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1951 Mississippi governor election

Hugh L. White (Democrat) won in Mississippi in 1951 with 100.0% of the vote and no opponent from the other main party.

The Democratic hold continued from 1947, when Fielding L. Wright won.

Democrats led in 82 of the 82 counties as they stood then. The largest, Monroe, cast 2,605 votes and went to the Democrat by 100.0 points. The closest was Issaquena, where 57 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
Hugh L. White won Democratic 43,422 100.0%
Total43,422

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Monroe 2,605 100.0% 0 0.0% 2,605 D+100.0
Warren 2,481 100.0% 0 0.0% 2,481 D+100.0
Smith 1,778 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,778 D+100.0
Neshoba 1,456 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,456 D+100.0
Panola 1,218 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,218 D+100.0
Jackson 1,160 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,160 D+100.0
Attala 1,085 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,085 D+100.0
Jones 1,080 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,080 D+100.0
Lincoln 1,015 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,015 D+100.0
Holmes 1,007 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,007 D+100.0
Hinds 953 100.0% 0 0.0% 953 D+100.0
Lauderdale 942 100.0% 0 0.0% 942 D+100.0
Leake 904 100.0% 0 0.0% 904 D+100.0
Madison 893 100.0% 0 0.0% 893 D+100.0
Simpson 845 100.0% 0 0.0% 845 D+100.0
Pearl River 789 100.0% 0 0.0% 789 D+100.0
Harrison 742 100.0% 0 0.0% 742 D+100.0
Alcorn 708 100.0% 0 0.0% 708 D+100.0
Rankin 701 100.0% 0 0.0% 701 D+100.0
Forrest 667 100.0% 0 0.0% 667 D+100.0
Lee 651 100.0% 0 0.0% 651 D+100.0
Tippah 604 100.0% 0 0.0% 604 D+100.0
Scott 588 100.0% 0 0.0% 588 D+100.0
Kemper 570 100.0% 0 0.0% 570 D+100.0
Union 548 100.0% 0 0.0% 548 D+100.0
Newton 538 100.0% 0 0.0% 538 D+100.0
Pontotoc 509 100.0% 0 0.0% 509 D+100.0
Tallahatchie 506 100.0% 0 0.0% 506 D+100.0
Jasper 472 100.0% 0 0.0% 472 D+100.0
Clarke 469 100.0% 0 0.0% 469 D+100.0
Grenada 468 100.0% 0 0.0% 468 D+100.0
Marion 451 100.0% 0 0.0% 451 D+100.0
Calhoun 436 100.0% 0 0.0% 436 D+100.0
Itawamba 430 100.0% 0 0.0% 430 D+100.0
Adams 429 100.0% 0 0.0% 429 D+100.0
Winston 413 100.0% 0 0.0% 413 D+100.0
Yazoo 412 100.0% 0 0.0% 412 D+100.0
Lafayette 409 100.0% 0 0.0% 409 D+100.0
Marshall 409 100.0% 0 0.0% 409 D+100.0
Sunflower 407 100.0% 0 0.0% 407 D+100.0
Oktibbeha 388 100.0% 0 0.0% 388 D+100.0
Wayne 381 100.0% 0 0.0% 381 D+100.0
Copiah 359 100.0% 0 0.0% 359 D+100.0
Carroll 358 100.0% 0 0.0% 358 D+100.0
De Soto 349 100.0% 0 0.0% 349 D+100.0
Clay 344 100.0% 0 0.0% 344 D+100.0
Lawrence 343 100.0% 0 0.0% 343 D+100.0
Covington 337 100.0% 0 0.0% 337 D+100.0
Webster 318 100.0% 0 0.0% 318 D+100.0
Chickasaw 314 100.0% 0 0.0% 314 D+100.0
Pike 309 100.0% 0 0.0% 309 D+100.0
Hancock 298 100.0% 0 0.0% 298 D+100.0
Amite 297 100.0% 0 0.0% 297 D+100.0
Franklin 296 100.0% 0 0.0% 296 D+100.0
Jefferson Davis 290 100.0% 0 0.0% 290 D+100.0
Lowndes 285 100.0% 0 0.0% 285 D+100.0
Tate 285 100.0% 0 0.0% 285 D+100.0
Prentiss 284 100.0% 0 0.0% 284 D+100.0
Montgomery 277 100.0% 0 0.0% 277 D+100.0
Yalobusha 275 100.0% 0 0.0% 275 D+100.0
Benton 270 100.0% 0 0.0% 270 D+100.0
Coahoma 258 100.0% 0 0.0% 258 D+100.0
George 258 100.0% 0 0.0% 258 D+100.0
Choctaw 249 100.0% 0 0.0% 249 D+100.0
Washington 233 100.0% 0 0.0% 233 D+100.0
Humphreys 232 100.0% 0 0.0% 232 D+100.0
Leflore 230 100.0% 0 0.0% 230 D+100.0
Lamar 222 100.0% 0 0.0% 222 D+100.0
Tishomingo 222 100.0% 0 0.0% 222 D+100.0
Bolivar 220 100.0% 0 0.0% 220 D+100.0
Perry 217 100.0% 0 0.0% 217 D+100.0
Noxubee 192 100.0% 0 0.0% 192 D+100.0
Walthall 192 100.0% 0 0.0% 192 D+100.0
Quitman 187 100.0% 0 0.0% 187 D+100.0
Greene 186 100.0% 0 0.0% 186 D+100.0
Sharkey 176 100.0% 0 0.0% 176 D+100.0
Jefferson 168 100.0% 0 0.0% 168 D+100.0
Tunica 150 100.0% 0 0.0% 150 D+100.0
Wilkinson 135 100.0% 0 0.0% 135 D+100.0
Stone 124 100.0% 0 0.0% 124 D+100.0
Claiborne 109 100.0% 0 0.0% 109 D+100.0
Issaquena 57 100.0% 0 0.0% 57 D+100.0

Counties as they stood in 1951; 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)