1857 Maryland gubernatorial election

1857 Maryland gubernatorial election

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Nominee Thomas Holliday Hicks John Charles Groome
Party Know Nothing Democratic
Popular vote 47,141 38,681
Percentage 54.93% 45.07%

County results
Hicks:      50–60%      60–70%
Groome:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%

Governor before election

Thomas Watkins Ligon
Democratic

Elected Governor

Thomas Holliday Hicks
Know Nothing

The 1857 Maryland gubernatorial election was held on 4 November 1857 in order to elect the Governor of Maryland. American Party nominee and former member of the Maryland House of Delegates Thomas Holliday Hicks defeated Democratic nominee and former Secretary of State of Maryland John Charles Groome.[1][2]

  1. ^ "John C. Groome (1800-1866)". Maryland. Archived from the original on January 3, 2019. Retrieved May 13, 2023.
  2. ^ Thomas Holliday Hicks. "The Inaugural Address of Thomas H. Hicks, Governor of Maryland, Delivered in the Senate Chamber, at Annapolis, Wednesday, January 13th, 1858." Internet Archive.