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'''Albert Cabell Ritchie''' (1876-1936) was an [[United States|American]] politician who served as the Governor of [[Maryland]] from 1920 to 1935. He was a member of the [[Democratic Party]]. Ritchie won the gubernatorial election of 1919 in a close margin of 327 votes against Republican [[Henry W. Nice]].<ref>{{Citation | '''Albert Cabell Ritchie''' (1876-1936) was an [[United States of America|American]] politician who served as the Governor of [[Maryland]] from 1920 to 1935. He was a member of the [[Democratic Party]]. Ritchie won the gubernatorial election of 1919 in a close margin of 327 votes against Republican [[Henry W. Nice]].<ref>{{Citation | ||
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Albert Cabell Ritchie (1876-1936) was an American politician who served as the Governor of Maryland from 1920 to 1935. He was a member of the Democratic Party. Ritchie won the gubernatorial election of 1919 in a close margin of 327 votes against Republican Henry W. Nice.[1] Ritchie is sometimes cited as a figure in the political faction known as the "Old Right" branch of American conservatism[2] and was a staunch advocate for states' rights. He was one of the leading opponent of the Prohibition on federalist grounds.[3]
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- ↑ "Democrat Leads In Maryland", New York Times: 1, 6 November 1919
- ↑ Murray Rothbard, The Life and Death of the Old Right
- ↑ "Booms", Time, May. 30, 1927