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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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The1873 Mississippi gubernatorial election took place on November 4, 1873, in order to elect theGovernor of Mississippi. This election marked the last time aRepublican was elected Governor of Mississippi until1991, 118 years later.
In the general election, RepublicanAdelbert Ames, aU.S. Senator who previously served as governor from 1868 until 1870, defeatedJames 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 theKu 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.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Adelbert Ames | 73,324 | 58.11 | |
| Liberal Republican | James L. Alcorn | 52,857 | 41.89 | |
| Total votes | 126,181 | 100.00 | ||
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