The 1915 Mississippi gubernatorial election took place on November 2, 1915, in order to elect the Governor of Mississippi. Incumbent Democrat

Earl L. Brewer Earl Leroy Brewer (August 11, 1869 – March 10, 1942) was the Governor of Mississippi from 1912 to 1916. Elected as a Democrat, he was unopposed in the primary and won the governorship without ever making a single public campaign speech. Biog ...

was term-limited, and could not run for reelection to a second term. As was common at the time, the Democratic candidate won in a landslide in the general election so therefore the Democratic primary was the real contest, and winning the primary was considered tantamount to election. This election was the first Mississippi gubernatorial election since

1895 Events January–March * January 5 – Dreyfus affair: French officer Alfred Dreyfus is stripped of his army rank, and sentenced to life imprisonment on Devil's Island. * January 12 – The National Trust for Places of Histor ...

that the winner of the gubernatorial election was of the same party as the incumbent president.

Democratic primary

In the Democratic primary, Lieutenant Governor

Theodore G. Bilbo Theodore Gilmore Bilbo (October 13, 1877 – August 21, 1947) was an American politician who twice served as governor of Mississippi (1916–1920, 1928–1932) and later was elected a U.S. Senator (1935–1947). A lifelong Democrat, he was a fil ...

received just over 50% of the vote, eliminating the need for a runoff. He defeated 4 other candidates to win the nomination.

Results

General election

In the general election, Bilbo easily defeated Socialist candidate J. T. Lester.

Results

References

1915 Events Below, the events of World War I have the "WWI" prefix. January * January – British physicist Sir Joseph Larmor publishes his observations on "The Influence of Local Atmospheric Cooling on Astronomical Refraction". *January 1 ...

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