1869 Mississippi gubernatorial election

none January 2025 September 2023 1869 Mississippi gubernatorial election presidential 1868 Mississippi gubernatorial election 1868 1873 Mississippi gubernatorial election 1873 no November 30–December 2, 1869 File:JLAlcorn.jpg 150x150px James L. Alcorn Republican Party (United States) 76,186 66.66% File:3x4.svg Lewis Dent National Union Republican c154c1 Democratic Party (United States) 38,097 33.34% 1869 Mississippi gubernatorial election results map by county.svg 150px County results Alcorn: #E27F7F 50–60%#D75D5D 60–70%#D72F30 70–80%#C21B18 80–90%#A80000 >90% Dent: #ce89c0 50–60%#b75ca4 60–70% #8f257d 70–80%#733066 80–90% #808080 No returns Governor Adelbert Ames Republican Party (United States) James L. Alcorn Republican Party (United States) The 1869 Mississippi gubernatorial election was held from November 30 to December 2, 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.Michele M. The History of the Negro Vote in Mississippi https://ecommons.luc.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2384&context=luc_theses Loyola University Chicago eCommons January 5, 2022MISSISSIPPI.; The Republican State Convention--General Alcorn Nominated for Governor. The New York Times 30 September 1869 https://www.nytimes.com/1869/09/30/archives/mississippi-the-republican-state-conventiongeneral-alcorn-nominated.html January 5, 2022 The New York TimesPOLITICAL; " National Republican" State Convention of Mississippi--Judge Dent Nominated. https://www.nytimes.com/1869/09/09/archives/political-national-republican-state-convention-of-mississippijudge.html The New York Times 9 September 1869 January 5, 2022 It was the first election following the Reconstruction era military governorship of Adelbert Ames.Dubois W.E.B. Black Reconstruction in America: 1860-1880 1935 The Free Press New York 0-684-85657-3 439–450 General election The rapidly shifting political alliances of the post-Civil War period saw conservative white supremacists in both parties allied with Dent, while most African-Americans and some whites allied with Alcorn. The former Confederate Alcorn was more racially progressive than former Union Army official Dent, and civil rights for formerly enslaved African Americans defined the campaign. White terrorism, including murders by the Ku Klux Klan, occurred regularly throughout the campaign in violent opposition to the newly granted voting rights for African Americans. Following its 1869 constitutional convention, Mississippi also voted on a new state constitution, which granted expanded rights to African-Americans and paved the way for the establishment of new state institutions including public schools, and both houses of the state legislature on November 30, 1869.Young Patrick Mississippi Republicans Demand Racial Equality in 1869 Party Platform 29 September 2019 https://thereconstructionera.com/mississippi-republicans-demand-racial-equality-in-1869-party-platform/ The Reconstruction Era Results Mississippi gubernatorial election, 1869MS Governor https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=262489 Our Campaigns January 5, 2022 Republican Party (United States) James L. Alcorn 76,186 66.66 National Union Republican #c154c1 Lewis Dent 38,097 33.34 114,283 100.00 Republican Party (United States) References Category:Mississippi gubernatorial elections gubernatorial Mississippi Mississippi gubernatorial election