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Parents > United States > Mississippi > Governor
OfficeGovernor
HonorificGovernor - Abbr: Gov.
TypeDemocratic Primary Election
Filing Deadline 00, 1947 - 12:00pm Central
Polls Open August 05, 1947 - 07:00am Central
Polls Close August 05, 1947 - 07:00pm Central
Term Start January 19, 1948 - 12:00pm
Term End January 22, 1952 - 12:00pm
ContributorRBH
Last ModifiedRBH January 27, 2018 05:36pm
Data SourcesSouthern Primaries and Elections, 1920-1949 (Heard/Strong), p. 83
Description
LAST GENERAL ELECTION
  PartyDemocratic Won11/02/1946
NameFielding L. Wright Votes1 (100.00%)
Term11/02/1946 - 01/20/1948 Margin1 (+100.00%)
NEXT GENERAL ELECTION
  PartyDemocratic Won11/04/1947
NameFielding L. Wright Votes166,095 (97.59%)
Term01/03/1948 - 01/22/1952 Margin161,993 (+95.18%)
NEXT GENERAL ELECTION
RaceMS Governor 11/04/1947

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Name (I) Gov. Fielding L. Wright Paul B. Johnson, Jr. Jesse M. Byrd Frank L. Jacobs William L. Spinks  
PartyDemocratic Democratic Democratic Democratic Democratic  
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Certified Votes 202,014 (55.31%) 112,123 (30.70%) 37,997 (10.40%) 8,750 (2.40%) 4,344 (1.19%)  
Margin0 (0.00%) -89,891 (-24.61%) -164,017 (-44.91%) -193,264 (-52.92%) -197,670 (-54.12%)  
Predict Avg.0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%  
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