Confederate States Presidential Election, 1927 (Southern Victory)

Confederate States presidential election, 1927

1921 ← November 1, 1927 → 1933

Nominee Burton Mitchel Jake Featherston Unknown Party Whig Party Freedom Party Radical Liberal Party Home state Arkansas Virginia Unknown Running mate Unknown Ferdinand Koenig Unknown

President before election Burton Mitchel Whig Party Elected President Burton Mitchel Whig Party

The Confederate States presidential election of 1927 was the twelfth sexennial presidential election, taking place on November 1, 1927. It was a rematch between the Whig Party, led by President Burton Mitchel, and the Freedom Party, led by Jake Featherston. Unlike in 1921, there wasn't an overriding issue dominating the society of the day in the Confederate States of America, though the Great Flood of 1927 did hurt the Whigs' reputation and improved Freedom's chances somewhat.

Nominations

The Whigs nominated incumbent President Mitchel. He had been Wade Hampton V's running mate in 1921, and assumed the presidency when Hampton was assassinated by Freedom Party member Grady Calkins in 1922. Having served most of Hampton's six-year term, it was an open question whether Mitchel was eligible for reelection, as the Confederate Constitution banned the president from serving multiple terms. The Supreme Court said that he was allowed to run, as he hadn't been elected president himself in 1921.

The Freedom Party nominated its leader, Featherston, and Ferdinand Koenig as his running mate, as they did in 1921.

The Election

The Fall Campaign

Featherston was using radio as his form of mass-communication, so his message was already known to the Confederate public by fall 1927. The FP platform remained the same as it was in 1921 - rearmament, restoration of C.S. prestige, and readmission of the former-Confederate territories made part of the United States as part of the peace deal after the Great War. The Whigs, running Mitchel, ran on the platform that government had no place in the economy (thus excusing itself from dealing with the aftermath of the Great Flood), and on peace and prosperity.

Results

Mitchel was easily elected, especially in comparison to 1921. Featherston carried Mississippi, Tennessee, and Texas; the Radical Liberals won Arkansas and Chihuahua; everywhere else went for Mitchel. However, the Freedom Party did somewhat better than it had in the midterm elections of 1923 and 1925, sending two new representatives to Richmond even while losing one senator. Many Confederates believed, however, that the Freedom Party would be unable to ever elect a president.