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St. Mary's County has the oldest documented sheriff's office in Maryland and one of the oldest in the United States. [11] In 1637, James Baldridge was appointed sheriff. Since 1776, sheriffs in St. Mary's County have been determined by election. Steven A. Hall is the current sheriff. He was sworn in on December 5, 2022.
As of the 2020 United States census, the district had a population of 44,929, of whom 34,155 (76.0%) were of voting age.The racial makeup of the district was 37,046 (82.5%) White, 3,825 (8.5%) African American, 169 (0.4%) Native American, 578 (1.3%) Asian, 30 (0.1%) Pacific Islander, 403 (0.9%) from some other race, and 2,882 (6.4%) from two or more races.
It covers parts of Calvert County and St. Mary's County. The district is divided into three sub-districts for the Maryland House of Delegates : District 29A , District 29B and District 29C . [ 1 ]
In 2010, Morgan was elected to the St. Mary's County Board of Commissioners, and was re-elected in 2014 and 2018. [7] He served as the board's vice president in 2014. [2]
The St. Mary's Sheriff's Office is one of the oldest documented sheriff's offices in the United States, starting with James Baldridge in 1637. As the county was established in 1634 along with Virginia's first eight counties, there most likely was a sheriff appointed at that time, however no documentation has been found prior to 1637.
Maryland's 5th congressional district comprises all of Charles, St. Mary's, and Calvert counties (a region known as Southern Maryland), as well as portions of Prince George's and Anne Arundel counties. The district is currently represented by Democrat Steny Hoyer, who from 2007 to 2011 and from 2019 to 2023 was House Majority Leader.
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The government of Maryland is conducted according to the Maryland Constitution.The United States is a federation; consequently, the government of Maryland, like the other 49 state governments, has exclusive authority over matters that lie entirely within the state's borders, except as limited by the Constitution of the United States.