Election Name: | 1824 Maryland gubernatorial election |
Country: | Maryland |
Type: | Presidential |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 1823 Maryland gubernatorial election |
Previous Year: | 1823 |
Next Election: | 1826 Maryland gubernatorial election |
Next Year: | 1826 |
Election Date: | 13 December 1824 |
Nominee1: | Samuel Stevens Jr. |
Party1: | Democratic-Republican Party |
Popular Vote1: | 67 |
Percentage1: | 85.90% |
Governor | |
Before Election: | Samuel Stevens Jr. |
Before Party: | Democratic-Republican Party |
After Election: | Samuel Stevens Jr. |
After Party: | Democratic-Republican Party |
The 1824 Maryland gubernatorial election was held on 13 December 1824 in order to elect the Governor of Maryland. Incumbent Democratic-Republican Governor Samuel Stevens Jr. was re-elected by the Maryland General Assembly against former Federalist Governor Charles Goldsborough, Democratic-Republican candidate Roger B. Taney and Federalist candidates Robert Henry Goldsborough and John Eager Howard.[1]
On election day, 13 December 1824, incumbent Democratic-Republican Governor Samuel Stevens Jr. was re-elected by the Maryland General Assembly, thereby retaining Democratic-Republican control over the office of governor. Stevens was sworn in for his third term on 3 January 1825.[2]