Lloyd Lowndes Jr. Explained

Lloyd Lowndes Jr.
Birth Date:February 21, 1845
Birth Place:Clarksburg, Virginia (now West Virginia)
Death Place:Cumberland, Maryland
Order:43rd
Office:Governor of Maryland
Term:January 8, 1896 – January 10, 1900
Predecessor:Frank Brown
Successor:John Walter Smith
Order2:United States House of Representatives, Maryland District 6
Term Start2:March 4, 1873
Term End2:March 3, 1875
Predecessor2:new district
Successor2:William Walsh
Party:Republican
Spouse:Elizabeth Tasker
Children:6
Signature:Signature of Lloyd Lowndes Jr.png

Lloyd Lowndes Jr. (February 21, 1845 – January 8, 1905), a member of the United States Republican Party, was an American attorney and politician, the 43rd Governor of Maryland from 1896 to 1900 and a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from the sixth district of Maryland from 1873 to 1875.[1] [2]

Early life and education

He was born in 1845 in Clarksburg, Virginia (now West Virginia), son of Lloyd Lowndes and Elizabeth Moore; he was a great-grandson of early Bladensburg, Maryland settler, Christopher Lowndes (1713–1785).[3] He attended Allegheny College in Pennsylvania, where he was a member of Phi Kappa Psi fraternity. He graduated from the law department of the University of Pennsylvania at Philadelphia in 1867.

Marriage and family

He married his first cousin, Elizabeth Tasker Lowndes, daughter of Richard Tasker Lowndes and Louisa Black.[3]

Political career

After starting his law practice, Lowndes turned to politics. He found that the Democratic Party was regaining political control in Maryland. After being elected to one term in Congress in 1872, he did not succeed in gaining re-election after his term ended in 1875. He returned to his law practice.

At the end of the century, however, Lowndes ran for governor in 1896, was supported by a strong Republican biracial coalition, and won the election.[4] In addition, Maryland was one of several "border states" that had voted for Republican candidate William McKinley in a major sweep that showed a realignment nationally;[5] Lowndes and some Republican state legislators and congressmen, such as Sydney Emanuel Mudd, were likely also elected on McKinley's coattails. McKinley's win ended free silver as an issue and American society embraced its industrial present.[5]

Lowndes died in 1905 of heart failure, in Cumberland, Maryland, and is buried at the Rose Hill Cemetery there.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Lloyd Lowndes, Jr. (1845–1905) Biographical Series; Governor of Maryland 1896–1900 (Republican). . 14 March 2001. Archives of Maryland, MSA SC 3520-1474. Maryland State Government. 11 September 2018.
  2. Book: White, Jr., Frank F.. 1970. The Governors of Maryland 1777–1970. Annapolis. The Hall of Records Commission. 221–224. 978-0942370010. 11 September 2018.
  3. Book: Johnston, Christopher. Maryland historical magazine, Volume 2. Maryland Historical Society. 1907. 276–279. September 12, 2009.
  4. http://www.brandonkendhammer.com/democratization_Spring2013/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/Tuck-2007.pdf STEPHEN TUCK, “Democratization and the Disfranchisement of African Americans in the US South during the Late 19th Century” (pdf)
  5. http://elections.harpweek.com/1896/Overview-1896-4.htm 1896: McKinley v. Bryan, Overview/Election Results