1923 United States gubernatorial elections

1923 United States gubernatorial elections

November 6, 1923; April 22, 1924 (LA)
4 governorships
Majority party Minority party   Party Democratic Republican Seats before 26 22 Seats after 27 21 Seat change 1 1 Seats up 3 1 Seats won 4 0
Democratic gain      Democratic hold

United States gubernatorial elections were held in 1923, in four states. Kentucky, Louisiana and Mississippi hold their gubernatorial elections in odd numbered years, every 4 years, preceding the United States presidential election year.

In Maryland, the usual four-year term was reduced to three years as a one-off, so that from 1926 the elections would be held in an even-numbered year rather than as previously in the odd numbered year preceding the United States presidential election year.

Results

State	Incumbent	Party	Status	Opposing candidates
Kentucky	Edwin P. Morrow	Republican	Term-limited, Democratic victory	William J. Fields (Democratic) 53.25% Charles I. Dawson (Republican) 45.81% William S. Demuth (Farmer Labor) 0.54% M. A. Brinkmar (Socialist) 0.40% [1]
Louisiana (Held, 22 April 1924)	John M. Parker	Democratic	Term-limited, Democratic victory	Henry L. Fuqua (Democratic) 97.90% James S. Millikin (Republican) 2.10% [2] (Democratic primary run-off results) Henry L. Fuqua 57.77% Hewitt Bouanchaud 42.23% [3]
Maryland	Albert C. Ritchie	Democratic	Re-elected, 55.97%	Alexander Armstrong (Republican) 43.26% William H. Champlin (Socialist) 0.46% Verne L. Reynolds (Labor) 0.31% [4]
Mississippi	Lee M. Russell	Democratic	Term-limited, Democratic victory	Henry L. Whitfield (Democratic) 100.00% [5] (Democratic primary run-off results) Henry L. Whitfield 53.28% Theodore G. Bilbo 46.72% [6]

References

1. "KY Governor, 1923". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 24 March 2019.
2. "LA Governor, 1924". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 24 March 2019.
3. "LA Governor, 1924 – D Runoff". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 24 March 2019.
4. "MD Governor, 1923". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 24 March 2019.
5. "MS Governor, 1923". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 24 March 2019.
6. "MS Governor, 1923 – D Runoff". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 24 March 2019.

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