The 1918 United States Senate election in Mississippi was held on November 3, 1918. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator James K. Vardaman ran for re-election to a second term in office, but was defeated in the Democratic primary by U.S. Representative Pat Harrison.
1918 U.S. Senate Democratic primary in Mississippi
In 1911, former Governor of Mississippi James K. Vardaman challenged and defeated Senator LeRoy Percy in the Democratic Party primary election, the first in state history. The victory established Vardaman and Theodore Bilbo as the uncontested leaders of the state Democratic Party. Vardaman established a reputation as a populist opponent of the state's planter elite and a white supremacist critic of the Theodore Roosevelt administration on racial issues.
1918, united, states, senate, election, mississippi, held, november, 1918, incumbent, democratic, senator, james, vardaman, election, second, term, office, defeated, democratic, primary, representative, harrison, 1918, senate, democratic, primary, mississippi,. The 1918 United States Senate election in Mississippi was held on November 3 1918 Incumbent Democratic U S Senator James K Vardaman ran for re election to a second term in office but was defeated in the Democratic primary by U S Representative Pat Harrison 1918 U S Senate Democratic primary in Mississippi 1912 August 20 1918 1924 Nominee Pat Harrison James K Vardaman Edmond NoelParty Democratic Democratic DemocraticPopular vote 56 715 44 154 6 730Percentage 52 71 41 04 6 26 County resultsHarrison 40 50 50 60 60 70 70 80 80 90 Vardaman 40 50 50 60 60 70 70 80 Noel 50 60 U S senator before electionJames K VardamanDemocratic Elected U S Senator Pat HarrisonDemocraticBecause Harrison faced only nominal opposition in the general election his victory in the August 20 primary was tantamount to election Contents 1 Background 2 Democratic primary 2 1 Candidates 2 2 Campaign 2 3 Results 3 General election 3 1 Results 4 See also 5 References 5 1 Further readingBackground editIn 1911 former Governor of Mississippi James K Vardaman challenged and defeated Senator LeRoy Percy in the Democratic Party primary election the first in state history The victory established Vardaman and Theodore Bilbo as the uncontested leaders of the state Democratic Party Vardaman established a reputation as a populist opponent of the state s planter elite and a white supremacist critic of the Theodore Roosevelt administration on racial issues In 1917 Vardaman stirred controversy by voting with the six person minority against the United States declaration of war on Germany defying President Woodrow Wilson and the vast majority of Southern sentiment Democratic primary editCandidates edit Pat Harrison U S Representative from Gulfport Edmond Noel former Governor of Mississippi 1908 12 James K Vardaman incumbent U S Senator since 1913Campaign edit Harrison ran with the public support of President Wilson who opposed Vardaman over his vote against the war Results edit 1918 Democratic U S Senate primary 1 Party Candidate Votes Democratic Pat Harrison 56 715 52 71 Democratic James K Vardaman incumbent 44 154 41 04 Democratic Edmond Noel 6 730 6 26 Total votes 107 599 100 00 General election editResults edit 1918 U S Senate election in Mississippi 2 3 Party Candidate Votes Democratic Pat Harrison 30 055 95 04 nbsp 4 96Socialist Sumner W Rose 1 569 4 96 N ATotal votes 31 624 100 00 See also edit1918 United States Senate electionsReferences edit Rowland Dunbar 1904 The Official and Statistical Register of the State of Mississippi 1920 1924 Jackson Mississippi Hederman Bros p 345 Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 3 1918 PDF Clerk house gov Retrieved December 31 2020 Our Campaigns MS US Senate Race Nov 05 1918 Further reading edit Mullins Phillip The Ancestors Of George amp Hazel Mullins Chapter 14 The Revolt of the Rednecks University of Texas at Austin Archived from the original on February 12 2012 nbsp nbsp This Mississippi elections related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1918 United States Senate election in Mississippi amp oldid 1215128318, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
