1868 Mississippi gubernatorial election

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1868 Mississippi gubernatorial election
  1865 June 22–23, 1868 1869  
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Nominee Benjamin G. Humphreys Beroth B. Eggleston
Party Conservative Republican
Popular vote63,321 [a] 55,250 [a]
Percentage53.4%46.6%

Governor before election

Adelbert Ames
Republican

Governor after election

Adelbert Ames
Republican

A gubernatorial election was held in Mississippi from June 22 to 23, 1868. The Conservative candidate Benjamin G. Humphreys, who was the 26th governor of Mississippi from 1865 until June 15, 1868, outpolled the Republican candidate Beroth B. Eggleston, the former president of the state constitutional convention. However, in a concurrent referendum, voters rejected the proposed Constitution of Mississippi; consequently, the results of the election were declared invalid, and Adelbert Ames, the incumbent military governor following Humphrey's removal, continued in office until after the next election. [1]

Results

Mississippi gubernatorial election, 1868 [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Benjamin G. Humphreys 63,32153.4%
Republican Beroth B. Eggleston55,25046.6%
OthersScattering50.0%
Total votes118,526 100.00
Republican hold

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References

  1. 1 2 The results of the election were declared invalid following the rejection of the proposed Constitution of Mississippi in a concurrent referendum.
    • Glashan, Roy R. (1979). American Governors and Gubernatorial Elections, 1775-1978. Westport, CT: Meckler Books. p. 168.
    • Sobel, Robert (1978). Biographical Directory of the Governors of the United States, 1789-1978. Westport, CT: Meckler Books. p. 816.
    • Portrait and Biographical Album of Sedgwick County, Kan. [...]. Chicago. 1888. p. 471.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  1. Glashan, Roy R. (1979). American Governors and Gubernatorial Elections, 1775-1978. Westport, CT: Meckler Books. p. 168.