1955 United States gubernatorial elections

1955 United States gubernatorial elections

November 7, 1955 (KY and MS); April 17, 1956 (LA)
3 governorships
Majority party Minority party   Party Democratic Republican Seats before 27 21 Seats after 27 21 Seat change Seats up 3 0 Seats won 3 0
Democratic hold

The 1955 United States gubernatorial elections were held in three states. Kentucky, Louisiana and Mississippi hold their gubernatorial elections in odd numbered years, every 4 years, preceding the United States presidential election year.

Results

State	Incumbent	Party	Status	Opposing candidates
Kentucky	Lawrence Wetherby	Democratic	Term-limited, Democratic victory	Happy Chandler (Democratic) 58.02% Edwin R. Denney (Republican) 41.45% Robert H. Garrison (Prohibition) 0.35% Jesse K. Lewis (Free Citizens Party) 0.19% [1]
Louisiana (Held, 17 April 1956)	Robert F. Kennon	Democratic	Term-limited, Democratic victory	Earl Long (Democratic) unopposed [2] (Democratic primary results) Earl Long 51.44% deLesseps Story Morrison 23.27% Fred Preaus 11.71% Francis Grevemberg 7.60% James M. McLemore 5.88% [3]
Mississippi	Hugh L. White	Democratic	Term-limited, Democratic victory	James P. Coleman (Democratic) unopposed [4] (Democratic primary run-off results) James P. Coleman 55.64% Paul B. Johnson Jr. 44.36% [5]

References

1. "KY Governor, 1955". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 14, 2019.
2. "LA Governor, 1956". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 14, 2019.
3. "LA Governor, 1956 – D Primary". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 14, 2019.
4. "MS Governor, 1955". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 14, 2019.
5. "MS Governor, 1955 – D Runoff". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 14, 2019.