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]