1843 Mississippi gubernatorial election

none January 2025 January 2025 1843 Mississippi gubernatorial election presidential 1841 Mississippi gubernatorial election 1841 1845 Mississippi gubernatorial election 1845 no November 6, 1843 Hon._Brown_-_NARA_-_528693.jpg Albert G. Brown Democratic Party (United States) 21,035 52.98% 3x4.svg George R. Clayton Whig Party (United States) 17,322 43.63% 1843 Mississippi gubernatorial election results map by county.svg County results Brown #A5B0FF 40–50% #7996E2 50–60% #6674DE 60–70% #584CDE 70–80% #3933E5 80–90% #0D0596 90–100% Clayton #FEE391 40–50% #FED463 50–60% #FE9929 60–70% No returns #808080 Governor Tilghman Tucker Democratic Party (United States) Albert G. Brown Democratic Party (United States) The 1843 Mississippi gubernatorial election was held on November 6, 1843, to elect the governor of Mississippi. Albert G. Brown, an anti-bond Democrat won against Whig George R. Clayton and "bond-paying Democrat" and former U.S. Senator Thomas Hickman Williams.Glashan Roy R. https://archive.org/details/americangovernor0000glas/page/168/mode/2up American Governors and Gubernatorial Elections, 1775-1978 Meckler Books Westport, CT 1979 168–169Rowland Dunbar https://books.google.com/books?id=aQk8AAAAMAAJ&q=george%20r.%20clayton History of Mississippi, the Heart of the South S. J. Clarke publishing Company 1925 1 General election The Union Bank bonds controversy persisted as a prominent economic and political issue in Mississippi during the 1840s, maintaining its divisive influence. In the 1843 election, the Democrats, still divided over the bond question, opted not to nominate Governor Tilghman M. Tucker for reelection and instead chose Albert G. Brown. The primary focus of the campaign centered on the repudiation of the Union Bank bonds. Brown's opponents highlighted his past support for the Union Bank, pointing to his votes in the legislature for its charter and a bill in 1839 compelling Governor McNutt to issue the full amount of bonds. In response, Democrats argued that new insights deemed the issuance of Union Bank bonds unconstitutional. The anti-bond Democrats rallied behind Brown, who emerged victorious in the election by defeating the Whig candidate, George R. Clayton, and former U.S. Senator Thomas Hickman Williams, an independent bond-paying Democrat.Busbee Westley F. Mississippi: A History John Wiley and Sons 2015 1st 161–162 Results Mississippi gubernatorial election, 1843 Democratic Party (United States) Albert G. Brown 21,035 52.98% Whig Party (United States) George R. Clayton 17,322 43.63% Democratic Party (United States) Thomas Hickman Williams 1,343 3.38% 39,700 100.00 Democratic Party (United States) References Category:Mississippi gubernatorial elections Gubernatorial Mississippi Category:1843 in Mississippi