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Election for the governorship of the U.S. state of Mississippi
1873 Mississippi gubernatorial election
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County results
Ames:
50?60%
60?70%
70?80%
80?90%
>90%
Alcorn:
50?60%
60?70%
70?80%
80?90%
>90%
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The
1873 Mississippi gubernatorial election
took place on November 4, 1873, in order to elect the
Governor of Mississippi
. This election marked the last time a
Republican
was elected Governor of Mississippi until
1991
, 118 years later.
General election
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In the general election, Republican
Adelbert Ames
, a
U.S. Senator
who previously served as governor from 1868 until 1870, defeated
James L. Alcorn
, also a U.S. Senator and former governor. Alcorn's estrangement from Ames, his northern-born colleague, deepened in 1871, as African-Americans became convinced that Alcorn was not taking the problem of white terrorism seriously enough; and, in fact, Alcorn resisted Federal action to suppress the
Ku Klux Klan
, contending that state authorities were sufficient to handle the task. By 1873 the quarrel had deepened into an intense animosity. Both men ran for governor. Ames was supported by the Radicals and most African Americans, while Alcorn won the votes of conservative whites and most of the scalawags. Ames won by a vote of 73,324 to 52,857. Alcorn withdrew from active politics in the state, emerging to assail the new governor as incapable and an enemy of the people of Mississippi.
Results
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Participants
| Federal government
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State governments
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Others
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Elections
| Presidential
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U.S. Senate
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U.S. House
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Gubernatorial
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U.S. elections
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Key events
| Prelude
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1863
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1864
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1865
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1866
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1867
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1868
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1869
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1870
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1871
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1872
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1873
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1874
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1875
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1876
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1877
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Aftermath
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Aspects
| Historiography
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Memory
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Legacy
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Other topics
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