SOMERSET COUNTY, MARYLAND

CIRCUIT COURT

CLERKS

COUNTY COURT CLERKS

Appointed by act of Convention:
1689-1691 Edmund Beauchamp (died Sept. 26, 1691)

Appointed by County Court:
1691-1692 John West

Appointed by Secretary in Maryland:
1692-1697 John West (resigned)
1697-1705 Peter Dent (displaced)
1705-1723 Alexander Hall (resigned)
1723-1749 Thomas Hayward, Sr.
1749-1777 Thomas Hayward, Jr.

Appointed by County Court Justices (Constitution of 1776, sec. 47):
1777-1793 Thomas Hayward, Jr.
1793-1807 William Done
1807-1813
1813-1815
1815-1822 John Done
1822-1839 George Handy
1839-1844 Levin Handy (resigned)s
1845-1851 William T. G. Polk

CIRCUIT COURT CLERKS

Elected by Voters to 6-year terms (Constitution of 1864, Art. IV, sec. 29):
1865-1867 Levin Woolford (D)

Elected by Voters to 6-year terms (Constitution of 1867, Art. IV, sec. 25):
1867-1869 Levin Woolford (D)
1870-1877 Levin L. Waters (D)
1877-1879 Levin L. Waters, Jr.
1879-1885 Benjamin F. Lankford
1885-1897 H. Fillmore Lankford
1897-1907 Oliver T. Beauchamp
1907-1913 Stephen F. Dashiell
1913-1926 W. Jerome Sterling

Elected by Voters to 4-year terms (Constitution of 1867, Art. XVII, added by Chapter 227, Acts of 1922, ratified Nov. 7, 1922):
1926-1930 George W. Lawson
1930-1938 J. Millard Tawes (D)
1938-1957 Benjamin Lankford Barnes (D) (died Oct. 1957)
1957-1958 Grace J. Barnes (D)

Elected by Voters to 4-year terms (Constitution of 1867, Art. IV, sec. 25, amended by Chapter 99, Acts of 1956, ratified Nov. 6, 1956):
1958-1964 Grace J. Barnes (D)
1964-2014 I. Theodore Phoebus (R)
2014- Charles T. Horner (R)

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