1911 Maryland gubernatorial election

The 1911 Maryland gubernatorial election took place on November 7, 1911.

1911 Maryland gubernatorial election

November 7, 1911
 
Nominee Phillips Lee Goldsborough Arthur Pue Gorman Jr.
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 106,392 103,395
Percentage 49.26% 47.88%

Governor before election

Austin Lane Crothers
Democratic

Elected Governor

Phillips Lee Goldsborough
Republican

Incumbent Governor Austin Lane Crothers did not seek re-election.[1][2]

Republican candidate Phillips Lee Goldsborough defeated Democratic candidate Arthur Pue Gorman Jr.

General election

Candidates

Results

1911 Maryland gubernatorial election[4][5][6][7][8][lower-alpha 1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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

  1. OurCampaigns omits Devlin and Dulany as candidates.[9]

References

  1. "Governor Withdraws". Evening capital and Maryland gazette. Annapolis, Md. August 8, 1911. p. 1. Retrieved September 6, 2021.
  2. "State Politics". The Citizen. Frederick City, Md. August 11, 1911. p. 4. Retrieved September 6, 2021.
  3. "John H. Dulany for Governor of Maryland". The Evening Post. Frederick, Maryland. June 30, 1911. Retrieved September 6, 2021.
  4. Gubernatorial Elections, 1787-1997. Washington, D.C.: Congressional Quarterly Inc. 1998. p. 56. ISBN 1-56802-396-0.
  5. Dubin, Michael J. (2010). United States Gubernatorial Elections, 1861-1911. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Co. p. 32. ISBN 978-0-7864-4722-0.
  6. Glashan, Roy R. (1979). American Governors and Gubernatorial Elections, 1775-1978. Westport, CT: Meckler Books. pp. 134–135. ISBN 0-930466-17-9.
  7. 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.
  8. Compiled by N. Winslow Williams, Secretary of State. Maryland Manual 1912. Baltimore: John Murphy Co., Printers. p. 229.
  9. "MD Governor, 1911". Our Campaigns. Retrieved September 6, 2021.


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