1853 Mississippi gubernatorial election

none January 2025 December 2025 ly 1853 Mississippi gubernatorial election presidential 1851 Mississippi gubernatorial election 1851 1855 Mississippi gubernatorial election 1855 no November 8, 1853 125px John J. McRae Democratic Party (United States) 32,116 54.07% 125px Francis M. Rogers Whig Party (United States) 27,279 45.93% 1853 Mississippi gubernatorial election results map by county.svg 150px County resultsMcRae: #7996E2 50–60% #6674DE 60–70% #584CDE 70–80% #3933E5 80–90% #0D0596 90–100%Rogers: #FED463 50–60% #FE9929 60–70% Governor John J. Pettus (Acting) Democratic Party (United States) John J. McRae Democratic Party (United States) The 1853 Mississippi gubernatorial election was held on November 8, 1853, in order to elect the Governor of Mississippi. Former Democratic US Senator for Mississippi John J. McRae defeated the Whig nominee Francis M. Rogers.https://www.mshistorynow.mdah.ms.gov/issue/john-j-mcrae-twenty-first-governor-of-mississippi-1854-1857 John J. McRae: Twenty-first Governor of Mississippi: 1854-1857 mshistorynow.mdah.ms.gov 2023-05-08 General election On election day, November 8, 1853, John J. McRae defeated Francis M. Rogers by a margin of 4,837 votes. McRae became the 21st Governor of Mississippi, taking office on January 10, 1854.https://www.nga.org/governor/john-jones-mcrae/ Gov. John Jones McRae nga.org 2023-05-08 This maintained Democrat control of the office of Governor. The previous governor, Henry S. Foote, a Democrat elected for the Union Party, resigned on January 5, 1854; president of the Mississippi State Senate John J. Pettus served as governor for the intervening five days.Dubay Robert W. John Jones Pettus, Mississippi fire-eater 1975 Univ. Press of Mississippi 9781617033537 https://books.google.com/books?id=JslRH5FIwZwC&pg=PA16 16 McRae was sworn in on January 10, 1854.John J. Pettus at the National Governors Association Results Mississippi gubernatorial election, 1853https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=233544 MS Governor ourcampaigns.com May 27, 2005 2023-05-08 Democratic Party (United States) John J. McRae 32,116 54.07 Whig Party (United States) Francis M. Rogers 27,279 45.93 59,395 100.00 Democratic Party (United States) References Category:Mississippi gubernatorial elections Gubernatorial Category:November 1853 Mississippi