Talk:Robert Wright (Maryland politician)

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It appears that EB1919 asserts his tenure ended in 1808, with a James Butcher as acting gov for 0 to 23.9 months:


 * James Brice (acting) 1792
 * Thomas Sim Lee 1792-1794
 * John H. Stone 1794-1797
 * John Henry . . Democratic Republican 1797-1798
 * Benjamin Ogle . Federalist 1798-1801
 * John Francis Mercer . Democratic Republican 1801-1803
 * Robert Bowie ,, 1803-1806
 * Robert Wright ,, ,, 1806-1808
 * James Butcher (acting) 1808-1809
 * Edward Lloyd . . Whig I 809I 811
 * Robert Bowie . . Democratic Republican 1811-1812
 * Levin Winder . . Federalist 1812-1815
 * Charles Ridgely . ,, 1815-1818
 * Charles Goldsborough . 1818-1819
 * Samuel Sprigg . . . Democratic Republican 1819-1822
 * Samuel Stevens, jun ., 1822-1825
 * Joseph Kent . . 1825-1828
 * Daniel Martin . - . Anti-Jackson 1828-1829
 * Thomas King Carroll . . Jackson Democrat 1829-1830
 * Daniel Martin - - . Anti-Jackson 1830-1831
 * George Howard (acting) . Whig 183 II 832
 * George Howard . . 1832-1833
 * James Thomas . - - ,, I 8331835
 * Thomas W. Veazey . ,, 1835-1838
 * William Grason . . Democrat 1838-1841
 * Francis Thomas . . ,, 1841-1844
 * Thomas G. Pratt . - . Whig 1844-1847
 * Philip Francis Thomas - . Democrat 1847-1850
 * Enoch Louis Lowe . - ,, 1850-1853
 * Thomas Watkins Ligon - ,, 1853-1857
 * Thomas Holliday Hicks - - American or Know-Nothing 1857-1861
 * Augustus W. Bradford - Unionist 1861-1865
 * Thomas Swann . - ,, 1865-1868

—This unsigned comment is by Jerzy (talk • contribs).


 * This is an excerpt taken from an essay at the Maryland Archives. I've bolded the important points:


 * "James Tilghman, a justice of the Court of Appeals representing Queen Anne’s County died, so Wright resigned as governor on May 6, 1809, in anticipation of being selected to fill the vacancy." ... "The Council Proceedings for May 8, 1809 contain the terse note that 'His Excellency Robert Wright, Esquire, having resigned on Saturday the sixth Instant, the honorable James Butcher qualified as Governor before Gideon White, one of the Justices of the Peace of Anne Arundel County in the Council Room in the presence of the Members of the Council agreeably to the thirty-second section of the Constitution and Form of Government.' A month later, or on June 5, 1809, 'at a meeting of the General Assembly of Maryland pursuant to a Proclamation signed by His Excellency James Butcher, Esquire, for the purpose of appointing a Governor for the residue of the year in the room of Robert Wright, resigned, they proceeded to said appointment when Honorable Edward Lloyd was appointed.'


 * This conversation might be better at List of Governors of Maryland.-- tomf688 {talk} 23:23, 15 March 2006 (UTC)