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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 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.

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active years end date
1858-01-13
active years start date
1854-01-11
alma mater
Yale Law School, University of Virginia, Hampden–Sydney College
birth date
1810-05-10
birth place
Farmville Virginia, United States
death date
1881-01-12
death place
Maryland, Howard County Maryland, United States
order in office
30th, Governor of Maryland
party
Democratic Party (United States)
successor
Thomas Holliday Hicks

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