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% 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%(Democratic primary results)Ruffin G. Pleasant 73.71%Thomas C. Barret 26.29% 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% 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% Mississippi Earl L. Brewer Democratic Term-limited, Democratic victory Theodore G. Bilbo (Democratic) 92.59%J. T. Lester (Socialist) 7.41%(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%
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