1839 Mississippi gubernatorial election

1839 Mississippi gubernatorial election
← 1837 November 4, 1839 1841 →
 
Nominee Alexander G. McNutt Edward Turner
Party Democratic Whig
Popular vote 18,800 15,886
Percentage 54.3% 45.7%

Governor before election

Alexander G. McNutt
Democratic

Elected Governor

Tilghman Tucker
Democratic

The 1839 Mississippi gubernatorial election was held on November 4, 1839, to elect the governor of Mississippi. Alexander G. McNutt, an incumbent Democrat won against Whig candidate Edward Turner.[1][2]

  1. ^ Glashan, Roy R. (1979). American Governors and Gubernatorial Elections, 1775-1978. Westport, CT: Meckler Books. pp. 168–169.
  2. ^ Mississippi Official and Statistical Register. Jacksonville, Florida: Vance Printing Co., State Printers for Mississippi. 1900.

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