In 1919 he was nominated and elected Governor of Maryland. Four years later he was renominated and re-elected, being the first Governor of Maryland to succeed himself since the Civil War. Thereafter he was thrice re-nominated and twice re-elected, suffering his first and only defeat in the fall of 1934. He was frequently fall mentioned for the Presidency.
The large-flowered clematis are divided into several groups according to their parentage. These groups are Florida, flowering mainly in early and mid-summer; Jackmanii, flowering mainly in late summer and early fall; Lanuginosa, flowering at different times between mid-summer and the early fall; Patens, flowering mainly in early to mid-summer; Texensis, flowering mainly from late summer to mid-fall and Viticella, also flowering mainly from late summer to mid-fall.
A secondary threat was that 20% of freshman applicants for college next fall would have to be turned away due to a lack of graduate student teachers. Compounding the problem was the anticipated fall-off in graduate enrollment because of the decline in births during World War II.
In 1919 he was nominated and elected Governor of Maryland. Four years later he was renominated and re-elected, being the first Governor of Maryland to succeed himself since the Civil War. Thereafter he was thrice re-nominated and twice re-elected, suffering his first and only defeat in the fall of 1934. He was frequently fall mentioned for the Presidency.