Election Name: | 1864 Maryland gubernatorial election |
Country: | Maryland |
Flag Year: | 1863 |
Type: | presidential |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 1861 Maryland gubernatorial election |
Previous Year: | 1861 |
Next Election: | 1867 Maryland gubernatorial election |
Next Year: | 1867 |
Election Date: | November 8, 1864 |
Nominee1: | Thomas Swann |
Party1: | Unionist Party (United States) |
Popular Vote1: | 40,579 |
Percentage1: | 55.86% |
Nominee2: | Ezekiel F. Chambers |
Party2: | Democratic Party (United States) |
Popular Vote2: | 32,068 |
Percentage2: | 44.14% |
Map Size: | 300px |
Governor | |
Before Election: | Augustus Bradford |
Before Party: | Unionist Party (United States) |
After Election: | Thomas Swann |
After Party: | Unionist Party (United States) |
The 1864 Maryland gubernatorial election took place on November 8, 1864. Incumbent Union Party Governor Augustus Bradford did not run for re-election. Union Party candidate Thomas Swann defeated Democratic candidate Ezekiel F. Chambers.
The Union Party was a faction of the Maryland Democratic Party which supported the Lincoln administration.[1] The party supported the re-election of Abraham Lincoln under the banner of the National Union Party.[2]
Swann took his oath of office on January 11, 1865, but by a provision of the 1864 State Constitution, he did not actually become Governor until January 10, 1866.