1865 Mississippi gubernatorial election information
Mississippi gubernatorial election for 1865
1865 Mississippi gubernatorial election
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October 2, 1865
1869 →
Nominee
Benjamin G. Humphreys
Ephraim S. Fisher
William S. Patton
Party
Nonpartisan
Nonpartisan
Nonpartisan
Popular vote
19,036
15,551
10,519
Percentage
42.2%
34.5%
23.3%
Governor before election
Charles Clark
Democratic
Elected Governor
James L. Alcorn
Republican
The 1865Mississippi gubernatorial election was held on October 2, 1865, to elect the governor of Mississippi. Benjamin Humphreys won against Ephraim S. Fisher and William S. Patton. The election was officially nonpartisan to replace the outgoing Provisional Governor William Sharkey, though Humphreys was a Democrat and Fisher and Patton were both formerly Whigs.[1]
^Glashan, Roy R. (1979). American Governors and Gubernatorial Elections, 1775-1978. Westport, CT: Meckler Books. pp. 168–169.
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