Lloyd Lowndes Jr. (February 21, 1845 – January 8, 1905), a member of the

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, was an American attorney and politician, the 43rd Governor of Maryland from 1896 to 1900 and a member of the

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from the sixth district of Maryland from 1873 to 1875.

Early life and education

He was born in 1845 in

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(now

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), son of Lloyd Lowndes and Elizabeth Moore; he was a great-grandson of early

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settler,

Christopher Lowndes Christopher Lowndes (baptized June 19, 1713January 8, 1785) was a leading merchant in colonial Bladensburg, Maryland, Bladensburg, Prince George's County, Maryland. He was named Commissioner of the town of Bladensburg in 1745, and in 1753 he was ...

. He attended

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, where he was a member of

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fraternity. He graduated from the law department of the

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at Philadelphia in 1867.

Marriage and family

He married his first cousin, Elizabeth Tasker Lowndes, daughter of Richard Tasker Lowndes and Louisa Black.

Political career

After starting his law practice, Lowndes turned to politics. He found that the Democratic Party was regaining political control in Maryland. After being elected to one term in Congress in 1872, he did not succeed in gaining re-election after his term ended in 1875. He returned to his law practice. At the end of the century, however, Lowndes ran for governor in 1896, was supported by a strong Republican biracial coalition, and won the election.STEPHEN TUCK, “Democratization and the Disfranchisement of African Americans in the US South during the Late 19th Century” (pdf)
, Spring 2013, reading for "Challenges of Democratization", by Brandon Kendhammer, Ohio University In addition, Maryland was one of several "border states" that had voted for Republican candidate

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in a major sweep that showed a realignment nationally;''1896: McKinley v. Bryan, Overview/Election Results''
''Harper's Weekly'', accessed February 11, 2014 Lowndes and some Republican state legislators and congressmen, such as Sydney Emanuel Mudd, were likely also elected on McKinley's coattails. McKinley's win ended free silver as an issue and American society embraced its industrial present. Lowndes died in 1905 of heart failure, in

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, and is buried at the Rose Hill Cemetery there.

References

External links

National Governors Association, Governor's Information: Maryland Governor Lloyd Lowndes Jr.
1845 births 1905 deaths Allegheny College alumni Burials at Rose Hill Cemetery (Cumberland, Maryland) Republican Party governors of Maryland Politicians from Clarksburg, West Virginia Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Maryland University of Pennsylvania Law School alumni 19th-century American Episcopalians Lawyers from Clarksburg, West Virginia 19th-century members of the United States House of Representatives {{Maryland-politician-stub