Maryland

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**Maryland**
Capital	Baltimore
Nickname	The Free State
Official Language	None
Governor	Wes Moore, D
Senator	Chris Van Hollen, D (202) 224-4654 Contact
Senator	Ben Cardin, D (202) 224-4524 Contact
Population	6,100,000 (2020)
Ratification of Constitution/or statehood	April 28, 1788 (7th)
	Motto: "Fatti maschii parole femine" (strong deeds, gentle words)

Maryland is bordered to the north by Pennsylvania, to the east by Delaware, to the south by Virginia and the District of Columbia, and to the west by West Virginia. It has a total area of 12,192.97 square miles.^[1]

The state Constitution of Maryland, like all of the other 50 states, acknowledges God or our Creator or the Sovereign Ruler of the Universe. It says in the preamble:

We, the People of the State of Maryland, grateful to Almighty God for our civil and religious liberty, and taking into our serious consideration the best means of establishing a good Constitution in this State for the sure foundation and more permanent security thereof, declare:

1 History
2 Politics
3 Elected Officials
- 3.1 Federal
- 3.2 Statewide
4 Counties
5 See also
6 References

History[edit]

The Colony of Maryland was established by Lord Baltimore as a haven for Catholics, as England was mostly Protestant. Jews also enjoyed freedom in Maryland. Lord de la War (also one of the possible origins of the name Delaware) was one of Maryland's early leaders.

Maryland won its independence from Britain in the American War for Independence in 1783.

Maryland Whig, Know Nothing, and Republican H. Winter Davis in 1859.

In the 1850s America's parties realigned: Whigs disappeared while Republicans and Democrats struggled over sectionalism and anti-Catholic, anti-immigrant nativism. In the South, including Maryland, sectionalism appealed to rural voters and nativism to urban. Nativism was weaker than in the North because the South attracted fewer immigrants. Nevertheless, the nativist American (Know-Nothing) Party captured the Baltimore government in 1854. The party used patronage and, especially, coercion; its armed forces scared off Democratic voters and forced drunks and immigrants to vote multiple times. The party elected a congressman and governor during its short reign. In 1860 the Democrat-controlled legislature took back the city police, the militia, patronage, and the electoral machinery, and prosecuted some Know-Nothings for electoral fraud. By 1861 the Know-Nothings had split over secession.^[2]

Maryland elected its first African American governor, Wes Moore, in 2022. Regime leader of the institutionally racist Democrat party, Joseph Biden, referred to Gov. Moore as "boy".^[3]

Politics[edit]

The current governor of Maryland is Larry Hogan (R) (2015-present). The capital of Maryland is Annapolis, located in Anne Arundel County. It is subdivided into 23 counties and Baltimore City, which, as an independent city, is in many respects the 24th county.^[1]