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James P. O'Conor and wife Mary Galvin. Ro-
man Catholic. Married M. Eugenia Byrnes.
Died in Baltimore, March 4, 1960. Buried in
New Cathedral Cemetery, Baltimore.¹⁵

1947-1951. William Preston Lane, Jr. Democrat.
Born in Washington County, May 12, 1892, the
son of Col. William P. Lane and wife Virginia
Cartwright. Episcopalian. Married Dorothy By-
ron. Died in Hagerstown, February 7, 1967.
Buried in Rose Hill Cemetery, Hagerstown.¹⁶

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 wife Alice Byrd. Method-
ist. Married Helen Avalynne Gibson. Died in
Crisfield, June 25, 1979. Buried in Sunny Ridge
Memorial Park Cemetery in Crisfield.¹⁷

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.¹⁸

1969-1979. Marvin Mandel. Democrat. Born in
Baltimore City, April 19, 1920, the son of Har-
ry Mandel and wife Rebecca Cohen. Jewish.
Married (1) Barbara Oberfeld; (2) Jeanne
Blackistone Dorsey.¹⁹

15 Governor O'Cnnnr resigned nn January 5, 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 Janu-
ary 8, 1947, for the full four-year term.
"Chapter 109, Acts of 1947 established a two-term limit for
each governor.
i⁷ Chapter 161, Acts of 1964 changed the date of the beginning
of the governor's term to the fourth Wednesday in January fol-
lowing his election.
^l& Governor Agnew, having been elected vice president of the
United States at the general election of November 5, 1968, re-
signed 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 subsequently
elected to a full four-year term on November 3, 1970.
¹⁹ Chapter 576, Acts of 1970, changed the date of the beginning
of the governor's term to the third Wednesday in January fol-
lowing 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 of the Maryland Constitution.
Lee continued to act in the capacity of acting governor until
January 15, 1979, when Mandel rescinded his letter of June 4,
1977, two days before the expiration of his second full elective
term. Governor Mandel designated Lee acting governor again
for a brief period on January 16 to permit Lee to preside at the
installation of Rita C. Davidson to the Court of Appeals.

Principal Officers of Maryland

1979—. Harry Hughes. Democrat. Born in Eas-
ton, 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 OdenBowie(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. Morrison Harris (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 (R) 94,300

1911 Phillips Lee Goldsborough (R) 106,392
Arthur Pue German (D) 103,395

1915 Emerson C. Harrington (D) 119,317
Ovington E. Weller (R) 116,136

1919 Albert C. Ritchie (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