1897 Maryland Comptroller election

none February 2026 December 2025 ly 1897 Maryland Comptroller election Maryland Presidential no 1895 Maryland Comptroller election 1895 1899 Maryland Comptroller election 1899 November 2, 1897 125px Phillips Lee Goldsborough Republican Party (United States) 121,173 50.10% 125px Thomas Alexander Smith Democratic Party (United States) 114,064 47.17% 1897 Maryland state comptroller election results map by county.svg 300px County resultsGoldsborough: #FFB2B2 40–50% #e27f7f 50–60%Smith: #A5B0FF 40–50% #7996e2 50–60% Comptroller Robert Patterson Graham Republican Party (United States) Phillips Lee Goldsborough Republican Party (United States) The 1897 Maryland comptroller election was held on November 2, 1897, in order to elect the comptroller of Maryland. Republican nominee Phillips Lee Goldsborough defeated Democratic nominee and incumbent member of the Maryland Senate Thomas Alexander Smith, Prohibition nominee James W. Frizzell and Socialist Labor nominee William Whipkey. As of 2022, this is the last time that a Republican was elected as the Comptroller of Maryland.https://www.ourcampaigns.com/ContainerHistory.html?ContainerID=2142 MD Comptroller ourcampaigns.com 2025-02-03 General election On election day, November 2, 1897, Republican nominee Phillips Lee Goldsborough won the election by a margin of 7,109 votes against his foremost opponent Democratic nominee Thomas Alexander Smith, thereby retaining Republican control over the office of comptroller. Goldsborough was sworn in as the 17th comptroller of Maryland on January 17, 1898.https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=114833 MD Comptroller ourcampaigns.com July 26, 2004 2024-10-24 Results Maryland Comptroller election, 1897 Republican Party (United States) Phillips Lee Goldsborough 121,173 50.10 Democratic Party (United States) Thomas Alexander Smith 114,064 47.17 Prohibition Party James W. Frizzell 6,096 2.52 Socialist Labor Party of America William Whipkey 508 0.21 241,841 100.00 Republican Party (United States) References Category:1897 in Maryland Category:Maryland comptroller elections Category:November 1897 in the United States Category:1890s Maryland elections