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Government |
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.[3]
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