1897 Maryland Comptroller election

1897 Maryland Comptroller election

← 1895 2 November 1897 1899 →
 
Nominee Phillips Lee Goldsborough Thomas Alexander Smith
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 121,173 114,064
Percentage 50.10% 47.17%

Comptroller before election

Robert Patterson Graham
Republican

Elected Comptroller

Phillips Lee Goldsborough
Republican

The 1897 Maryland comptroller election was held on 2 November 1897 in order to elect the comptroller of Maryland. Republican nominee Phillips Lee Goldsborough defeated Democratic nominee and incumbent member of the Maryland Senate Thomas Alexander Smith, Prohibition nominee James W. Frizzell and Socialist Labor nominee William Whipkey.


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