1879 Maryland gubernatorial election

none January 2025 September 2023 1879 Maryland gubernatorial election Maryland 1877 presidential no 1875 Maryland gubernatorial election 1875 1883 Maryland gubernatorial election 1883 November 6, 1879 File:Williamthamilton (cropped).jpg 150x150px William Thomas Hamilton Democratic Party (United States) 90,771 56.86% File:James Albert Gary.jpg James Albert Gary Republican Party (United States) 68,609 42.98% 1879 Maryland gubernatorial election results map by county.svg 295px County resultsHamilton: #7996e2 50–60% #6674de 60–70%Gary: #e27f7f 50–60% Governor John Lee Carroll Democratic Party (United States) William Thomas Hamilton Democratic Party (United States) The 1879 Maryland gubernatorial election took place on November 6, 1879. Incumbent Democratic Governor John Lee Carroll did not seek re-election. Democratic candidate William Thomas Hamilton defeated Republican candidate James Albert Gary. General election Candidates William Thomas Hamilton, Democratic, former U.S. Senator James Albert Gary, Republican, businessman, Republican nominee for Maryland's 5th congressional district in 1870James Albert Gary Biography http://bio19c.com/-biography341_james_albert_gary_(1833-) Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans 1904 2013-05-09 https://web.archive.org/web/20131022103424/http://bio19c.com/-biography341_james_albert_gary_(1833-) 2013-10-22 dead Howard Meeks, National Greenback-Labor September 13, 1879 Political https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85025350/1879-09-13/ed-1/seq-3/ Frostburg mining journal Frostburg, Md. 3 29 September 2021 October 2, 1879 There are now three candidates in the field for Governor of Maryland https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn82006687/1879-10-02/ed-1/seq-2/ Saint Mary's beacon Leonard Town, Md. 2 29 September 2021 October 25, 1879 New Advertisements https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85025350/1879-10-25/ed-1/seq-3/ Frostburg mining journal Frostburg, Md. 3 29 September 2021 November 27, 1879 Official Vote of Maryland https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn82006687/1879-11-27/ed-1/seq-2/ Saint Mary's beacon Leonard Town, Md. 2 29 September 2021 Results 1879 Maryland gubernatorial electionhttps://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=110884 MD Governor, 1879 Our Campaigns 29 September 2021Dubin Michael J. 2010 United States Gubernatorial Elections, 1861-1911 https://books.google.com/books?id=WYJAIOabIPgC&pg=PA10 10 Jefferson, NC McFarland & Co. 978-0-7864-4722-0 https://msa.maryland.gov/msa/speccol/sc2600/sc2685/html/govelect.html Gubernatorial Elections in Maryland 1838-2014 2016 Archives of Maryland 29 September 2021 Kallenbach Joseph E. Kallenbach Jessamine S. 1977 American State Governors, 1776-1976 I 261 Dobbs Ferry, N.Y. Oceana Publications, Inc. 0-379-00665-0 Maryland Manual 1943-44 http://aomol.msa.maryland.gov/000001/000160/pdf/am160--412.pdf Baltimore, Md. The Maurice Leeser Company 412 Some sources give the result as Hamilton 90,731, Gary 68,619.Gubernatorial Elections, 1787-1997 Washington, D.C. Congressional Quarterly Inc. 1998 56 1-56802-396-0 Glashan Roy R. American Governors and Gubernatorial Elections, 1775-1978 Meckler Books Westport, CT 1979 134–135 0-930466-17-9 Democratic Party (United States) William Thomas Hamilton 90,771 56.86% Republican Party (United States) James Albert Gary 68,609 42.98% Greenback Party Howard Meeks 265 0.17% 22,162 13.88% 159,645 Democratic Party (United States) Notes References 1879 Gubernatorial Maryland