Thomas Watkins Ligon

Thomas Watkins Ligon
30th Governor of Maryland
In office
January 11, 1854 – January 13, 1858
Preceded byEnoch Louis Lowe
Succeeded byThomas H. Hicks
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Maryland's 3rd district
In office
March 4, 1845 – March 3, 1849
Preceded byJohn Wethered
Succeeded byEdward Hammond
Member of the Maryland House of Delegates
In office
1843–1845
Personal details
Born(1810-05-10)May 10, 1810
Farmville, Virginia, US
DiedJanuary 12, 1881(1881-01-12) (aged 70)
Howard County, Maryland, US
Political partyDemocratic
SpouseSally Ann Dorsey (m. 1840, her death) Mary Tolly Dorsey (m. 1840–1881, (his death)
Alma materHampden–Sydney College
University of Virginia
Yale Law School

Thomas Watkins Ligon (May 10, 1810 – January 12, 1881), a Democrat, was the 30th Governor of Maryland in the United States from 1854 to 1858. He was also a member of the United States House of Representatives, serving Maryland's third Congressional district from 1845 until 1849. He was the second Maryland governor born in Virginia and was a minority party governor, who faced bitter opposition from an openly hostile legislature.