Election Name: | 1815 Maryland gubernatorial election |
Country: | Maryland |
Type: | Presidential |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 1814 Maryland gubernatorial election |
Previous Year: | 1814 |
Next Election: | 1816 Maryland gubernatorial election |
Next Year: | 1816 |
Election Date: | 11 December 1815 |
Nominee1: | Charles Carnan Ridgely |
Party1: | Federalist Party |
Popular Vote1: | 47 |
Percentage1: | 51.09% |
Nominee2: | Robert Bowie |
Party2: | Democratic-Republican Party |
Popular Vote2: | 45 |
Percentage2: | 48.91% |
Governor | |
Before Election: | Levin Winder |
Before Party: | Federalist Party |
After Election: | Charles Carnan Ridgely |
After Party: | Federalist Party |
The 1815 Maryland gubernatorial election was held on 11 December 1815 in order to elect the Governor of Maryland. Federalist nominee and former member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Maryland Charles Carnan Ridgely was elected by the Maryland General Assembly against former Democratic-Republican Governor Robert Bowie.[1]
On election day, 11 December 1815, Federalist nominee Charles Carnan Ridgely was elected by the Maryland General Assembly, thereby retaining Federalist control over the office of governor. Ridgely was sworn in as the 15th Governor of Maryland on 2 January 1816.[2]