Election Name: | 1930 Maryland Comptroller election |
Country: | Maryland |
Type: | Presidential |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 1926 Maryland Comptroller election |
Previous Year: | 1926 |
Next Election: | 1934 Maryland Comptroller election |
Next Year: | 1934 |
Election Date: | 4 November 1930 |
Nominee1: | William S. Gordy Jr. |
Party1: | Democratic Party (United States) |
Popular Vote1: | 264,284 |
Percentage1: | 57.97% |
Nominee2: | W. Newton Jackson |
Party2: | Republican Party (United States) |
Popular Vote2: | 184,146 |
Percentage2: | 40.39% |
Comptroller | |
Before Election: | William S. Gordy Jr. |
Before Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
After Election: | William S. Gordy Jr. |
After Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
The 1930 Maryland comptroller election was held on 4 November 1930 in order to elect the comptroller of Maryland. Democratic nominee and incumbent comptroller William S. Gordy Jr. defeated Republican nominee W. Newton Jackson, Socialist nominee Charles L. Myers, Labor nominee Samuel Einhorn and Communist nominee Lena Lipman.[1]
On election day, 4 November 1930, Democratic nominee William S. Gordy Jr. won re-election by a margin of 80,138 votes against his foremost opponent Republican nominee W. Newton Jackson, thereby retaining Democratic control over the office of comptroller. Gordy was sworn in for his fourth term on 3 January 1931.[2]