Jonathan Bartlett Jennings is an American politician and farmer who has served as a member of the Maryland Senate representing the seventh district since 2011. A member of the Republican Party, he previously represented the district in the Maryland House of Delegates from 2003 to 2011, and served as the minority leader of the Senate from 2014 to 2020.
Jennings, c. 2015
Jennings in the Budget and Taxation Committee, 2023
Jennings shakes hands with Governor Wes Moore at Ropewalk, 2023
The Maryland Senate, sometimes referred to as the Maryland State Senate, is the upper house of the General Assembly, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Maryland. Composed of 47 senators elected from an equal number of constituent single-member districts, the Senate is responsible, along with the Maryland House of Delegates, for passage of laws in Maryland, and for confirming executive appointments made by the Governor of Maryland.
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Daniel of St. Thomas Jenifer, the first President of the Maryland Senate
Thomas V. Mike Miller Jr., President of the Maryland Senate 1987 to 2019