1869 Mississippi gubernatorial election

1869 Mississippi gubernatorial election
← 1865 November 30, 1869 1873 →
 
Nominee James L. Alcorn Lewis Dent
Party Republican National Union Republican Party
Alliance Democratic
Popular vote 76,186 38,097
Percentage 66.66% 33.34%
County results
Alcorn:      50-60%     60-70%     70-80%     80-90%     >90%
Dent:      50-60%     60-70%      70-80%     80-90%
     No returns
Governor before election

Adelbert Ames
Republican

Elected Governor

James L. Alcorn
Republican

The 1869 Mississippi gubernatorial election was held on November 30, 1869, in order to elect the Governor of Mississippi. James L. Alcorn, Republican and moderate planter who had previously served in the Confederate Army, defeated National Union Republican Party nominee Judge Lewis Dent, the brother-in-law of President Ulysses S. Grant and former Union Army official. The Democratic Party supported Dent rather than nominating their own candidate.[1][2][3] It was the first election following the Reconstruction era military governorship of Adelbert Ames.[4]

  1. ^ Michele, M. "The History of the Negro Vote in Mississippi". Loyola University Chicago eCommons. Retrieved January 5, 2022.
  2. ^ "MISSISSIPPI.; The Republican State Convention--General Alcorn Nominated for Governor". The New York Times. September 30, 1869. Retrieved January 5, 2022.
  3. ^ "POLITICAL; " National Republican" State Convention of Mississippi--Judge Dent Nominated". The New York Times. September 9, 1869. Retrieved January 5, 2022.
  4. ^ Dubois, W.E.B. (1935). Black Reconstruction in America: 1860-1880. New York: The Free Press. pp. 439–450. ISBN 0-684-85657-3.