| Election Name: | 1853 Maryland gubernatorial election |
| Country: | Maryland |
| Type: | Presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1850 Maryland gubernatorial election |
| Previous Year: | 1850 |
| Next Election: | 1857 Maryland gubernatorial election |
| Next Year: | 1857 |
| Election Date: | 2 November 1853 |
| Nominee1: | Thomas Watkins Ligon |
| Party1: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Popular Vote1: | 39,087 |
| Percentage1: | 52.80% |
| Nominee2: | Richard Bowie |
| Party2: | Whig Party (United States) |
| Popular Vote2: | 34,939 |
| Percentage2: | 47.20% |
| Governor | |
| Before Election: | Enoch Louis Lowe |
| Before Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| After Election: | Thomas Watkins Ligon |
| After Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
The 1853 Maryland gubernatorial election was held on 2 November 1853 in order to elect the Governor of Maryland. Democratic nominee and former member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Maryland's 3rd district Thomas Watkins Ligon defeated Whig nominee and former member of the U.S. House of Representatives Richard Bowie.[1]
On election day, 2 November 1853, Democratic nominee Thomas Watkins Ligon won the election by a margin of 4,148 votes against his opponent Whig nominee Richard Bowie, thereby retaining Democratic control over the office of governor. Ligon was sworn in as the 30th Governor of Maryland on 11 January 1854.[2]