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1859 Mississippi Governor Election
Mississippi · 2 candidates
Pettus +54.1 pts · won by 24,251 votes
John J. PettusDemocraticWINNER77.03%
34,559 votes
Harvey W. WalterIndependent22.97%
10,308 votes
Popular-vote totals for governor elections are compiled from official state results (via Wikipedia); Louisiana shows the decisive round of its jungle primary.