Fielding L. Wright Democratic Fielding L. Wright Democratic The 1947 Mississippi gubernatorial election took place on November 4, 1947, to elect the governor of Mississippi.

Incumbent Democrat Fielding L. Wright, who had succeeded to the governorship a year prior following the death of Thomas L. Bailey, ran for election to a first full term.

In the Democratic primary, incumbent Governor Fielding L. Wright defeated lawyer Paul B. Johnson Jr., the son of former Governor Paul B. Johnson Sr., and three other candidates.

In the general election, Wright ran against Republican George L. Sheldon, who served as Governor of Nebraska from 1907 until 1909.

However, the Republicans had such minimal influence in Mississippi at the time that Wright won in a landslide with almost 98% of the vote.