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James L. Alcorn | |
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United States senator from Mississippi | |
In office December 1, 1871 – March 3, 1877 | |
Preceded by | Hiram R. Revels |
Succeeded by | Lucius Q. C. Lamar |
28th Governor of Mississippi | |
In office March 10, 1870 – November 30, 1871 | |
Lieutenant | Ridgley C. Powers |
Preceded by | Adelbert Ames |
Succeeded by | Ridgley C. Powers |
Member of the Mississippi Senate | |
In office 1848–1854 | |
Member of the Mississippi House of Representatives | |
In office 1846, 1856–1857 | |
Member of the Kentucky House of Representatives | |
In office 1843 | |
Personal details | |
Born | James Lusk Alcorn November 4, 1816 Golconda, Illinois Territory |
Died | December 19, 1894 Friars Point, Mississippi, US | (aged 78)
Political party | Whig, Republican |
Alma mater | Cumberland College |
Profession | Politician, lawyer |
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Military service | |
Allegiance | Confederate States |
Branch | Mississippi Militia |
Years of service | 1861–1862 |
Rank | Brigadier-General |
Wars | American Civil War |
James Lusk Alcorn (November 4, 1816 – December 19, 1894) was a governor, and U.S. senator during the Reconstruction era in Mississippi. A Moderate Republican and Whiggish "scalawag",[1] he engaged in a bitter rivalry with Radical Republican Adelbert Ames, who defeated him in the 1873 gubernatorial race. Alcorn was the first elected Republican governor of Mississippi.[1]
Although a Unionist,[2] Alcorn briefly served as a Confederate brigadier-general of the Mississippi Militia. Among former Confederates who joined the postbellum Republican Party, only James Longstreet had been of higher rank than Alcorn.