1930 Maryland Attorney General election

1930 Maryland Attorney General election
November 4, 1930
 
Nominee William Preston Lane Jr. David A. Robb
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 268,370 183,172
Percentage 58.51% 39.94%
County results
Lane:      50–60%      60–70%
Robb:      50–60%      60–70%
Attorney General before election

Thomas H. Robinson
Democratic

Elected Attorney General

William Preston Lane Jr.
Democratic

The 1930 Maryland attorney general election was held on November 4, 1930, in order to elect the attorney general of Maryland. Democratic nominee William Preston Lane Jr. defeated Republican nominee David A. Robb, Socialist nominee William A. Toole, Labor nominee Word H. Mills and Communist nominee Isidore Samuelson. Incumbent attorney general Thomas H. Robinson had initially been nominated on the Democratic ticket to run for a third term, but died on October 12, 1930. So William Preston Lane Jr. was nominated in his stead for the Democratic ticket.

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