1897 Maryland Comptroller election
November 2, 1897
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County results Goldsborough: 40–50% 50–60% Smith: 40–50% 50–60% | |||||||||||||||||
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The 1897 Maryland comptroller election was held on November 2, 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. As of 2022, this is the last time that a Republican was elected as the Comptroller of Maryland.