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Current Maryland Manual On-Line information:
http://msa.maryland.gov/msa/mdmanual/08conoff/html/01govf.html
Under Maryland's first constitution of 1776, the Governor was chosen annually by joint ballot of both houses of the General Assembly (Const. 1776, sec. 25). In 1838, by constitutional amendment, voters began to elect the Governor every three years from one of three rotating gubernatorial districts (Chapter 197, Acts of 1836, ratified 1837). At each election, only voters from a single gubernatorial election district selected the Governor. By 1851, the Governor's term of office was lengthened to four years (Const. 1851, Art. 2, sec. 1). The Constitution of 1864 eliminated the rotating gubernatorial election districts. Since the election of 1868, the Governor has been elected by all the voters of the State.
Constitutions:
1776 Constitution sec. 25
1851 Constitution Art. II
1864 Constitution Art. II
1867 Constitution Art. II
Current Constitution Art. II
Constitutional comparison table from 1967 Constitutional Revision Study Documents
Historical List of Governors:
Governors Elected by the Legislature under the Constitution of 1776
Governors Elected by the People under the Constitutional Amendments of 1838
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