1864 Maryland gubernatorial election

1864 Maryland gubernatorial election

← 1861 November 8, 1864 1867 →
 
Nominee Thomas Swann Ezekiel F. Chambers
Party Union Democratic
Popular vote 40,579 32,068
Percentage 55.86% 44.14%

County results
Swann:      50-60%      60-70%      70-80%      80–90%
Chambers:      50-60%      60-70%      70-80%      80–90%      >90%

Governor before election

Augustus Bradford
Union

Elected Governor

Thomas Swann
Union

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 faction of the Maryland Democratic Party which supported the Lincoln administration.[1] The party supported the re-election of Abraham Lincoln under the banner of the National Union Party.[2]

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.[3]

  1. ^ Wilner, Alan M. (1984). The Maryland Board of Public Works: A History. Maryland Department of General Services. p. 46. ISBN 9780942370126.
  2. ^ Chandler, Julian Alvin Carroll, ed. (1909). The South in the Building of the Nation: The History of the Southern States. Vol. 1. Gretna, Louisiana: Pelican Publishing Company, Inc. p. 213.
  3. ^ Frank F. White Jr. (1970), "Biography of Augustus Williamson Bradford", The Governors of Maryland 1777-1970, Annapolis: The Hall of Records Commission, pp. 159–163, OCLC 144620, archived from the original on October 10, 2012, retrieved September 6, 2021