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1864 Maryland gubernatorial election

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1864 Maryland gubernatorial election
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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.

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The Union Party was a Southern Unionist political movement which supported the Lincoln administration.[1] Most Unionists were former Whigs who had joined the Know Nothing movement in the 1850s, while a minority were Radical Republicans or War Democrats.[2] The party supported the re-election of Abraham Lincoln under the banner of the National Union Party.[3]

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.[4]

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  1. OurCampaigns records the result as Swann 41,828, Chambers 32,178. This was actually the result of the concurrent election for Lieutenant Governor.[9]

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