List of members of the Montgomery County Council (Maryland)
Montgomery County Council | |
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Coat of Arms | |
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| Type | |
| Type | |
Term limits | 3 consecutive terms |
| History | |
| Founded | 1948 |
| Preceded by | Montgomery County Board of Commissioners |
| Leadership | |
Council President | |
Council Vice President | |
| Structure | |
| Seats | 11 |
Political groups | Majority (11)
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| Committees |
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Length of term | Full council elected every 4 years |
| Authority | Article I, Charter of Montgomery County |
| Salary |
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| Elections | |
| First-past-the-post | |
First election | November 3, 1948 |
Last election | November 8, 2022 |
Next election | November 3, 2026 |
| Redistricting | Recommendations by the legislature-appointed commission, approval by legislature. |
| Motto | |
| French: Gardez Bien (English: Watch Well) | |
| Meeting place | |
| Stella B. Werner Council Office Building | |
| Website | |
| Council Website | |
| Constitution | |
| Charter[2] | |
| Rules | |
| Rules of Proceduce[3] | |
The following is a list of members of the Montgomery County Council since its creation.[4]
Current members
[edit]The members of the County Council as of 2026 are:[5][6][7]
| Position | Name | Affiliation | District | Neighborhoods | First Elected | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Member | Andrew Friedson | Democratic | 1 | Potomac, Bethesda, Chevy Chase | 2018 | |
| Vice President | Marilyn Balcombe | Democratic | 2 | Germantown, Clarksburg, Darnestown, Poolesville | 2022 | |
| Member | Sidney A. Katz | Democratic | 3 | Gaithersburg, Rockville | 2014 | |
| President | Kate Stewart | Democratic | 4 | Silver Spring, Takoma Park | 2022 | |
| Member | Kristin Mink | Democratic | 5 | Four Corners, Cloverly, Burtonsville | 2022 | |
| President | Natali Fani-González | Democratic | 6 | Wheaton, Glenmont, Derwood, Aspen Hill, Forest Glen Park | 2022 | |
| Member | Dawn Luedtke | Democratic | 7 | Olney, Ashton, Laytonsville, Montgomery Village, Damascus | 2022 | |
| Member | Evan Glass | Democratic | At-Large | Entire county | 2018 | |
| Member | Shebra Evans | Democratic | At-Large | Entire county | – | |
| Member | Will Jawando | Democratic | At-Large | Entire county | 2018 | |
| Member | Laurie-Anne Sayles | Democratic | At-Large | Entire county | 2022 | |
Past members
[edit]Background colors indicate party:
| Democratic | Republican | Independent |
1949-70: Council–Manager form of government
[edit]| Period | Year | District 1 | District 2 | District 3 | District 4 | District 5 | At-large | |
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| 1 | 1949 | P. Garland Ligon | Augustus R. Selby | Thomas C. Kelley | Mrs. Ralph E. Himstead | J. Douglas Bradshaw | Frederic P. Lee | Lewis Meriam |
| 1950 | Harold F. Hammond[a] | |||||||
| 2 | 1951 | J. Louis Monarch | Grover K. Walker | George F. Nesbitt | Stella B. Werner | Lathrop E. Smith | Kathryn J. Lawlor | |
| 1952 | ||||||||
| 1953 | Louis A. Gravelle[b] | |||||||
| 1954 | ||||||||
| 3 | ||||||||
| 1955 | J. Grahame Walker | Charles H. Jamison | Robert T. Snure | Wilbur N. Baughman | Jerry T. Williams | |||
| 1956 | ||||||||
| 1957 | ||||||||
| 1958 | ||||||||
| 4 | ||||||||
| 1959 | Stanley B. Frosh | William F. Hickey | B. Houston McCeney | David L. Cahoon | ||||
| 1960 | ||||||||
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| 1962 | ||||||||
| 5 | ||||||||
| 1963 | John A. Floyd | Mary A. Hepburn | John H. Hiser | Thomas M. Wilson | Kathryn E. Diggs | |||
| 1964 | Cleatus E. Barnett[c] | |||||||
| 1965 | William C. Birely[d] | |||||||
| 1966 | ||||||||
| 6 | ||||||||
| 1967 | William W. Greenhalgh | Richmond M. Keeney | Rose C. Kramer | David Scull | Idamae Garrott | Avis Birely | ||
| 1968 | James P. Gleason[e] | |||||||
| 1969 | ||||||||
| 1970 | ||||||||
1971–present: Council–Executive form of government
[edit]The Council has expanded twice under this form of government. Two new at-large seats were added in 1990 after having been previously approved of by voters in the 1986 election. Two new district seats were added after having been previously approved of by voters in the 2020 election.[9]
| Period | Year | District 1 | District 2 | District 3 | District 4 | District 5 | District 6 | District 7 | At-large | |||
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| 7 | 1971 | Neal Potter | Dickran Y. Hovsepian | Idamae Garrott | Sidney Kramer | William Sher | William H. Willcox | Elizabeth L. Scull | ||||
| 1972 | Norman L. Christeller[f] | |||||||||||
| 1973 | ||||||||||||
| 1974 | ||||||||||||
| 8 | 1975 | Esther P. Gelman | Jane Anne Moore | Elizabeth L. Scull | John L. Menke | |||||||
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| 1977 | ||||||||||||
| 1978 | William Colman[g] | |||||||||||
| 9 | 1979 | Ruth Spector | Michael L. Gudis | Scott Fosler | Rose Crenca | |||||||
| 1980 | ||||||||||||
| 1981 | David L. Scull[h] | |||||||||||
| 1982 | ||||||||||||
| 10 | 1983 | Scott Fosler | Esther P. Gelman | William E. Hanna, Jr. | Rose Crenca | Neal Potter | David L. Scull | |||||
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| 1986 | ||||||||||||
| 11 | 1987 | Neal Potter | Michael L. Subin | Isiah Leggett | Bruce Adams | |||||||
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| 1990 | ||||||||||||
| 12 | 1991 | Betty Ann Krahnke | Nancy Dacek | Marilyn J. Praisner | Derick Berlage | Gail Ewing[i] | Michael L. Subin[i] | |||||
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| 13 | 1995 | Neal Potter | ||||||||||
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| 14 | 1999 | Phil Andrews | Steven A. Silverman | |||||||||
| 2000 | Howard A. Denis[j] | |||||||||||
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| 2002 | Donell Peterman[k] | |||||||||||
| 15 | 2003 | Michael J. Knapp | Thomas E. Perez | Nancy M. Floreen | George L. Leventhal | |||||||
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| 16 | 2007 | Roger Berliner | Valerie Ervin | Duchy Trachtenberg | Marc Elrich | |||||||
| 2008 | Donald Praisner[l] | |||||||||||
| 2009 | Nancy Navarro[m] | |||||||||||
| 2010 | ||||||||||||
| 17 | 2011 | Craig L. Rice | Hans Riemer | |||||||||
| 2012 | ||||||||||||
| 2013 | ||||||||||||
| 2014 | Cherri Branson[n] | |||||||||||
| 18 | 2015 | Sidney A. Katz | Tom Hucker | |||||||||
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| 2018 | ||||||||||||
| 19 | 2019 | Andrew Friedson | Gabe Albornoz | Evan Glass | Will Jawando | |||||||
| 2020 | ||||||||||||
| 2021 | ||||||||||||
| 2022 | ||||||||||||
| 20 | 2023 | Marilyn Balcombe | Kate Stewart | Kristin Mink | Natali Fani-González[o] | Dawn Luedtke[o] | Laurie-Anne Sayles | |||||
| 2024 | ||||||||||||
| 2025 | ||||||||||||
| 2026 | Shebra Evans[p] | |||||||||||
Past presidents
[edit]The position of County Council President was first created in the seventh term of the council, in 1970. The position is re-elected each year by the members of the council, who also vote for a Vice President simultaneously.[4]
| Period | Position | Name | Party | Term | |
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| 7 | 1st | Idamae Garrott | Democratic | 1970–1971 | |
| 2nd | Dickran Y. Hovsepian | Democratic | 1971-1972 | ||
| 3rd | William Sher | Democratic | 1972-1973 | ||
| 4th | Neal Potter | Democratic | 1973-1974 | ||
| 8 | 1st | Dickran Y. Hovsepian | Democratic | 1974-1975 | |
| 2nd | Norman L. Christeller | Democratic | 1975-1976 | ||
| 3rd | John L. Menke | Democratic | 1976-1977 | ||
| 4th | Elizabeth L. Scull | Democratic | 1977-1978 | ||
| 9 | 1st | Neal Potter | Democratic | 1978-1979 | |
| 2nd | Scott Fosler | Democratic | 1979-1980 | ||
| 3rd | Ruth Spector | Democratic | 1980-1981 | ||
| 4th | Neal Potter | Democratic | 1981-1982 | ||
| 10 | 1st | David L. Scull | Democratic | 1982-1983 | |
| 2nd | Esther P. Gelman | Democratic | 1983-1984 | ||
| 3rd | Michael L. Gudis | Democratic | 1984-1985 | ||
| 4th | William E. Hanna | Democratic | 1985-1986 | ||
| 11 | 1st | Rose Crenca | Democratic | 1986-1987 | |
| 2nd | Michael L. Subin | Democratic | 1987-1988 | ||
| 3rd | Michael L. Gudis | Democratic | 1988-1989 | ||
| 4th | William E. Hanna, Jr. | Democratic | 1989-1990 | ||
| 12 | 1st | Isiah Leggett | Democratic | 1990-1991 | |
| 2nd | Bruce Adams | Democratic | 1991-1992 | ||
| 3rd | Marilyn J. Praisner | Democratic | 1992-1993 | ||
| 4th | William E. Hanna, Jr. | Democratic | 1993-1994 | ||
| 13 | 1st | Derick Berlage | Democratic | 1994-1995 | |
| 2nd | Gail Ewing | Democratic | 1995-1996 | ||
| 3rd | Marilyn J. Praisner | Democratic | 1996-1997 | ||
| 4th | Isiah Leggett | Democratic | 1997-1998 | ||
| 14 | 1st | Isiah Leggett | Democratic | 1998-1999 | |
| 2nd | Michael L. Subin | Democratic | 1999-2000 | ||
| 3rd | Blair G. Ewing | Democratic | 2000-2001 | ||
| 4th | Steven A. Silverman | Democratic | 2001-2002 | ||
| 15 | 1st | Michael L. Subin | Democratic | 2002-2003 | |
| 2nd | Steven A. Silverman | Democratic | 2003-2004 | ||
| 3rd | Tom Perez | Democratic | 2004-2005 | ||
| 4th | George L. Leventhal | Democratic | 2005-2006 | ||
| 16 | 1st | Marilyn Praisner | Democratic | 2006-2007 | |
| 2nd | Michael J. Knapp | Democratic | 2007-2008 | ||
| 3rd | Phil Andrews | Democratic | 2008-2009 | ||
| 4th | Nancy M. Floreen | Democratic | 2009-2010 | ||
| 17 | 1st | Valerie Ervin | Democratic | 2010-2011 | |
| 2nd | Roger Berliner
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Democratic | 2011-2012 | ||
| 3rd | Nancy Navarro
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Democratic | 2012-2013 | ||
| 4th | Craig L. Rice
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Democratic | 2013-2014 | ||
| 18 | 1st | George L. Leventhal
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Democratic | 2014-2015 | |
| 2nd | Nancy M. Floreen
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Democratic | 2015-2016 | ||
| 3rd | Roger Berliner
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Democratic | 2016-2017 | ||
| 4th | Hans Riemer
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Democratic | 2017-2018 | ||
| 19 | 1st | Nancy Navarro
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Democratic | 2018-2019 | |
| 2nd | Sidney A. Katz
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Democratic | 2019-2020 | ||
| 3rd | Tom Hucker
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Democratic | 2020-2021 | ||
| 4th | Gabe Albornoz
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Democratic | 2021-2022 | ||
| 20 | 1st | Evan Glass
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Democratic | 2022-2023 | |
| 2nd | Andrew Friedson
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Democratic | 2023-2024 | ||
| 3rd | Kate Stewart
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Democratic | 2024–2025 | ||
| 4th | Natali Fani-González
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Democratic | 2025–present | ||
Notes
[edit]- ↑ Replaced Lewis Meriam, April 1950.
- ↑ Replaced Kathryn J. Lawlor, January 1953.
- ↑ Replaced Thomas M. Wilson, December 1964.
- ↑ Replaced Jerry T. Williams, December 1965.
- ↑ Replaced David Scull after his death, March 1968.
- ↑ Replaced William H. Willcox after his resignation, October 1972.
- ↑ Replaced Norman L. Christeller, February 1978.
- ↑ Replaced Elizabeth L. Scull after her death, June 1981.
- 1 2 Seat established in 1991.
- ↑ Replaced Betty Ann Krahnke after her resignation, April 2000.
- ↑ Replaced Derick Berlage after his resignation, July 2002.
- ↑ Replaced Marilyn J. Praisner after her death, May 2008.
- ↑ Replaced Donald Praisner after his death, May 2009.
- ↑ Replaced Valerie Ervin after her resignation, January 2014.
- 1 2 Seat established in 2022.
- ↑ Replaced Gabe Albornoz after his resignation, December 2025.
References
[edit]- ↑ "About Montgomery County Council". Montgomery County Council. Retrieved June 1, 2022.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ↑ "Charter of Montgomery County, Maryland". American Legal Publishing. Retrieved June 7, 2022.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ↑ "Rules of Procedure - Montgomery County". American Legal Publishing. Retrieved June 7, 2022.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - 1 2 "Former Councilmembers". Montgomery County Council. Retrieved June 3, 2022.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ↑ "Montgomery County, Maryland - Government, Legislative Branch". Maryland Manual On-Line. Maryland State Archives. December 4, 2024. Archived from the original on July 2, 2022. Retrieved May 7, 2025.
- 1 2 "Montgomery County Council Elects Natali Fani-González as President and Marilyn Balcombe as Vice President". www2.montgomerycountymd.gov. Archived from the original on February 12, 2026. Retrieved January 13, 2026.
- ↑ "Montgomery County Council Appoints Shebra Evans as Councilmember and Announces New Committee Assignments". www2.montgomerycountymd.gov. Archived from the original on December 10, 2025. Retrieved January 13, 2026.
- ↑ https://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/government/legislative-branch/county-council/about-council/former-councilmembers
- ↑ "History of Montgomery County Council". Montgomery County Council. Retrieved June 3, 2022.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ↑ https://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/government/legislative-branch/county-council/about-council/former-councilmembers
- ↑ "Montgomery County Council Elects Roger Berliner as President, Nancy Navarro as Vice President for 2011-12 Year". Montgomery County Council. December 6, 2011. Retrieved September 30, 2022.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ↑ "Montgomery County Council Elects Craig Rice as President, George Leventhal as Vice President for 2013-14". Montgomery County Council. December 3, 2013. Retrieved September 30, 2022.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ↑ "Leventhal Elected Montgomery County Council President, Floreen as Vice President". Bethesda Magazine. December 2, 2014. Retrieved September 30, 2022.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ↑ "Montgomery County Council elects Nancy Floreen as new president, Roger Berliner as new vice president". Montgomery County Council. December 1, 2015. Retrieved September 30, 2022.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ↑ "Berliner Takes Reins of County Council". Bethesda Magazine. December 6, 2016. Retrieved September 30, 2022.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ↑ "Hans Riemer Elected Montgomery County Council President". Bethesda Magazine. December 5, 2017. Retrieved September 30, 2022.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ↑ "Montgomery County Council elects Sidney Katz as president, Tom Hucker as vice president". Montgomery County Council. December 3, 2019. Retrieved June 7, 2022.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ↑ "Montgomery County Council Elects Tom Hucker as President and Gabe Albornoz as Vice President". Montgomery County Council. December 1, 2020. Retrieved June 7, 2022.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ↑ "Montgomery County Council Elects Gabe Albornoz as President and Councilmember Evan Glass as Vice President". Montgomery County Council. December 7, 2021. Retrieved June 7, 2022.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ↑ "Montgomery County Council Elects Andrew Friedson as President and Councilmember Kate Stewart as Vice President". www2.montgomerycountymd.gov. Archived from the original on March 4, 2024. Retrieved March 4, 2024.
- ↑ "Montgomery County Council Elects Kate Stewart as President and Councilmember Will Jawando as Vice President". www2.montgomerycountymd.gov. Retrieved January 13, 2026.
External links
[edit]- Official website
- Esther Gelman papers, at the University of Maryland libraries. Gelman was a member of the Montgomery County Council from 1974 to 1987 and its first female president.