1951 Mississippi gubernatorial election

1951 Mississippi Democratic gubernatorial primary runoff
	County results ; White: 50-60% 60-70% 70-80%; Johnson: 50-60% 60-70%
Governor before election; Fielding L. Wright; Democratic	Elected Governor ; Hugh L. White; Democratic

The 1951 Mississippi gubernatorial election took place on November 6, 1951, in order to elect the Governor of Mississippi. Incumbent Democrat Fielding L. Wright was term-limited, and could not run for reelection to a second full 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.

Democratic primary

No candidate received a majority in the Democratic primary, which featured seven contenders, so a runoff was held between the top two candidates. The runoff election was won by former Governor Hugh L. White, who defeated lawyer Paul B. Johnson Jr., son of former Governor Paul B. Johnson Sr.

Results

Mississippi Democratic gubernatorial primary, 1951^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Hugh L. White	94,721	23.19
	Democratic	Paul B. Johnson Jr.	86,152	21.09
	Democratic	Sam Lumpkin	84,401	20.66
	Democratic	Ross Barnett	81,674	19.99
	Democratic	Mary D. Cain	24,757	6.06
	Democratic	Jesse M. Byrd	23,676	5.80
	Democratic	Kelly Hammond	6,952	1.70
Total votes			402,333	100.00

Runoff

Mississippi Democratic gubernatorial primary runoff, 1951^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Hugh L. White	201,222	51.18
	Democratic	Paul B. Johnson Jr.	191,966	48.82
Total votes			393,188	100.00

General election

In the general election, White ran unopposed.

Results

Mississippi gubernatorial election, 1951^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Hugh L. White	43,422	100.00
Total votes			43,422	100.00
	Democratic hold

References

^ "MS Governor D Primary 1951". Our Campaigns. Retrieved December 7, 2016.
^ "MS Governor D Primary Runoff 1951". Our Campaigns. Retrieved December 7, 2016.
^ "MS Governor 1951". Our Campaigns. Retrieved December 7, 2016.

This Mississippi elections-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

[1] "MS Governor D Primary 1951". Our Campaigns. Retrieved December 7, 2016.

[2] "MS Governor D Primary Runoff 1951". Our Campaigns. Retrieved December 7, 2016.

[3] "MS Governor 1951". Our Campaigns. Retrieved December 7, 2016.

[1]

[2]

[3]

v t e (1950 ←) 1951 United States elections (→ 1952)
U.S. House	Kentucky 6th sp Maine 3rd sp Missouri 11th sp Nebraska 3rd sp New Jersey 9th sp Ohio 3rd sp Pennsylvania 8th sp 14th sp 33rd sp Texas 13th sp West Virginia 5th sp
Governors	Kentucky Mississippi
Mayors	Baltimore, MD Boston, MA Chicago, IL Cleveland, OH Columbus, OH Evansville, IN Indianapolis, IN Manchester, NH Philadelphia, PA San Diego, CA
Local	Philadelphia, PA
State-wide	Illinois Indiana Kentucky Maine Maryland Massachusetts Mississippi Missouri Nebraska New Jersey Ohio Pennsylvania Texas West Virginia