1779 | ? |
181 | 181st Maryland General Assembly | November 1, 1779 | December 30, 1779 | ? |
182 | 182nd Maryland General Assembly | March 2, 1780 | May 16, 1780 | ? |
183 | 183rd Maryland General Assembly | June 7, 1780 | July 5, 1780 | ? |
184 | 184th Maryland General Assembly | October 17, 1780 | February 2, 1781 | ? |
185 | 185th Maryland General Assembly | May 10, 1781 | June 27, 1781 | ? |
186 | 186th Maryland General Assembly | November 5, 1781 | January 22, 1782 | ? |
187 | 187th Maryland General Assembly | April 25, 1782 | June 15, 1782 | ? |
188 | 188th Maryland General Assembly | November 4, 1782 | January 15, 1783 | ? |
189 | 189th Maryland General Assembly | April 21, 1783 | June 1, 1783 | ? |
190 | 190th Maryland General Assembly | November 3, 1783 | December 26, 1783 | ? |
191 | 191st Maryland General Assembly | November 1, 1784 | January 22, 1785 | ? |
192 | 192nd Maryland General Assembly | November 7, 1785 | March 12, 1785 | ? |
193 | 193rd Maryland General Assembly | November 6, 1786 | January 20, 1787 | ? |
194 | 194th Maryland General Assembly | April 10, 1787 | May 26, 1787 | ? |
195 | 195th Maryland General Assembly | November 5, 1787 | December 17, 1787 | 1787[2] |
196 | 196th Maryland General Assembly | May 12, 1788 | May 27, 1788 | |
197 | 197th Maryland General Assembly | November 3, 1788 | December 23, 1788 | 1788[2] |
198 | 198th Maryland General Assembly | November 2, 1789 | December 25, 1789 | 1789[2] |
199 | 199th Maryland General Assembly | November 1, 1790 | December 22, 1790 | 1790[2] |
200 | 200th Maryland General Assembly | November 7, 1791 | December 30, 1791 | 1791[2] |
201 | 200th Maryland General Assembly (special session) | April 2, 1792 | April 6, 1792 | |
202 | 202nd Maryland General Assembly | November 5, 1792 | December 23, 1792 | 1792[2] |
203 | 203rd Maryland General Assembly | November 4, 1793 | December 29, 1793 | 1793[2] |
204 | 204th Maryland General Assembly | November 3, 1794 | December 27, 1794 | 1794[2] |
205 | 205th Maryland General Assembly | November 2, 1795 | December 24, 1795 | 1795[2] |
206 | 206th Maryland General Assembly | November 7, 1796 | December 31, 1796 | 1796[2] |
207 | 207th Maryland General Assembly | November 6, 1797 | January 21, 1798 | 1797[2] |
208 | 208th Maryland General Assembly | November 5, 1798 | January 20, 1799 | 1798[2] |
209 | 209th Maryland General Assembly | November 4, 1799 | January 3, 1800 | 1799[2] |
? | November 1801[3] | |||
? | January 1, 1890[4] | March 31, 1890[4] | ||
? | November 2, 1982: House, Senate | |||
? | November 4, 1986: House, Senate | |||
? | November 6, 1990: House, Senate | |||
408 | 1994 | |||
409 | 1995 | November 8, 1994: House, Senate | ||
410 | 1996 | |||
411 | 1997 | |||
412 | 1998 | |||
413 | 1999 | November 3, 1998: House, Senate | ||
414 | 2000 | |||
415 | 2001 | |||
416 | 2002 | |||
417 | 2003 | November 5, 2002: House, Senate | ||
418 | 2004 | |||
419 | 2004 | |||
420 | 2005 | |||
421 | January 11, 2006 | |||
422 | 422nd Maryland General Assembly | June 14, 2006 | ||
423 | 423rd Maryland General Assembly | January 10, 2007 | November 7, 2006: House, Senate | |
424 | 424th Maryland General Assembly | October 29, 2007 | ||
425 | 425th Maryland General Assembly | January 9, 2008 | ||
426 | 426th Maryland General Assembly | 2009 | ||
427 | 427th Maryland General Assembly | 2010 | ||
428 | 428th Maryland General Assembly | January 12, 2011 | November 2, 2010: House, Senate | |
429 | October 17, 2011 | |||
430 | January 11, 2012 | |||
431 | May 14, 2012 | |||
432 | August 9, 2012 | |||
433 | 2013 | |||
434 | 2014 | |||
435 | 2015 | November 4, 2014: House, Senate | ||
436 | 2016 | |||
437 | 2017 | |||
438 | 2018 | |||
439 | 2019 | November 6, 2018: House, Senate | ||
440 | 2019 | |||
441 | 2020 | |||
442 | 2021 | |||
443 | 2021 | |||
444 | 2022 | |||
445 | 2023 | November 8, 2022: House, Senate | ||
446 | 2024 | |||
447 | 2025 |
History of Maryland |
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See also
[edit]- List of speakers of the Maryland House of Delegates
- List of presidents of the Maryland Senate
- List of governors of Maryland
- Constitution of Maryland
- Politics of Maryland
- Elections in Maryland
- Maryland State Capitol
- Historical outline of Maryland
- Lists of United States state legislative sessions
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "Proceedings, Acts and Public Documents of the General Assembly". Archives of Maryland Online. Maryland State Archives. Retrieved August 5, 2024.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m "Maryland", A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787-1825, Massachusetts: American Antiquarian Society and Tufts Archival Research Center, retrieved 2024-08-04
- ^ Votes and proceedings of the Senate of the State of Maryland...1801 – via HathiTrust
- ^ a b "Maryland: Legislative Session". Appleton's Annual Cyclopaedia and Register of Important Events of the Year 1890. New York: D. Appleton and Company. 1891. p. 516 – via HathiTrust.
Further reading
[edit]- Elihu S. Riley (1905), A history of the General Assembly of Maryland, 1635-1904 – via HathiTrust
External links
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- "Guide to Law Online: U.S. Maryland: Legislative", guides.loc.gov, Washington DC: Library of Congress