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Edwin Warfield, Democrat, 1904-1908. Born in Howard County, May 7, 1848, the son of Albert G. and Margaret (Gassaway) Warfield. Presbyterian. Married Emma Nicodemus. Died in Baltimore, March 31, 1920. Buried in family burial ground at Cherry Grove, Howard County. Austin L. Crothers, Democrat, 1908-1912, Born in Cecil County, May 17, 1860, the son of Alpheus and Margaret Aurelia (Porter) Crothers. Presbyterian. Unmarried. Died in Elkton, May 25, 1912. Buried in the West Nottingham Presbyterian Cemetery. Phillips Lee Goldsborough, Republican, 1912-1916. Born in Cam- bridge, August 6, 1865, the son of M. Worthington and Nettie M. (Jones) Goldsborough. Episcopalian. Married Ellen Showell. Died in Baltimore, October 22, 1946. Buried in Christ Protestant Episcopal Church Cemetery, Cambridge. Emerson C. Harrington, Democrat, 1916-1920. Born in Dorchester County, March 26, 1864, the son of John E. and Elizabeth (Thompson) Harrington. Episcopalian. Married Gertrude Johnson. Died in Cam- bridge, December 15, 1945. Buried in Christ Protestant Episcopal Church Cemetery, Cambridge. Albert C. Ritchie, Democrat, 1920-1936. Born in Richmond, Virginia, August 29, 1876, the son of Albert and Elizabeth Caskie (Gabell) Ritchie. Resident of Baltimore City when elected. Episcopalian. Mar- ried Elizabeth Catherine Baker. Died in Baltimore, February 24, 1936. Buried in Greenmount Cemetery, Baltimore.(1) Harry W. Nice, Republican, 1935-1939. Born in Washington, D. C., December 5, 1877, the son of the Rev. Henry W. and Drucilla (Arnold) Nice. Resident of Baltimore City when elected. Methodist. Married Edna Viola Ames. Died in Richmond, Virginia, February 26, 1941. Buried in Greenmount Cemetery, Baltimore. Herbert R. O'Conor, Democrat, 1939-1947. Born in Baltimore, No- vember 17, 1896, the son of James P. and Mary (Galvin) O'Conor. Roman Catholic. Married M. Eugenia Byrnes. Died in Baltimore, March 4, 1960. Buried in New Cathedral Cemetery, Baltimore.' William Preston Lane, Jr„ Democrat, 1947-1951. Born in Washing- ton County, May 12, 1892, the son of Col. William P. and Virginia (Cartwright) Lane. Episcopalian. Married Dorothy Byron. Died in Hagerstown, February 7, 1967. Buried in Rose Hill Cemetery, Hagers-town. (3) Theodore R. McKeldin, Republican, 1951-1969. Born in Baltimore City, November 20, 1900, the son of James A. and Dora (Grief) McKeldin. Episcopalian. Married Honolulu Manzer. J. Millard Tawes, Democrat, 1959-1967. Born in Somerset County, April 8, 1894, the son of James B. and Alice (Byrd) Tawes. Methodist. Married Helen Avalynne Gibson.(4) 1 Chapter 227, Acts of 1922 provided for quadrennial elections The Governor elected in November 1923 held office for three years Beginning with the election held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November 1926, elections were held in the even-numbered years which were not presidential election years 2 Governor O'Conor resigned on January 3 1947 to accept a seat in the United States Senate William Preston Lane, Jr was elected by the Legislature on January 2 of that year to complete the unexpired term Governor Lane was inaugurated on January 3 for the remainder of Governor O'Conor's term and on January 8, 1947 for the full four-year term 3 Chapter 109, Acts of 1949 established a two-year term limit for each Governor * Chapter 161, Acts of 1964 changed the date of the beginning of the Governor's term to the fourth Wednesday in January following his election |
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