1959 Baltimore mayoral election

Baltimore mayoral election, 1959

May 5, 1959

Candidate J. Harold Grady Theodore McKeldin Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 155,001 72,745 Percentage 68.06% 31.94%

Mayor before election Thomas D'Alesandro Jr. Democratic Elected mayor J. Harold Grady Democratic

The 1959 Baltimore mayoral election saw the election of J. Harold Grady. Grady unseated incumbent mayor Thomas D'Alesandro Jr. in the Democratic primary, and went on to defeat former mayor and governor Theodore McKeldin in the general election.

Nominations

Primary elections were held March 3.

Democratic primary

Incumbent mayor Thomas D'Alesandro was defeated in the primary.

Democratic primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	J. Harold Grady	103,358	57.35%
	Democratic	Thomas D'Alesandro Jr. (incumbent)	70,341	39.03%
	Democratic	Morgan L. Amaimo	3,626	2.01%
	Democratic	Edgar N. Gayhardt	1,606	0.89%
	Democratic	Francis X. McSweeney	1,285	0.71%
Total votes			180,216

Republican primary

Republican primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Theodore McKeldin	6,266	74.54%
	Republican	Dorothy B. Davis	3,336	15.29%
	Republican	Louis R. Milio	2,220	10.17%
Total votes			21,822

General election

The general election was held May 5.

Baltimore mayoral general election, 1959

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	J. Harold Grady	155,001	68.06%
	Republican	Theodore McKeldin	72,745	31.94%
Total votes			227,746