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Election 1947 Results

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1947 Mississippi governor election

Fielding L. Wright (Democrat) beat George L. Sheldon (Republican) in Mississippi in 1947, 97.6% to 2.4%, a margin of 95.2 points and 161,993 votes.

The Democratic hold continued from 1943, when Thomas L. Bailey won.

Democrats led in 82 of the 82 counties as they stood then. The largest, Hinds, cast 11,894 votes and went to the Democrat by 100.0 points. The closest was Issaquena, where 185 votes separated the two parties.

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Early projection, based on early and incomplete polling: the likely matchups, each weighted by the betting markets' odds of both nominations, not a result. Each county is its 2024 presidential margin moved by its state's projected swing; set a national vote and every state, district and county moves by the same amount from our projection. Colours run in 100 steps from a safe Republican to a safe Democratic margin. Boundaries: US Census Bureau.

Governor

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Fielding L. Wright won Democratic 166,095 97.6%
George L. Sheldon Republican 4,102 2.4%
Total170,197

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Hinds 11,894 100.0% 0 0.0% 11,894 D+100.0
Jones 5,380 100.0% 0 0.0% 5,380 D+100.0
Harrison 5,201 100.0% 0 0.0% 5,201 D+100.0
Lauderdale 4,912 100.0% 0 0.0% 4,912 D+100.0
Forrest 4,603 100.0% 0 0.0% 4,603 D+100.0
Lee 4,456 100.0% 0 0.0% 4,456 D+100.0
Jackson 3,550 100.0% 0 0.0% 3,550 D+100.0
Neshoba 3,256 100.0% 0 0.0% 3,256 D+100.0
Washington 2,820 100.0% 0 0.0% 2,820 D+100.0
Pike 2,782 100.0% 0 0.0% 2,782 D+100.0
Monroe 2,768 100.0% 0 0.0% 2,768 D+100.0
Simpson 2,656 100.0% 0 0.0% 2,656 D+100.0
Warren 2,651 100.0% 0 0.0% 2,651 D+100.0
Pearl River 2,576 100.0% 0 0.0% 2,576 D+100.0
Sunflower 2,548 100.0% 0 0.0% 2,548 D+100.0
Leake 2,504 100.0% 0 0.0% 2,504 D+100.0
Bolivar 2,458 100.0% 0 0.0% 2,458 D+100.0
Kemper 2,451 100.0% 0 0.0% 2,451 D+100.0
Rankin 2,389 100.0% 0 0.0% 2,389 D+100.0
Union 2,382 100.0% 0 0.0% 2,382 D+100.0
Copiah 2,333 100.0% 0 0.0% 2,333 D+100.0
Winston 2,283 100.0% 0 0.0% 2,283 D+100.0
Smith 2,282 100.0% 0 0.0% 2,282 D+100.0
Alcorn 2,279 100.0% 0 0.0% 2,279 D+100.0
Scott 2,272 100.0% 0 0.0% 2,272 D+100.0
Attala 2,210 100.0% 0 0.0% 2,210 D+100.0
Tallahatchie 2,196 100.0% 0 0.0% 2,196 D+100.0
Newton 2,185 100.0% 0 0.0% 2,185 D+100.0
Lowndes 2,113 100.0% 0 0.0% 2,113 D+100.0
Leflore 2,109 100.0% 0 0.0% 2,109 D+100.0
Lincoln 2,097 100.0% 0 0.0% 2,097 D+100.0
Marion 1,993 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,993 D+100.0
Jasper 1,898 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,898 D+100.0
Yazoo 1,845 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,845 D+100.0
Oktibbeha 1,771 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,771 D+100.0
Calhoun 1,766 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,766 D+100.0
Holmes 1,762 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,762 D+100.0
Tippah 1,756 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,756 D+100.0
Lafayette 1,752 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,752 D+100.0
Pontotoc 1,733 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,733 D+100.0
Hancock 1,730 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,730 D+100.0
Itawamba 1,726 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,726 D+100.0
Coahoma 1,711 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,711 D+100.0
Clay 1,680 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,680 D+100.0
Covington 1,632 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,632 D+100.0
Clarke 1,618 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,618 D+100.0
Madison 1,610 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,610 D+100.0
Wayne 1,607 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,607 D+100.0
Prentiss 1,560 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,560 D+100.0
Noxubee 1,511 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,511 D+100.0
Panola 1,475 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,475 D+100.0
Webster 1,454 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,454 D+100.0
Lawrence 1,434 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,434 D+100.0
Lamar 1,433 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,433 D+100.0
Carroll 1,432 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,432 D+100.0
Montgomery 1,419 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,419 D+100.0
Perry 1,409 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,409 D+100.0
Chickasaw 1,355 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,355 D+100.0
Marshall 1,337 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,337 D+100.0
Amite 1,331 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,331 D+100.0
Jefferson Davis 1,328 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,328 D+100.0
George 1,294 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,294 D+100.0
Tishomingo 1,257 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,257 D+100.0
Choctaw 1,195 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,195 D+100.0
Greene 1,179 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,179 D+100.0
De Soto 1,135 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,135 D+100.0
Yalobusha 1,132 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,132 D+100.0
Grenada 1,117 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,117 D+100.0
Quitman 1,107 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,107 D+100.0
Adams 1,092 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,092 D+100.0
Walthall 1,018 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,018 D+100.0
Humphreys 992 100.0% 0 0.0% 992 D+100.0
Tate 976 100.0% 0 0.0% 976 D+100.0
Stone 971 100.0% 0 0.0% 971 D+100.0
Franklin 816 100.0% 0 0.0% 816 D+100.0
Jefferson 696 100.0% 0 0.0% 696 D+100.0
Sharkey 684 100.0% 0 0.0% 684 D+100.0
Tunica 675 100.0% 0 0.0% 675 D+100.0
Wilkinson 667 100.0% 0 0.0% 667 D+100.0
Benton 641 100.0% 0 0.0% 641 D+100.0
Claiborne 602 100.0% 0 0.0% 602 D+100.0
Issaquena 185 100.0% 0 0.0% 185 D+100.0

Counties as they stood in 1947; some have since been split, merged or renamed. Margin: the Democrat's share of all votes minus the Republican's. Sources and how the results were checked.

Mississippi governor elections we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2023 Tate Reeves (R) R+3.2
2019 Tate Reeves (R) R+5.1
2015 Phil Bryant (R) R+33.9
2011 Phil Bryant (R) R+22.0
2007 Haley Barbour (R) R+15.8
2003 Haley Barbour (R) R+6.8
1999 Ronnie Musgrove (D) D+1.1
1995 Kirk Fordice (R) R+11.1
1991 Kirk Fordice (R) R+3.2
1987 Ray Mabus (D) D+6.9
1983 William A. Allain (D) D+16.2
1979 William Winter (D) D+22.1
1975 Cliff Finch (D) D+7.1
1971 William L. Waller (D) D+77.0
1967 John Bell Williams (D) D+40.5
1963 Paul B. Johnson Jr. (D) D+23.9
1959 Ross R. Barnett (D) D+100.0
1955 James P. Coleman (D) D+100.0
1951 Hugh L. White (D) D+100.0
1947 Fielding L. Wright (D) D+95.2
1943 Thomas L. Bailey (D) D+100.0
1939 Paul B. Johnson (D) D+100.0
1935 Hugh L. White (D) D+100.0
1931 Martin S. Conner (D) D+100.0
1927 Theodore G. Bilbo (D) D+100.0
1923 Henry L. Whitfield (D) D+100.0
1919 Lee M. Russell (D) D+96.9
1915 Theodore G. Bilbo (D) D+92.6
1911 Earl Brewer (D) D+95.2
1907 Edmond Noel (D) D+100.0
1903 James K. Vardaman (D) D+100.0
1899 Andrew H. Longino (D) D+87.4
1895 Anselm J. McLaurin (D) D+72.1
1889 John M. Stone (D) D+100.0
1885 Robert Lowry (D) D+99.0
1881 Robert Lowry (D) D+59.9
1877 John M. Stone (D) D+100.0
1873 Adelbert Ames (R) R+58.1
1869 James L. Alcorn (R) R+66.7
1868 Beroth B. Eggleston (R) R+46.6
1865 Benjamin G. Humphreys (other)