1845 Mississippi gubernatorial election

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1845 Mississippi gubernatorial election
  1843 November 3, 1845 1847  
  Hon. Brown - NARA - 528693.jpg Thomas B Coopwood.jpg
Nominee Albert G. Brown Thomas B. Coopwood
Party Democratic Whig
Popular vote28,31012,852
Percentage66.1%30.0%

Governor before election

Albert G. Brown
Democratic

Elected Governor

Joseph W. Matthews
Democratic

The 1845Mississippi gubernatorial election was held on November 3, 1845, to elect the governor of Mississippi. Albert G. Brown, a Democrat won against Whig Thomas Coopwood and candidate Issac N. Davis. [1] [2]

Results

Mississippi gubernatorial election, 1845 [1] [3] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Albert G. Brown 28,310 66.1%
Whig Thomas B. Coopwood12,85230.0%
Issac N. Davis1,6833.9%
Total votes42,854 100.00
Democratic hold

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References

  1. 1 2 Glashan, Roy R. (1979). American Governors and Gubernatorial Elections, 1775-1978. Westport, CT: Meckler Books. pp. 168–169.
  2. Rowland, Dunbar (1925). History of Mississippi, the Heart of the South. Vol. 1. S. J. Clarke publishing Company.
  3. Dublin, Michael J. (2011). United States Gubernatorial Elections, 1776-1860 : The Official Results by State and County. McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers. p. 132. ISBN   9780786453245.
  4. "The Results for Governor" (fee required). The Mississippi Trader and Natchez Gazette. January 17, 1846. p. 2.