1911 Maryland gubernatorial election

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

1911 Maryland gubernatorial election

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

County results Goldsborough:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70% Gorman:      40–50%      50–60%

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.; 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

Candidates

• 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

1911 Maryland gubernatorial election^{[4][5][6][7][8][a]}

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.