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of the Rev. Henry W. Nice and wife Prucilla
Arnold. Resident of Baltimore City when
elected. Methodist. Married Edna Viola Ames.
Died in Richmond, Virginia, February 24,
1941. Buried in Greenmount Cemetery,
Baltimore.
1939-1947. Herbert R. O'Conor. Democrat.
Born in Baltimore, November 17, 1896, the
son of James P. O'Conor and wife Mary
Galvin. Roman Catholic. Married M. Eugenia
Byrnes. Died in Baltimore, March 4, 1960.
Buried in New Cathedral Cemetery,
Baltimore.'"
1947-1951. William Preston Lane, Jr. Democrat.
Born in Washington County, May 12, 1892,
the son of Col. William P. Lane and wife Vir-
ginia Cartwright. Episcopalian. Married
Dorothy Byron. Died in Hagerstown, February
7, 1967. Buried in Rose Hill Cemetery, Ha-
gerstown. ^
1951-1959. Theodore R. McKeldin. Republican.
Born in Baltimore City, November 20, 1900,
the son of James A. McKeldin and wife Dora
Grief. Episcopalian. Married Honolulu Manzer.
Died in Baltimore, August 10, 1974. Buried in
Greenmount Cemetery, Baltimore.
1959-1967. J. Millard Tawes. Democrat. Born in
Somerset County, April 8, 1894, the son of
James B. Tawes and wite Alice Byrd. Meth-
odist. Married Helen Avalynne Gibson.^
1967-1969. Spiro T. Agnew. Republican. Born in
Baltimore City, November 9, 1918, the son of
Theodore S. Agnew and wife Margaret Akers.
Resident of Baltimore County when elected.
Resigned January 7, 1969. Episcopalian. Mar-
ried Elinor Isobel Judefind.^
"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 inaugu-
rated on January 3 for the remainder of Governor O'Conor's
term and on January 8, 1947, for the full four-year term
"Chapter 109, Acts of 1947 established a two-term limit for
each governor
"Chapter 161, Acts of 1964 changed the date of the begin-
ning of the governor's term to the fourth Wednesday in
January following his election
"Governor Agnew, having been elected vice president of the
United States at the general election of November 5, 1968,
resigned on January 7, 1969 Marvin Mandel was elected on
the same day to fill the balance of Governor Agnew's term,
which expired in January 1971 Governor Mandel was sub-
sequently elected to a full four-year term on November 3,
1970

Principal Officers of Maryland
1969-1979. Marvin Mandel. Democrat. Born in
Baltimore City, April 19, 1920, the son of
Harry Mandel and wife Rebecca Cohen. Jew-
ish. Married (1) Barbara Oberfeld; (2) Jeanne
Blackistone Dorsey.^
1979-. Harry Hughes. Democrat. Born in Easton,
November 13, 1926, the son of Jonathan L.
Hughes and wife Helen Roe. Episcopalian.
Married Patricia Donoho. Attorney. Resident
of Baltimore City when elected.
RESULTS OF PAST GUBERNATORIAL
ELECTIONS IN MARYLAND
1867 Oden Bowie (D) 63,602
Hugh L. Bond (R) 21,890
1871 William Pinkney Whyte (D) 73,958
Jacob Tome (R) 58,838
1875 John Lee Carroll (D) 85,454
J. Mornson Hams (R) 72,530
1879 William T. Hamilton (D) 90,771
James A. Gary (R) 68,609
1883 Robert M. McLane (D) 92,694
Hart B. Holton (R) 80,707
1887 Elihu E. Jackson (D) 99,038
Walter B. Brooks (R) 86,622
1891 Frank Brown (D) 108,539
William J. Vannort (R) 78,388
1895 Lloyd Lowndes (R) 124,936
John E. Hurst (D) 106,169
1899 John Walter Smith (D) 128,409
Lloyd Lowndes (R) 116,286
1903 Edwin Warfield (D) 108,548
Stevenson A. Williams (R) 95,923
1907 Austin L. Crothers (D) 102,051
George R. Gaither 94,300
'"Chapter 576, Acts of 1970, changed the date of the be-
ginning of the governor's term to the third Wednesday in
January following his election By letter dated June 4, 1977,
Governor Mandel notified Lieutenant Governor Blair Lee III
that Lee would serve as acting governor until further notice
according to the terms of Article 2, Section 6b ol the
Maryland Constitution Lee continued to act in the capacity
of acting governor until January 15, 1978, when Mandel
rescinded his letter of June 4, 1977, two days before the ex-
piration of his second full elective term Governor Mandel
designated Lee acting governor again for a brief penod on
January 16 to permit Lee to preside at the installation of
Rita C. Davidson to the Court of Appeals