1851 Mississippi gubernatorial election

1851 Mississippi gubernatorial election
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Nominee Henry S. Foote Jefferson Davis
Party Union Southern Rights
Popular vote 29,358 28,359
Percentage 50.87% 49.13%

County results

Governor before election

James Whitfield
Democratic

Elected Governor

Henry S. Foote
Union

The 1851 Mississippi gubernatorial election was held on 4 November 1851 in order to elect the Governor of Mississippi. Democratic US Senator for Mississippi Henry S. Foote, who ran on a Unionist platform, defeated the Southern Rights Party nominee and fellow Democratic US Senator for Mississippi before resigning on 23 September 1851 to run in the gubernatorial election, Jefferson Davis.[1]

  1. ^ "Foote versus Davis: The Mississippi election of 1851". tandfonline.com. April 1, 2009. Retrieved May 7, 2023.