1919 Maryland Attorney General election

1919 Maryland Attorney General election

6 November 1919

Nominee Alexander Armstrong Thomas J. Keating Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 106,894 106,288 Percentage 48.79% 48.51%

Attorney General before election Ogle Marbury (Acting) Democratic Elected Attorney General Alexander Armstrong Republican

The 1919 Maryland attorney general election was held on 6 November 1919 in order to elect the attorney general of Maryland. Republican nominee Alexander Armstrong defeated Democratic nominee Thomas J. Keating, Socialist nominee Frederick Haller and Labor nominee Frank N.H. Lang.

General election

On election day, 6 November 1919, Republican nominee Alexander Armstrong won the election by a margin of 606 votes against his foremost opponent Democratic nominee Thomas J. Keating, thereby gaining Republican control over the office of attorney general. Armstrong was sworn in as the 29th attorney general of Maryland on 3 January 1920.

Results

Maryland Attorney General election, 1919

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Alexander Armstrong	106,894	48.79
	Democratic	Thomas J. Keating	106,288	48.51
	Socialist	Frederick Haller	3,101	1.41
	Labor	Frank N.H. Lang	2,816	1.29
Total votes			219,099	100.00
	Republican gain from Democratic