1915 United States gubernatorial elections
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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.
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November 2, 1915;
April 18, 1916 (LA) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 governorships | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Results
| State | Incumbent | Party | Status | Opposing candidates |
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| 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% [1] |
| 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% [2] (Democratic primary results) Ruffin G. Pleasant 73.71% Thomas C. Barret 26.29% [3] |
| 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% [4] |
| 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%[5] |
| Mississippi | Earl L. Brewer | Democratic | Term-limited, Democratic victory | Theodore G. Bilbo (Democratic) 92.59% J. T. Lester (Socialist) 7.41% [6] (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%[7] |
