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Maryland Constitution of 1776 - Definition
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, who was a delegate to the and was later elected as the first under the 1776 constitution.
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Thomas Johnson, who was a delegate to the Maryland Constitutional Convention of 1776 and was later elected as the first Governor of Maryland under the 1776 constitution.

The Maryland Constitution of 1776 was the first of four constitutions under which the U.S. state of Maryland has been governed. It was that state's basic law from its adoption in 1776 until the adoption of the Maryland Constitution of 1851.

The document was drafted at the Maryland Constitutional Convention of 1776, which met at the state capital, Annapolis between August 14 and November 11, 1776. It was not submitted to the people for ratification. The 1776 constitution was amended several times, most notably in 1837, to, among other things, provide for a popularly elected governor, instead of one chosen by the legislature.

The 1776 constitution was initially about 8,800 words long. The several amendments added to it between 1792 and 1846 brought its total length to about 15,200 words.

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