Somerset County was created by an Order in Council
in 1666 and was named after Mary Somerset, sister-in-
law ofCedlius Calvert, Second Lord Baltimore.

Form of Government: County Commissioners

GOVERNMENT OFFICES

Board of County Commissioners
EO. Box 37
Prince William St.
Princess Anne, MD 21853 651-0320

Courthouse
P.O. Box 99
Main St.
Princess Anne, MD 21853 Circuit Court: 651-1555
District Court: 651-0955

ELECTED BY VOTERS

BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS

Phillip L. Gerald, Dist. 5, President, 1994
James N. Ring, Dist. 1 ................. 1994
Charles Fisher, Dist. 2 .................. 1994
Clarence I. Laird, Dist. 3 ................ 1994
M. William Ward,Dijt. 4 ................ 1994

BOARD OF EDUCATION

John Ent, Jr., Chairperson, 1992
Ted Abbott.......................... 1992
Donna Robertson .................... 1992
Annlaylor ......................... .1992
Thomas E. Ward ...................... 1992

CIRCUIT COURT CLERK

I. Theodore Phoebus, 1994

ORPHANS' COURT JUDGES

Thomas W Coulbourne, Chief Judge, 1994
Dennett L. Buder .................... 1994
Betsy Simpldns Schrock ................ 1994

REGISTER OF WILLS

Gary W Miller. 1994

SHERIFF

RobertN.Jones.l994

STATE'S ATTORNEY

Logan C. Widdowson, 1994
APPOINTED BY GOVERNOR

BOARD OF LIQUOR LICENSE COMMISSIONERS

Francis H. Ballard .................... 1991
Robert Kelly ........................ 1991
Van B. Muir, Jr. ...................... 1991

BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF ELECTIONS

William Russell Hall, Jr., President, 1991
Dorothy Purnell ..................... 1991
Earl R. Ward ........................ 1991
Substitutes: William Coctman; Eicon Maddox.

EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT & CIVIL DEFENSE
AGENCY

John R. Somers, Director

FOSTER CARE REVIEW BOARD FOR. SOMERSET &
WORCESTER COUNTIES

Somerset County Members:
Robert S. Dunldn .................... 1991
Gertrude J. Stevenson ................. 1991
Evelyn H. Odoms Hall ................ 1993

LIQUOR CONTROL BOARD

Steven R. Marshall, Chairperson, 1991
Edwin R. McGee ..................... 1991
Sidney K. Miller ..................... 1991

TRI-COUNTY PHYSICAL FITNESS COMMISSION
(Someratt, Wicomico, Worcester)

Somerset County Members:
William Cain; Rodger C. Daugherty; William E.
Dryden; Barbara Forbush; Brenda Henderson;
Brian Laird; H. DeWayne Whicrington.