1915 United States gubernatorial elections

none January 2025 1915 United States gubernatorial elections United States 1912 legislative no 1914 United States gubernatorial elections 1914 1916 United States gubernatorial elections 1916 Seats up Seats won 5 governorships November 2, 1915;April 18, 1916 (LA) Democratic Party (United States) 28 28 4 4 Republican Party (United States) 19J. A. A. Burnquist (R) succeeded Minnesota Governor Winfield S. Hammond (D) upon his death in office in December 1915. 19 1 1 324px #0671B0 Democratic gain #92C5DE Democratic hold#F48882 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-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% https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=264847 KY Governor, 1915 Our Campaigns 28 March 2019 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%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=263339 LA Governor, 1916 Our Campaigns 28 March 2019(Democratic primary results)Ruffin G. Pleasant 73.71%Thomas C. Barret 26.29%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=734244 LA Governor, 1916 – D Primary Our Campaigns 28 March 2019 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%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=27770 MD Governor, 1915 Our Campaigns 28 March 2019 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%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=266558 MA Governor, 1915 Our Campaigns 28 March 2019 Mississippi Earl L. Brewer Democratic Term-limited, Democratic victory Theodore G. Bilbo (Democratic) 92.59%J. T. Lester (Socialist) 7.41%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=263362 MS Governor, 1915 Our Campaigns 28 March 2019(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%https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=545817 MS Governor, 1915 – D Primary Our Campaigns 28 March 2019 References Notes Category:November 1915 in the United States