William Grason | |
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25th Governor of Maryland | |
In office January 7, 1839 – January 3, 1842 | |
Preceded by | Thomas Veazey |
Succeeded by | Francis Thomas |
Member of the Maryland State Senate | |
In office 1852–1853 | |
Member of the Maryland House of Delegates | |
In office 1828–1829 | |
In office 1837 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Queen Anne's County, Maryland, U.S. | March 11, 1788
Died | July 2, 1868 Queen Anne's County, Maryland, U.S | (aged 80)
Political party | Democratic |
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William Grason (March 11, 1788 – July 2, 1868) served as the 25th Governor of the state of Maryland in the United States from 1839 to 1842. Grason also served as a member of the Maryland House of Delegates from 1828 to 1829, and as a member of the Maryland State Senate from 1852 until 1853. He was the first Governor of Maryland directly elected by the general electorate and the first elected governor from the Eastern Shore of Maryland due to a system that rotated the governorship by requiring the governor come from one of three regions in sequence.[1]