Election Name: | 1915 Maryland Attorney General election |
Country: | Maryland |
Type: | Presidential |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 1911 Maryland Attorney General election |
Previous Year: | 1911 |
Next Election: | 1919 Maryland Attorney General election |
Next Year: | 1919 |
Election Date: | 2 November 1915 |
Nominee1: | Albert Ritchie |
Party1: | Democratic Party (United States) |
Popular Vote1: | 122,836 |
Percentage1: | 54.15% |
Nominee2: | Albert A. Doub |
Party2: | Republican Party (United States) |
Popular Vote2: | 98,154 |
Percentage2: | 43.27% |
Attorney General | |
Before Election: | Edgar Allan Poe |
Before Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
After Election: | Albert Ritchie |
After Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
The 1915 Maryland attorney general election was held on 2 November 1915 in order to elect the attorney general of Maryland. Democratic nominee Albert Ritchie defeated Republican nominee Albert A. Doub, Prohibition nominee N. Irvin Gressitt, Socialist nominee Paul Braun and Labor nominee Frank N.H. Lang.[1]
On election day, 2 November 1915, Democratic nominee Albert Ritchie won the election by a margin of 24,682 votes against his foremost opponent Republican nominee Albert A. Doub, thereby retaining Democratic control over the office of attorney general. Ritchie was sworn in as the 27th attorney general of Maryland on 3 January 1916.[2]