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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. Methodist.
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
Thertdnre S Agnew and wife Margaret Akers.
Resident of Baltimore County when elected.
Resigned, January 7, 1969. Episcopalian.
Married Elinor Isobel Judefind.¹⁸

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

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.

GUBERNATORIAL ELECTIONS

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. Morrison Harris (R) 72,530

^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.
¹⁸ 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 subsequently elected to a full four-year
term on November 3, 1970.
"Chapter 576, Acts of 1970, changed the date of the beginning 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, 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rescinded his letter of June 4, 1977, two days before the expiration of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.

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. Gnither (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. Ritehie (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. Millard Tawes (D) 485,061
James P. S. Devereux (R) 278,173
1962 J. Millard Tawes (D) 428,071
Frank Small, Jr. (R) 341,271
1966 Spiro T. Agnew (R) 455,318
George P. Mahoney (D) 373,543
Hyman A. Pressman (I) 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
1982 Harry Hughes (D) 705,910
Robert A. Pascal (R) 432,826