1867 Maryland gubernatorial election

1867 Maryland gubernatorial election

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Nominee Oden Bowie Hugh Lennox Bond
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 63,694 22,050
Percentage 74.28% 25.72%

County results
Bowie:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      90–100%

Governor before election

Thomas Swann
Union

Elected Governor

Oden Bowie
Democratic

The 1867 Maryland gubernatorial election took place on November 5, 1867. Incumbent Governor Thomas Swann did not run for re-election.[a]

Democratic Party candidate Oden Bowie defeated Republican candidate Hugh Lennox Bond.

Bowie took his oath of office on January 8, 1868,[3][4] but by a provision of the 1867 State Constitution, he did not actually become Governor until January 13, 1869.[3][5]

  1. ^ Chandler, Julian Alvin Carroll (1909). The South in the Building of the Nation (PDF). Vol. I. Richmond, Virginia: The Southern Historical Publication Society. p. 213.
  2. ^ White Jr., Frank F. (1970). The Governors of Maryland 1777-1970. Annapolis: The Hall of Records Commission. pp. 165–170.
  3. ^ a b White Jr., Frank F. (1970). The Governors of Maryland 1777-1970. Annapolis: The Hall of Records Commission. pp. 173–177.
  4. ^ Oden Bowie (1868). "Inaugural Address of Gov. Oden Bowie to the General Assembly of Maryland, January 8, 1868". Annapolis. Retrieved September 8, 2021.
  5. ^ "Gov. Oden Bowie". National Governors Association. Retrieved September 8, 2021.


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