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United States gubernatorial elections were held in 1915, in five states. Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland and Mississippi held their gubernatorial elections in odd numbered years, every 4 years, preceding the United States presidential election year. Massachusetts elected its governors to a single-year term, switching to two-year-terms from the 1920 election.

Results

State Incumbent Party Status Opposing candidates
Kentucky James B. McCreary Democratic Term-limited, Democratic victory Augustus O. Stanley (Democratic) 49.06%
Edwin P. Morrow (Republican) 48.96%
L. L. Pickett (Prohibition) 0.94%
Charles Dobbs (Socialist) 0.74%
Fred J. Drexler (Progressive) 0.31%
[1]
Louisiana
(Held, 18 April 1916)
 Luther E. Hall Democratic Term-limited, Democratic victory Ruffin G. Pleasant (Democratic) 62.51%
John Milliken Parker (Progressive) 37.20%
Horace Noonan (Independent) 0.28%
Scattering 0.02%
[2]
(Democratic primary results)
Ruffin G. Pleasant 73.71%
Thomas C. Barret 26.29%
[3]
Maryland Phillips Lee Goldsborough Republican Retired, Democratic victory Emerson C. Harrington (Democratic) 49.57%
Ovington E. Weller (Republican) 48.25%
George B. Gorsuch (Prohibition) 0.97%
Charles E. Devlin (Socialist) 0.87%
Robert W. Stevens (Labor) 0.35%
[4]
Massachusetts David I. Walsh Democratic Defeated, 45.71% Samuel W. McCall (Republican) 46.97%
William Shaw (Prohibition) 3.90%
Walter S. Hutchins (Socialist) 1.74%
Nelson B. Clark (Progressive) 1.39%
Peter O'Rourke (Socialist Labor) 0.29%[5]
Mississippi Earl L. Brewer Democratic Term-limited, Democratic victory Theodore G. Bilbo (Democratic) 92.59%
J. T. Lester (Socialist) 7.41%
[6]
(Democratic primary results)
Theodore G. Bilbo 50.36%
M. W. Reily 32.23%
John R. Tally 7.73%
H. M. Quinn 5.15%
Peter Simpson Stovall 4.53%[7]

References

  1. ^ "KY Governor, 1915". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 28 March 2019.
  2. ^ "LA Governor, 1916". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 28 March 2019.
  3. ^ "LA Governor, 1916 – D Primary". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 28 March 2019.
  4. ^ "MD Governor, 1915". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 28 March 2019.
  5. ^ "MA Governor, 1915". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 28 March 2019.
  6. ^ "MS Governor, 1915". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 28 March 2019.
  7. ^ "MS Governor, 1915 – D Primary". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 28 March 2019.

Notes

  1. ^ J. A. A. Burnquist (R) succeeded Minnesota Governor Winfield S. Hammond (D) upon his death in office in December 1915.


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