1911 Maryland gubernatorial election
Appearance
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County results Goldsborough: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% Gorman: 40–50% 50–60% | |||||||||||||||||
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The 1911 Maryland gubernatorial election took place on November 7, 1911.
Incumbent Governor Austin Lane Crothers did not seek re-election.[1][2]
Republican candidate Phillips Lee Goldsborough defeated Democratic candidate Arthur Pue Gorman Jr.; Goldsborough was the second Republican governor of Maryland since the end of Reconstruction. The Digges Amendment, which attempted to disenfranchise African Americans in Maryland, was concurrently defeated.
General election
[edit]Candidates
[edit]- Phillips Lee Goldsborough, Republican, former Comptroller of Maryland
- Arthur Pue Gorman Jr., Democratic, incumbent President of the Maryland Senate
- Charles E. Devlin, Socialist
- John H. Dulany, Prohibition, farmer[3]
Results
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Phillips Lee Goldsborough | 106,392 | 49.26% | ||
Democratic | Arthur Pue Gorman Jr. | 103,395 | 47.88% | ||
Socialist | Charles E. Devlin | 3,783 | 1.75% | ||
Prohibition | John H. Dulany | 2,397 | 1.11% | ||
Majority | 2,997 | 1.38% | |||
Turnout | 215,967 | 100.00% | |||
Republican gain from Democratic | Swing |
Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Governor Withdraws". Evening capital and Maryland gazette. Annapolis, Md. August 8, 1911. p. 1. Retrieved September 6, 2021.
- ^ "State Politics". The Citizen. Frederick City, Md. August 11, 1911. p. 4. Retrieved September 6, 2021.
- ^ "John H. Dulany for Governor of Maryland". The Evening Post. Frederick, Maryland. June 30, 1911. Retrieved September 6, 2021.
- ^ Gubernatorial Elections, 1787-1997. Washington, D.C.: Congressional Quarterly Inc. 1998. p. 56. ISBN 1-56802-396-0.
- ^ Dubin, Michael J. (2010). United States Gubernatorial Elections, 1861-1911. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Co. p. 32. ISBN 978-0-7864-4722-0.
- ^ Glashan, Roy R. (1979). American Governors and Gubernatorial Elections, 1775-1978. Westport, CT: Meckler Books. pp. 134–135. ISBN 0-930466-17-9.
- ^ Kallenbach, Joseph E.; Kallenbach, Jessamine S., eds. (1977). American State Governors, 1776-1976. Vol. I. Dobbs Ferry, N.Y.: Oceana Publications, Inc. p. 262. ISBN 0-379-00665-0.
- ^ Compiled by N. Winslow Williams, Secretary of State. Maryland Manual 1912. Baltimore: John Murphy Co., Printers. p. 229.
- ^ "MD Governor, 1911". Our Campaigns. Retrieved September 6, 2021.