1889 Mississippi gubernatorial election

The 1889 Mississippi gubernatorial election took place on November 1, 1889, in order to elect the Governor of Mississippi. This election was the last held under the Constitution of 1868. The 1890 constitution, adopted a year after the election, effectively disenfranchised African-Americans.

1889 Mississippi gubernatorial election
November 1, 1889
 
Nominee John M. Stone
Party Democratic
Popular vote 84,929
Percentage 99.98%
Governor before election

Robert Lowry
Democratic

 Elected Governor

John Marshall Stone
Democratic

Elections in Mississippi

General election

In the general election, Democratic candidate John Marshall Stone, who previously served as governor from 1876 until 1882, ran unopposed.

Results
Mississippi gubernatorial election, 1889[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic John M. Stone 84,929 99.98
Other 16 0.02
Total votes 84,945 100.00
Democratic hold
gollark: It's lowercased I assume.
gollark: It's not down, syl.
gollark: I IKR, right?
gollark: Well, it's not *recursing*, but heavpoot just sent a name which made it send another name.
gollark: Hmm. The bridge seems to have hit ratelimits.

References
  1. "MS Governor 1889". Our Campaigns. Retrieved December 10, 2016.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.