1923 Kentucky gubernatorial election

1923 Kentucky gubernatorial election

← 1919 November 6, 1923 1927 →
 
Nominee William J. Fields Charles I. Dawson
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 356,045 306,277
Percentage 53.25% 45.81%

Fields:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%
Dawson:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%

Governor before election

Edwin P. Morrow
Republican

Elected Governor

William J. Fields
Democratic

The 1923 Kentucky gubernatorial election was held on November 6, 1923. Democratic nominee William J. Fields defeated Republican nominee Charles I. Dawson, the attorney general, with 53.25% of the vote. The Democratic State Central Executive Committee chose Fields to replace nominee J. Campbell Cantrill, a U.S. representative who died suddenly on September 2 two months before the election.[1]

  1. ^ "Congressman J. C. Cantrill Loses Battle for Life—Leader Meets First Defeat Against Odds", Lexington (KY) Herald, September 3, 1923, p. 1.