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Maryland is governed under a constitution adopted in 1867. The general assembly consists of 47 senators and 141 delegates, all elected for four-year terms. The governor, also elected for a four-year term, may succeed him- or herself once. The state elects two U.S. senators and eight representatives. It has 10 electoral votes. Democrats traditionally dominate state government; William D. Schaefer was elected governor in 1986 and 1990, Parris Glendening in 1994 and 1998. In 2002, however, a Republican, Robert Eherlich, Jr., was elected to the office.
Maryland's medical, educational, and cultural institutions greatly benefited from philanthropic gifts in the late 19th cent. from Johns Hopkins, George Peabody, and Enoch Pratt. Institutions of higher learning in the state include Johns Hopkins Univ., at Baltimore; St. John's College, at Annapolis; Towson State Univ. and Goucher College, at Towson; and the Univ. of Maryland, with campuses at College Park, Catonsville (Baltimore County), Baltimore, and Princess Anne.
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