1864 Maryland gubernatorial election

none January 2025 September 2023 1864 Maryland gubernatorial election Maryland 1863 presidential no 1861 Maryland gubernatorial election 1861 1867 Maryland gubernatorial election 1867 November 8, 1864 File:Thomas Swann of Maryland - photo portrait seated (cropped).jpg Thomas Swann Unionist politician (American Civil War) 40,579 55.86% File:Ezekiel Forman Chambers (1788–1867) (cropped).jpg 150x150px Ezekiel F. Chambers Democratic Party (United States) 32,068 44.14% 1864 Maryland gubernatorial election results map by county.svg 300px County resultsSwann: #ff80b2 50–60% #ff5599 60–70% #ff2a7f 70–80% #ed005d 80–90%Chambers: #7996e2 50–60% #6674de 60–70% #584cde 70–80% #3933e5 80–90% #0d0596 >90% Governor Augustus Bradford Unionist politician (American Civil War) Thomas Swann Unionist politician (American Civil War) 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.Wilner Alan M. 1984 The Maryland Board of Public Works: A History https://msa.maryland.gov/megafile/msa/speccol/sc2900/sc2908/000001/000216/html/am216--46.html Maryland Department of General Services 46 9780942370126 Most Unionists were former Whigs who had joined the Know Nothing movement in the 1850s, while a minority were Radical Republicans or War Democrats.Baker Jean H. The Politics of Continuity: Maryland Political Parties from 1858 to 1870 1973 Johns Hopkins University Press Baltimore 65 https://archive.org/details/politicsofcontin0000bake The party supported the re-election of Abraham Lincoln under the banner of the National Union Party.Chandler Julian Alvin Carroll 1909 The South in the Building of the Nation: The History of the Southern States 1 https://books.google.com/books?id=JqGHrNcH3QIC&pg=PA213 Gretna, Louisiana Pelican Publishing Company, Inc. 213 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.Frank F. White Jr. The Governors of Maryland 1777-1970 http://www.msa.md.gov/megafile/msa/speccol/sc3500/sc3520/001400/001463/html/1463bio2.html 6 September 2021 1970 The Hall of Records Commission Annapolis 159–163 Biography of Augustus Williamson Bradford 144620 October 10, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20121010045046/http://www.msa.md.gov/megafile/msa/speccol/sc3500/sc3520/001400/001463/html/1463bio2.html dead Results 1864 Maryland gubernatorial electionGubernatorial Elections, 1787-1997 Washington, D.C. Congressional Quarterly Inc. 1998 56 1-56802-396-0 Dubin Michael J. 2010 United States Gubernatorial Elections, 1861-1911 https://books.google.com/books?id=WYJAIOabIPgC&pg=PA10 2 Jefferson, NC McFarland & Co. 978-0-7864-4722-0 Glashan Roy R. American Governors and Gubernatorial Elections, 1775-1978 Meckler Books Westport, CT 1979 134–135 0-930466-17-9Kallenbach Joseph E. Kallenbach Jessamine S. 1977 American State Governors, 1776-1976 I 261 Dobbs Ferry, N.Y. Oceana Publications, Inc. 0-379-00665-0OurCampaigns records the result as Swann 41,828, Chambers 32,178. This was actually the result of the concurrent election for Lieutenant Governor.https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=121514 MD Governor, 1864 Our Campaigns 6 September 2021 Unionist politician (American Civil War) Thomas Swann 40,579 55.86% Democratic Party (United States) Ezekiel F. Chambers 32,068 44.14% 8,511 11.72% 72,647 100.00% Unionist politician (American Civil War) Notes References Gubernatorial 1864 Maryland