1934 Maryland gubernatorial election

The 1934 Maryland gubernatorial election was held on November 6, 1934. Republican nominee Harry Nice defeated Democratic incumbent Albert Ritchie with 49.52% of the vote in a rematch of the 1919 election.

Primary elections

Primary elections were held on September 8, 1934.

Republican primary

Candidates

• Harry Nice, former Judge of the Appeals Tax Court of Baltimore City and nominee for Governor in 1919
• Phillips Lee Goldsborough, incumbent United States Senator
• H. Webster Smith

Results

General election

Candidates

• Bernard Ades, criminal defense attorney (Communist)
• Harry B. Galantian (Independent)
• William A. Gillespe (Independent)
• Broadus Mitchell, Johns Hopkins University economics professor (Socialist)
• Harry Nice, former Judge of the Appeals Tax Court of Baltimore City and nominee for Governor in 1919 (Republican)
• Albert Ritchie, incumbent Governor since 1920 (Democratic)

Results

References