title: 1923 United States gubernatorial elections
text: # 1923 United States gubernatorial elections
  
  United States gubernatorial elections were held in 1923, in four states. Kentucky, Louisiana and Mississippi hold their gubernatorial elections in odd numbered years, every 4 years, preceding the United States presidential election year.
  
  In Maryland, the usual four-year term was reduced to three years as a one-off, so that from 1926 the elections would be held in an even-numbered year rather than as previously in the odd numbered year preceding the United States presidential election year.
  
  ## Results
  
  | State | Incumbent | Party | Status | Opposing candidates |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Kentucky | Edwin P. Morrow | Republican | Term-limited, Democratic victory | William J. Fields (Democratic) 53.25% Charles I. Dawson (Republican) 45.81% William S. Demuth (Farmer Labor) 0.54% M. A. Brinkmar (Socialist) 0.40% |
  | Louisiana (Held, 22 April 1924) | John M. Parker | Democratic | Term-limited, Democratic victory | Henry L. Fuqua (Democratic) 97.90% James S. Millikin (Republican) 2.10% (Democratic primary run-off results) Henry L. Fuqua 57.77% Hewitt Bouanchaud 42.23% |
  | Maryland | Albert C. Ritchie | Democratic | Re-elected, 55.97% | Alexander Armstrong (Republican) 43.26% William H. Champlin (Socialist) 0.46% Verne L. Reynolds (Labor) 0.31% |
  | Mississippi | Lee M. Russell | Democratic | Term-limited, Democratic victory | Henry L. Whitfield (Democratic) 100.00% (Democratic primary run-off results) Henry L. Whitfield 53.28% Theodore G. Bilbo 46.72% |
  