1915 United States gubernatorial elections

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1915 United States gubernatorial elections
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  1914 November 2, 1915;
April 18, 1916 (LA)
1916  

5 governorships
 Majority partyMinority party
 
Party Democratic Republican
Seats before2819 [lower-alpha 1]
Seats after2819
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Seats up41
Seats won41

1915 United States gubernatorial elections results map.svg
     Democratic gain     Democratic hold
     Republican gain

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 years from the 1920 election.

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Results

StateIncumbentPartyStatusOpposing candidates
Kentucky James B. McCreary DemocraticTerm-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 DemocraticTerm-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 RepublicanRetired, 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 DemocraticDefeated, 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 DemocraticTerm-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]

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Notes

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