[1][2][3] In 1923, he defeated Walker Wood in the primary election for the Democratic nomination to the office.

[5] While still the Secretary of State of Mississippi, Power died suddenly in Jackson on April 5, 1926.

[5] Power was a Democrat, member of the Episcopal Church, Freemason, Odd Fellow, and a Knight of Pythias.

[2] In 1896, Power married Eva Truly (1868 or 1869 - 1947); her brother Jeff became an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Mississippi.

[2][7] The Powers had three children: Dorothy, Mary, and Josephine Jeffrey "Jo Jeff".