Historical List
1911 PhillipsLeeGoldsborough(R) 106,392
Arthur Pue Gorman (D) 103,395
1915 Emerson CHarnngton (D) 119,317
Ovington E Weller (R) 116,136
1919 Albert CRitchie (D) 112,240
Harry W Nice (R) 112,075
1923 Albert C Ritchie (D) 177,871
Alexander Armstrong (R) 137,471
1926 Albert C Ritchie (D) 207,435
Addison E Mullikin (R) 148,145
1930 Albert C Ritchie (D) 283,639
William F Broening (R) 216,864
1934 Harry W Nice (R) 253,813
Albert C Ritchie (D) 247,664
1938 Herbert R O'Conor (D) 308,372
Harry W Nice (R) 242,095
1942 Herbert R O'Conor (D) 198,488
Theodore R McKeldin(R) 179,204
1946 William Preston Lane, Jr (D) 268,084
Theodore R McKeldin (R) 221,752
1950 Theodore R McKeldin (R) 369,807
William Preston Lane, Jr (D) 275,824
1954 Theodore R McKeldin (R) 381,451
Harry Clifton Byrd (D) 319,033
1958 J MillardTawes(D) 485,061
James P S Devereux (R) 278,173
1962 J MillardTawes(D) 428,071
Frank Small, Jr (R) 341,271
1966 SpiroT Agnew(R) 455,318
George P Mahoney (D) 373,543
Hyman A Pressman (1) 90,899
1970 Marvin Mandel (D) 639,579
C Stanley Blair (R) 314,336
Robert Woods Merkle, Sr (A) 19,184
1974 Marvin Mandel (D) 602,648
Louise Gore (R) 346,449
1978 Harry Hughes (D) 718,328
J Glenn Beall, Jr (R) 293,635
Party Affiliation (D) Democrat, (R) Republican, (1)
Independent, (A) American For gubernatorial election

Governors' Councils, 1777-1838/729
results pnor to the adoption of the Constitution of
1867, see Frank F White, Jr, The Governors of Mary-
land, 1777-1970 (Hall of Records Commission Publi-
cation No 15, Annapolis, 1970), Appendix A
GOVERNORS' COUNCILS, 1777-1838
The Constitution of 1776 (Art 26) provided
that both houses of the Legislature elect by joint
ballot five men to be "the Council to the Gover-
nor " This was an advisory body of considerable
influence It was also provided that on the death,
removal, or incapacity of the governor the first
named of the Council should become governor
and proceed to the calling of a special session of
the Legislature for the election of a new governor
The Council was abolished in 1838 by means of a
constitutional amendment (Acts 1836, ch 197,
sec 13, Acts 1837, ch 84)
Mar 1777 Charles Carroll, Sr (declined), Josiah
Polk, John Rogers, Edward Lloyd, John
Contee (declined), Thomas Sim Lee (elected
vice Carroll March 26, 1777), James Bnce
(elected vice Contee Apnl 16, 1777, declined),
Joseph Sim (elected vice Bnce Apnl 19, 1777)
Nov 1777 Thomas Sim Lee, Joseph Sim (de-
clined), Edward Lloyd, John Rogers (declined),
Josiah Polk (declined), James Bnce (elected vice
Sim November 25, 1777), William Hernsley
(elected vice Rogers November 25, 1777, de-
clined), Daniel Carroll (elected vice Polk No-
vember 25, 1777), James Hindman (elected vice
Hernsley December 23,1777)
Nov 1778 Thomas Sim Lee, James Bnce, Daniel
Carroll, Edward Lloyd, James Hindman
Nov 1779 John H Stone, Jeremiah Townley
Chase, James Bnce, Daniel Carroll, John Bnce
Nov 1780 Daniel Carroll, James Bnce, John H
Stone, Jeremiah Townley Chase, Samuel
Turbutt Wnght
Nov 1781 John Stone, Jeremiah Townley Chase,
James Bnce, Samuel Turbutt Wnght, Benjamin
Stoddert
Nov 1782 Benjamin Stoddert, Gabnel Duvall,
Jeremiah Townley Chase, James Bnce, John H
Stone
Nov 1783 Jeremiah Townley Chase (resigned),
Gabnel Duvall (resigned), John H Stone,
James Bnce (resigned), Benjamin Ogle (re-
signed), John Davidson (elected vice Chase Jan-