Stephen S. Hershey Jr. is an American politician who has served as a member of the Maryland Senate from District 36 since 2013, and as the minority leader of the Maryland Senate since January 11, 2023. A member of the Republican Party, he previously represented the district in the Maryland House of Delegates from 2011 to 2013.
Stephen S. Hershey Jr.
Hershey in the Senate Finance Committee, 2023
Hershey with Governor Larry Hogan and Lieutenant Governor Boyd Rutherford, 2017
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