1867 Maryland gubernatorial election

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1867 Maryland gubernatorial election

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  Governor oden bowie of maryland.jpg Hugh Lennox Bond.png
Nominee Oden Bowie Hugh Lennox Bond
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 63,694 22,050
Percentage 74.28% 25.72%

Governor before election

Thomas Swann
Unionist

Elected Governor

Oden Bowie
Democratic

The 1867 Maryland gubernatorial election took place on November 5, 1867. Incumbent Governor Thomas Swann did not run for re-election.[a]

Democratic Party candidate Oden Bowie defeated Republican candidate Hugh Lennox Bond.

Bowie took his oath of office on January 8, 1868,[3][4] but by a provision of the 1867 State Constitution, he did not actually become Governor until January 13, 1869.[3][5]

Results[]

1867 Maryland gubernatorial election[3][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][b]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Oden Bowie 63,694 74.28%
Republican Hugh Lennox Bond 22,050 25.72%
Majority 41,644 48.56%
Turnout 85,744 100.00%
Democratic hold Swing

Notes[]

  1. ^ During his term of office, Swann joined the Democratic Party.[1][2]
  2. ^ Some sources record the result as Bowie 63,602, Bond 21,890.[14][15][16][17]

References[]

  1. ^ Chandler, Julian Alvin Carroll (1909). The South in the Building of the Nation (PDF). Vol. I. Richmond, Virginia: The Southern Historical Publication Society. p. 213.
  2. ^ White Jr., Frank F. (1970). The Governors of Maryland 1777-1970. Annapolis: The Hall of Records Commission. p. 165-170.
  3. ^ a b c White Jr., Frank F. (1970). The Governors of Maryland 1777-1970. Annapolis: The Hall of Records Commission. p. 173-177.
  4. ^ Oden Bowie (1868). "Inaugural Address of Gov. Oden Bowie to the General Assembly of Maryland, January 8, 1868". Annapolis. Retrieved 8 September 2021.
  5. ^ "Gov. Oden Bowie". National Governors Association. Retrieved 8 September 2021.
  6. ^ Gubernatorial Elections, 1787-1997. Washington, D.C.: Congressional Quarterly Inc. 1998. p. 56. ISBN 1-56802-396-0.
  7. ^ Dubin, Michael J. (2010). United States Gubernatorial Elections, 1861-1911. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Co. p. 4. ISBN 978-0-7864-4722-0.
  8. ^ Glashan, Roy R. (1979). American Governors and Gubernatorial Elections, 1775-1978. Westport, CT: Meckler Books. pp. 134–135. ISBN 0-930466-17-9.
  9. ^ Kallenbach, Joseph E.; Kallenbach, Jessamine S., eds. (1977). American State Governors, 1776-1976. Vol. I. Dobbs Ferry, N.Y.: Oceana Publications, Inc. p. 261. ISBN 0-379-00665-0.
  10. ^ Bryson, Kenneth (2013). Images of America: Accokeek. Charleston, South Carolina: Arcadia Publishing. p. 36. ISBN 978-0-7385-9757-7.
  11. ^ Scharf, J. Thomas (1995). History of Western Maryland. Vol. I. Clearfield Company & Willow Bend Books. p. 357. ISBN 9780806345659.
  12. ^ Myers, William Starr (1909). The Self-Reconstruction of Maryland, 1864-1867. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins Press. p. 129. ISBN 0-7884-2283-9.
  13. ^ Chandler, Julian Alvin Carroll (1909). The South in the Building of the Nation (PDF). Vol. I. Richmond, Virginia: The Southern Historical Publication Society. p. 217.
  14. ^ "MD Governor, 1867". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 8 September 2021.
  15. ^ The Tribune Almanac and Political Register for 1868. New York: The Tribune Association. 1868. p. 48.
  16. ^ Stiverson, Gregory A., ed. (1985). Maryland Manual, 1985-86. Annapolis, MD: State Archives of the State of Maryland. p. 632.
  17. ^ "The Vote for Governor". The aegis & intelligencer. Bel Air, Md. November 15, 1867. p. 2. Retrieved 8 September 2021.
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