Edwin P. Morrow Republican William J.

Fields Democratic The 1923 Kentucky gubernatorial election was held on November 6, 1923.

Fields defeated Republican nominee Charles I. Dawson, the attorney general, with 53.25% of the vote.

The Democratic State Central Executive Committee chose Fields to replace nominee J. Campbell Cantrill, a U.S. representative who died suddenly on September 2 two months before the election.

[1] Primary elections were held on August 4, 1923.