James N. Robey

James Robey
Member of the Maryland Senate from the 13th district
In office January 10, 2007 – January 14, 2015
Preceded by	Sandra Schrader
Majority Leader of the Maryland Senate
In office September 1, 2013 – January 14, 2015
Preceded by	Robert Garagiola
Succeeded by	Catherine Pugh
6th County Executive of Howard County, Maryland
In office 1998–2002
Preceded by	Charles Ecker
Succeeded by	Ken Ulman
Personal details
Born	Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
Political party	Democratic
Residence	Elkridge, Maryland
Alma mater	UMUC, Hood College

James N. Robey (born January 18, 1941), an American Democratic politician, was a Maryland State Senator from January 10, 2007 to January 14, 2015. He was the Senate Majority Leader from 2013 until he retired in January 2015.

Born January 18, 1941 in Baltimore, Maryland, Robey was raised in Daniels, Maryland, a small mill town in Howard County that was once located on the banks of the Patapsco River.

Robey graduated from Howard High School in Ellicott City, Maryland in 1959. His high school principal, Omar J. Jones, was Howard County's first county executive. Robey earned a bachelor's degree in criminal justice from the University of Maryland University College (UMUC) in 1979. He also has master's degree in administrative management from Hood College in Frederick, Maryland, and has completed several training programs at the FBI National Academy in Quantico, Virginia.

His son, Wayne Robey, became the clerk of the Howard County Circuit Court when Margaret Rappaport retired in 2012.

Robey joined the Howard County Police Department in 1966 and was promoted to major by 1981. He was appointed by Charles I. Ecker to Chief of Police in 1991, replacing Frederick Chaney. He retired from the police force in 1998 to run for office and was elected as Howard County Executive in 1998 and 2002.

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