1918 United States Senate election in Mississippi

none March 2026 September 2023 1918 U.S. Senate Democratic primary in Mississippi Mississippi Flag of Mississippi (1894-1996).svg presidential no 1912 United States Senate election in Mississippi 1912 August 20, 1918 1924 United States Senate election in Mississippi 1924 x150px File:Pat Harrison cph.3b17523.jpg Pat Harrison Democratic Party (United States) 56,715 52.71% File:Senator J.K. Vardaman, 1910 (cropped).jpg James K. Vardaman Democratic Party (United States) 44,154 41.04% File:Edmond Noel.jpg Edmond Noel Democratic Party (United States) 6,730 6.26% 1918 United States Senate Democratic primary in Mississippi results map by county.svg 170px County resultsHarrison: #a5b0ff 40–50% #7996e2 50–60% #6674de 60–70% #584cde 70–80% #3933e5 80–90%Vardaman: #ff8e65 40–50% #ff7644 50–60% #dc6134 60–70% #b94c24 70–80%Noel: #f9d440 50–60% U.S. Senator James K. Vardaman Democratic Party (United States) Pat Harrison Democratic Party (United States) The 1918 United States Senate election in Mississippi was held on November 3, 1918. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator James K. Vardaman ran for re-election to a second term in office, but was defeated in the Democratic primary by U.S. Representative Pat Harrison. Because Harrison faced only nominal opposition in the general election, his victory in the August 20 primary was tantamount to election. Background In 1911, former Governor of Mississippi James K. Vardaman challenged and defeated Senator LeRoy Percy in the Democratic Party primary election, the first in state history. The victory established Vardaman and Theodore Bilbo as the uncontested leaders of the state Democratic Party. Vardaman established a reputation as a populist opponent of the state's planter elite and a white supremacist critic of the Theodore Roosevelt administration on racial issues. In 1917, Vardaman stirred controversy by voting with the six-person minority against the United States declaration of war on Germany, defying President Woodrow Wilson and the vast majority of Southern sentiment. Democratic primary Candidates Pat Harrison, U.S. Representative from Gulfport Edmond Noel, former Governor of Mississippi (1908–12) James K. Vardaman, incumbent U.S. Senator since 1913 Campaign Harrison ran with the public support of President Wilson, who opposed Vardaman over his vote against the war. Results 1918 Democratic U.S. Senate primaryThe Official and Statistical Register of the State of Mississippi, 1920-1924 1904 Hederman Bros. Jackson, Mississippi 345 https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015074697163&view=1up&seq=355&skin=2021 Rowland Dunbar Democratic Party (United States) Pat Harrison 56,715 52.71% Democratic Party (United States) James K. Vardaman (incumbent) 44,154 41.04% Democratic Party (United States) Edmond Noel 6,730 6.26% 107,599 100.00% General election Results 1918 U.S. Senate election in Mississippihttp://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1918election.pdf Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 3, 1918 Clerk.house.gov 31 Dec 2020http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=267973 Our Campaigns - MS US Senate Race - Nov 05, 1918 Democratic Party (United States) Pat Harrison 30,055 95.04% 4.96 Socialist Party (United States) Sumner W. Rose 1,569 4.96% N/A 31,624 100.00% See also 1918 United States Senate elections References Further reading Mullins Phillip http://uts.cc.utexas.edu/~pmullins/chapter14.htm The Ancestors Of George & Hazel Mullins: Chapter 14 - "The Revolt of the Rednecks University of Texas at Austin https://web.archive.org/web/20120212191814/http://uts.cc.utexas.edu/~pmullins/chapter14.htm 2012-02-12 1918 MIssissippi Category:1918 Mississippi elections