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| url = http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9B04EED9163AE532A25755C0A9679D946896D6CF}}</ref> | | url = http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9B04EED9163AE532A25755C0A9679D946896D6CF}}</ref> Ritchie is sometimes cited as a figure in the political faction known as the "Old Right" branch of [[American conservatism]]<ref>Murray Rothbard, [http://www.lewrockwell.com/rothbard/rothbard25.html The Life and Death of the Old Right]</ref> and was a staunch advocate for [[states' rights]]. He was one of the leading opponent of the [[Prohibition of Alcohol, United States|Prohibition]] on federalist grounds.<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
- ↑ "http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,730613-1,00.html", Time, May. 30, 1927