1864 Maryland gubernatorial election

1864 Maryland gubernatorial election

←  1861 November 8, 1864 1867  →

Nominee Thomas Swann Ezekiel F. Chambers Party Union Democratic Popular vote 40,579 32,068 Percentage 55.86% 44.14%

County results Swann:     50-60%     60-70%     70-80%     80–90% Chambers:     50-60%     60-70%     70-80%     80–90%     >90%

Governor before election Augustus Bradford Union Elected Governor Thomas Swann Union

The 1864 Maryland gubernatorial election took place on November 8, 1864. Incumbent Union Party Governor Augustus Bradford did not run for re-election. Union Party candidate Thomas Swann defeated Democratic candidate Ezekiel F. Chambers.

The Union Party was a Southern Unionist political movement which supported the Lincoln administration. ^[1] Most Unionists were former Whigs who had joined the Know Nothing movement in the 1850s, while a minority were Radical Republicans or War Democrats. ^[2] The party supported the re-election of Abraham Lincoln under the banner of the National Union Party. ^[3]

Swann took his oath of office on January 11, 1865, but by a provision of the 1864 State Constitution, he did not actually become Governor until January 10, 1866. ^[4]

Results

1864 Maryland gubernatorial election ^{[5] [6] [7] [8] [a]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Union	Thomas Swann	40,579	55.86%
	Democratic	Ezekiel F. Chambers	32,068	44.14%
Majority			8,511	11.72%
Turnout			72,647	100.00%
	Union hold		Swing

Notes

1. OurCampaigns records the result as Swann 41,828, Chambers 32,178. This was actually the result of the concurrent election for Lieutenant Governor. ^[9]

References

1. Wilner, Alan M. (1984). The Maryland Board of Public Works: A History. Maryland Department of General Services. p. 46. ISBN   9780942370126.
2. Baker, Jean H. (1973). The Politics of Continuity: Maryland Political Parties from 1858 to 1870. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 65.
3. Chandler, Julian Alvin Carroll, ed. (1909). The South in the Building of the Nation: The History of the Southern States. Vol. 1. Gretna, Louisiana: Pelican Publishing Company, Inc. p. 213.
4. Frank F. White Jr. (1970), "Biography of Augustus Williamson Bradford", The Governors of Maryland 1777-1970, Annapolis: The Hall of Records Commission, pp. 159–163, OCLC   144620, archived from the original on October 10, 2012, retrieved September 6, 2021
5. Gubernatorial Elections, 1787-1997. Washington, D.C.: Congressional Quarterly Inc. 1998. p. 56. ISBN   1-56802-396-0.
6. Dubin, Michael J. (2010). United States Gubernatorial Elections, 1861-1911. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Co. p. 2. ISBN   978-0-7864-4722-0.
7. Glashan, Roy R. (1979). American Governors and Gubernatorial Elections, 1775-1978. Westport, CT: Meckler Books. pp. 134–135. ISBN   0-930466-17-9.
8. 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.
9. "MD Governor, 1864". Our Campaigns. Retrieved September 6, 2021.