1919 Mississippi gubernatorial election

1919 Mississippi Democratic gubernatorial primary runoff

← 1915 August 26, 1919 1923 →
 
Nominee Lee M. Russell Oscar G. Johnston
Party Democratic Democratic
Popular vote 77,427 69,565
Percentage 52.67% 47.33%

Governor before election

Theodore G. Bilbo
Democratic

Elected Governor

Lee M. Russell
Democratic

The 1919 Mississippi gubernatorial election took place on November 4, 1919, in order to elect the Governor of Mississippi. Incumbent Democrat Theodore G. Bilbo was term-limited, and could not run for reelection to a second term. As was common at the time, the Democratic candidate won in a landslide in the general election so therefore the Democratic primary was the real contest, and winning the primary was considered tantamount to election.