1918 United States Senate election in Mississippi

The 1918 United States Senate election in Mississippi was held on November 3, 1918. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator James K. Vardaman ran for re-election to a second term in office, but was defeated in the Democratic primary by U.S. Representative Pat Harrison.

1918 U.S. Senate Democratic primary in Mississippi

August 20, 1918

Nominee Pat Harrison James K. Vardaman Edmond Noel Party Democratic Democratic Democratic Popular vote 56,715 44,154 6,730 Percentage 52.71% 41.04% 6.26%

U.S. senator before election James K. Vardaman Democratic Elected U.S. Senator Pat Harrison Democratic

Because Harrison faced only nominal opposition in the general election, his victory in the August 20 primary was tantamount to election.

Democratic primary

Candidates

• James K. Vardaman, incumbent U.S. Senator since 1913
• Edmond Noel, former Governor of Mississippi (1908–12)
• Pat Harrison, U.S. Representative from Gulfport

Results

1918 Democratic U.S. Senate primary[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Pat Harrison	56,715	52.71%
	Democratic	James K. Vardaman (incumbent)	44,154	41.04%
	Democratic	Edmond Noel	6,730	6.26%
Total votes			107,599	100.00%

General election

Results

1918 U.S. Senate election in Mississippi[2][3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Pat Harrison	30,055	95,04%	4.96
	Socialist	Sumner W. Rose	1,569	4.96%	N/A
Total votes			31,624	100.00%

See also

• 1918 United States Senate elections

References

1. https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=736305
2. "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 3, 1918" (PDF). Clerk.house.gov. Retrieved 31 Dec 2020.
3. http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=267973