1911 Maryland gubernatorial election

1911 Maryland gubernatorial election

← 1907 November 7, 1911 1915 →
 
Nominee Phillips Lee Goldsborough Arthur Pue Gorman Jr.
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 106,392 103,395
Percentage 49.26% 47.88%

County results
Goldsborough:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%
Gorman:      40–50%      50–60%

Governor before election

Austin Lane Crothers
Democratic

Elected Governor

Phillips Lee Goldsborough
Republican

The 1911 Maryland gubernatorial election took place on November 7, 1911.

Incumbent Governor Austin Lane Crothers did not seek re-election.[1][2]

Republican candidate Phillips Lee Goldsborough defeated Democratic candidate Arthur Pue Gorman Jr.; Goldsborough was the second Republican governor of Maryland since the end of Reconstruction. The Digges Amendment, which attempted to disenfranchise African Americans in Maryland, was concurrently defeated.

  1. ^ "Governor Withdraws". Evening capital and Maryland gazette. Annapolis, Md. August 8, 1911. p. 1. Retrieved September 6, 2021.
  2. ^ "State Politics". The Citizen. Frederick City, Md. August 11, 1911. p. 4. Retrieved September 6, 2021.