Mississippi Gubernatorial Candidates
1895-1999
1895
| Anselm J. McLaurin |
Democrat |
| Frank Burkitt |
Populist |
1899
| Andrew H. Longino |
Democrat |
| Rufus K. Prewitt |
Populist |
1903
| James K. Vardaman |
Democrat |
1907
1911
| Earl L. Brewer |
Democrat |
| Sumner W. Rose |
Socialist |
1915
| Theodore G. Bilbo |
Democrat |
| James T. Lester |
Socialist |
1919
| Lee M. Russell |
Democrat |
| James T. Lester |
Socialist |
1923
| Henry L. Whitfield |
Democrat |
1927
| Theodore G. Bilbo |
Democrat |
1931
| Martin Sennett Conner |
Democrat |
1935
1939
| Paul B. Johnson, Sr. |
Democrat |
1943
| Thomas L. Bailey |
Democrat |
1947
| Fielding Wright |
Democrat |
| George L. Sheldon |
Republican |
1951
1955
| James P. Coleman |
Democrat |
1959
1963
| Paul B. Johnson, Jr. |
Democrat |
| Rubel L. Phillips |
Republican |
1967
| John Bell Williams |
Democrat |
| Rubel L. Phillips |
Republican |
1971
| William L. Waller |
Democrat |
| James Charles Evers |
Independent |
| Tom P. Brady |
Independent |
1975
| Cliff Finch |
Democrat |
| Gil Carmichael |
Republican |
| Henry J. Kirksey |
Independent |
1979
| William F. Winter |
Democrat |
| Gil Carmichael |
Republican |
1983
| Bill Allain |
Democrat |
| Leon Bramlett |
Republican |
1987
| Ray Mabus |
Democrat |
| Jack Reed |
Republican |
1991
| Kirk Fordice |
Republican |
| Ray Mabus |
Democrat |
1995
| Kirk Fordice |
Republican |
| Richard Molpus |
Democrat |
1999
| Ronnie Musgrove |
Democrat |
| Mike Parker |
Republican |
| Jerry Ladner |
Reform |
| Helen Perkins |
Independent |
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