1959 Mississippi gubernatorial election

none January 2025 September 2023 1959 Mississippi Democratic gubernatorial primary runoff presidential Mississippi Flag of Mississippi (1894-1996).svg 1955 Mississippi gubernatorial election 1955 1963 Mississippi gubernatorial election 1963 no August 25, 1959 Ross Barnett, 1963.jpg Ross Barnett Democratic Party (United States) 230,557 54.34% Carroll Gartin.jpg Carroll Gartin Democratic Party (United States) 193,706 45.66% 1959 Mississippi gubernatorial election results map by county.svg 170px County results Barnett: #7996e2 50–60% #6674de 60–70% #584cde 70–80% #3933e5 80–90%Gartin: #51c2c2 50–60% #2aacac 60–70% #009696 70–80% Governor James P. Coleman Democratic Party (United States) Ross Barnett Democratic Party (United States) The 1959 Mississippi gubernatorial election took place on November 3, 1959, in order to elect the Governor of Mississippi. Incumbent Democrat James P. Coleman was term-limited, and could not run for reelection to a second term. As was common at the time, the Democratic candidate ran unopposed in the general election; therefore, the Democratic primary was the real contest, and winning the primary was considered tantamount to election.Busbee Jr. Westley F. https://books.google.com/books?id=sG0gBQAAQBAJ&q=%22ross+barnett%22+1959+campaign+gartin&pg=PA309 Mississippi: A History 2014-10-28 John Wiley & Sons 978-1-118-75592-1 309 en Democratic primary After the Brown v. Board of Education ruling in 1954 against school segregation and the 1957 Little Rock Crisis, the defense of segregation and white supremacy across the South became a paramount concern, and all candidates ran as segregationists.Dickerson James L. https://books.google.com/books?id=MP-GbFIfp9IC&q=%22ross+barnett%22+1959+campaign+gartin+sullivan&pg=PA57 Devil's Sanctuary: An Eyewitness History of Mississippi Hate Crimes Alston Alex A. Jr. 2009 Chicago Review Press 978-1-56976-316-2 57 enKlarman Michael J. https://books.google.com/books?id=LH88DwAAQBAJ&q=%22The+good+Lord+was+the+original+segregationist%22+gartin&pg=PA401 From Jim Crow to Civil Rights: The Supreme Court and the Struggle for Racial Equality 2006 Oxford University Press 978-0-19-531018-4 401–402 en Ross Barnett, who previously ran in 1951 and 1955, had the support of the Citizens' Councils and former Theodore G. Bilbo partisans, as well as the covert help of Senator James Eastland. Barnett described himself as a "vigorous segregationist."Wilkie Curtis https://books.google.com/books?id=3R7-cSI_VI4C&q=%22ross+barnett%22+1959+campaign+gartin&pg=PA91 Dixie: A Personal Osyssey Through Historic Events That Shaped the Modern South 2002-05-16 Simon and Schuster 978-0-7432-2604-2 91–93 enNash Jere https://books.google.com/books?id=Vo6lDwAAQBAJ&q=%22ross+barnett%22+1959+gartin+sullivan&pg=PT52 Mississippi Politics: The Struggle for Power, 1976-2008, Second Edition Taggart Andy 2010-04-13 Univ. Press of Mississippi 978-1-62846-980-6 en Carroll Gartin, the incumbent lieutenant governor, ran on a platform of continuity with Coleman's term as governor. Charles L. Sullivan, an attorney, was relatively more moderate on the race subject; he also ran on a promise to end the state's Prohibition law. He also received covert help from Eastland, who wanted to hamstring Gartin. Robert Mason was a perennial candidate who ran on a white supremacy platform, promising to have money printed to fund the state's budget: "They’re turning out the money on those free presses. And that’s good. Let’em keep turning some of that free press money to Mississippi." He also opposed the end of Prohibition in Mississippi. He said he saved money so that, every two or three years, he could either travel or run for governor, adding that he did so on the suggestion of his wife. Because no candidate received a majority in the Democratic primary, by state law, a runoff was held between the top two candidates. The runoff election was won by Barnett, who defeated Gartin; both ran as rabid segregationists, to the dismay of the relatively more moderate incumbent Coleman. Each candidate tried to tar the other side with association with pro-integration forces.Crespino Joseph https://books.google.com/books?id=DdCApZN4xjwC&q=%22ross+barnett%22+1959+campaign+gartin&pg=PA35 In Search of Another Country: Mississippi and the Conservative Counterrevolution 2007 Princeton University Press 978-0-691-12209-0 35 en Results Mississippi Democratic gubernatorial primary, 1959http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=378686 MS Governor D Primary 1959 Our Campaigns December 6, 2016 Democratic Party (United States) Ross Barnett 155,508 35.26 Democratic Party (United States) Carroll Gartin 151,043 34.25 Democratic Party (United States) Charles L. Sullivan 131,792 29.88 Democratic Party (United States) Robert F. Masonhttp://www.neshobademocrat.com/Content/EDITORIAL/Editorial/Article/PERRY-Political-circus-nothing-new/7/302/39691 https://web.archive.org/web/20161021120225/http://neshobademocrat.com/Content/EDITORIAL/Editorial/Article/PERRY-Political-circus-nothing-new/7/302/39691 dead October 21, 2016 PERRY/Political circus nothing new Perry Brian October 19, 2016 The Neshoba Democrat en-us Philadelphia, Mississippi 2017-07-18 2,704 0.61 441,047 100.00 Runoff Mississippi Democratic gubernatorial primary runoff, 1959http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=378687 MS Governor D Primary Runoff 1959 Our Campaigns December 6, 2016 Democratic Party (United States) Ross Barnett 230,557 54.34 Democratic Party (United States) Carroll Gartin 193,706 45.66 424,263 100.00 General election In the general election, Barnett ran unopposed. Results Mississippi gubernatorial election, 1959http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=174127 MS Governor 1959 Our Campaigns December 6, 2016 Democratic Party (United States) Ross Barnett 57,671 100.00 57,671 100.00 Democratic Party (United States) References 30emcollapsed 1959 gubernatorial Mississippi Mississippi gubernatorial election