1879 Maryland gubernatorial election
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{{Infobox election
| election_name = 1879 Maryland gubernatorial election
| country = Maryland
| flag_year = 1877
| type = presidential
| ongoing = no
| previous_election = 1875 Maryland gubernatorial election
| previous_year = 1875
| next_election = 1883 Maryland gubernatorial election
| next_year = 1883
| election_date = November 6, 1879
| image1 = x150px
| nominee1 = William Thomas Hamilton
| party1 = Democratic Party (United States)
| popular_vote1 = 90,771
| percentage1 = 56.86%
| image2 = x150px
| nominee2 = James Albert Gary
| party2 = Republican Party (United States)
| popular_vote2 = 68,609
| percentage2 = 42.98%
| map_image = 1879 Maryland gubernatorial election results map by county.svg
| map_size = 280px
| map_caption = County results
Hamilton: {{legend0|#7996e2|50–60%}} {{legend0|#6674de|60–70%}}
Gary: {{legend0|#e27f7f|50–60%}}
| title = Governor
| before_election = John Lee Carroll
| before_party = Democratic Party (United States)
| after_election = William Thomas Hamilton
| after_party = Democratic Party (United States)
}}
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The 1879 Maryland gubernatorial election took place on November 6, 1879.
Incumbent Democratic Governor John Lee Carroll did not seek re-election.
Democratic candidate William Thomas Hamilton defeated Republican candidate James Albert Gary.
General election
=Candidates=
- William Thomas Hamilton, Democratic, former U.S. Senator
- James Albert Gary, Republican, businessman, Republican nominee for Maryland's 5th congressional district in 1870{{cite web|title=James Albert Gary Biography|url=http://bio19c.com/-biography341_james_albert_gary_(1833-)|work=Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans 1904|access-date=2013-05-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131022103424/http://bio19c.com/-biography341_james_albert_gary_(1833-)|archive-date=2013-10-22|url-status=dead}}
- Howard Meeks, National Greenback-Labor{{cite news |author= |date=September 13, 1879 |title=Political |url=https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85025350/1879-09-13/ed-1/seq-3/ |work=Frostburg mining journal |location=Frostburg, Md. |page=3 |access-date=29 September 2021 }}{{cite news |author= |date=October 2, 1879 |title=There are now three candidates in the field for Governor of Maryland |url=https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn82006687/1879-10-02/ed-1/seq-2/ |work=Saint Mary's beacon |location=Leonard Town, Md. |page=2 |access-date=29 September 2021 }}{{cite news |author= |date=October 25, 1879 |title=New Advertisements |url=https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85025350/1879-10-25/ed-1/seq-3/ |work=Frostburg mining journal |location=Frostburg, Md. |page=3 |access-date=29 September 2021 }}{{cite news |author= |date=November 27, 1879 |title=Official Vote of Maryland |url=https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn82006687/1879-11-27/ed-1/seq-2/ |work=Saint Mary's beacon |location=Leonard Town, Md. |page=2 |access-date=29 September 2021 }}
=Results=
{{Election box begin | title=1879 Maryland gubernatorial election{{cite web |url=https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=110884 |title=MD Governor, 1879 |publisher=Our Campaigns |access-date=29 September 2021}}{{cite book |last=Dubin |first=Michael J. |date=2010 |title=United States Gubernatorial Elections, 1861-1911 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WYJAIOabIPgC&pg=PA10 |page=10 |location=Jefferson, NC |publisher=McFarland & Co. |isbn=978-0-7864-4722-0 }}{{cite web |url=https://msa.maryland.gov/msa/speccol/sc2600/sc2685/html/govelect.html |title=Gubernatorial Elections in Maryland 1838-2014 |author= |date=2016 |website= |publisher=Archives of Maryland |access-date=29 September 2021 }}{{cite book |editor1-last=Kallenbach |editor1-first=Joseph E. |editor2-last=Kallenbach |editor2-first=Jessamine S. |date=1977 |title=American State Governors, 1776-1976 |volume=I |page=261 |location=Dobbs Ferry, N.Y. |publisher=Oceana Publications, Inc. |isbn=0-379-00665-0}}{{cite book |author= |date= |title=Maryland Manual 1943-44 |url=http://aomol.msa.maryland.gov/000001/000160/pdf/am160--412.pdf |location=Baltimore, Md. |publisher=The Maurice Leeser Company |page=412 }}{{efn|Some sources give the result as Hamilton 90,731, Gary 68,619.{{cite book |title=Gubernatorial Elections, 1787-1997 |location=Washington, D.C. |publisher=Congressional Quarterly Inc. |date=1998 |page=56 |isbn=1-56802-396-0 }}{{cite book |last=Glashan |first=Roy R. |title=American Governors and Gubernatorial Elections, 1775-1978 |publisher=Meckler Books |location=Westport, CT |year=1979 |pages=134–135 |isbn=0-930466-17-9}}}}
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
| party = Democratic Party (United States)
| candidate = William Thomas Hamilton
| votes = 90,771
| percentage = 56.86%
| change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
| party = Republican Party (United States)
| candidate = James Albert Gary
| votes = 68,609
| percentage = 42.98%
| change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
| party = Greenback Party
| candidate = Howard Meeks
| votes = 265
| percentage = 0.17%
| change =
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{{Election box majority|
| votes = 22,162
| percentage = 13.88%
| change =
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{{Election box turnout|
| votes = 159,645
| percentage =
| change =
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{{Election box hold with party link|
| winner = Democratic Party (United States)
| loser =
| swing =
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{{Election box end}}
Notes
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