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Election 1885 Results

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1885 Mississippi governor election

Robert Lowry (Democrat) won in Mississippi in 1885 with 99.0% of the vote and no opponent from the other main party.

The Democratic hold continued from 1881, when Robert Lowry also won.

Democrats led in 74 of the 74 counties as they stood then. The largest, Monroe, cast 3,105 votes and went to the Democrat by 100.0 points. The closest was Bolivar, where 248 votes separated the two parties.

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Governor

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Robert Lowry won Democratic 88,783 99.0%
All other candidates 888 1.0%
Total89,671

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Monroe 3,105 100.0% 0 0.0% 3,105 D+100.0
Panola 3,033 100.0% 0 0.0% 3,033 D+100.0
Warren 2,527 100.0% 0 0.0% 2,527 D+100.0
Lee 2,501 100.0% 0 0.0% 2,501 D+100.0
Carroll 2,462 100.0% 0 0.0% 2,462 D+100.0
Prentiss 2,185 100.0% 0 0.0% 2,185 D+100.0
Tippah 2,166 100.0% 0 0.0% 2,166 D+100.0
Pontotoc 2,015 100.0% 0 0.0% 2,015 D+100.0
Union 1,924 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,924 D+100.0
Alcorn 1,922 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,922 D+100.0
Itawamba 1,874 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,874 D+100.0
Tate 1,821 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,821 D+100.0
Rankin 1,806 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,806 D+100.0
Lincoln 1,799 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,799 D+100.0
Amite 1,736 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,736 D+100.0
Yalobusha 1,671 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,671 D+100.0
Calhoun 1,667 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,667 D+100.0
Hinds 1,637 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,637 D+100.0
Attala 1,630 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,630 D+100.0
Jefferson 1,590 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,590 D+100.0
Kemper 1,557 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,557 D+100.0
Marshall 1,527 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,527 D+100.0
Holmes 1,499 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,499 D+100.0
Tishomingo 1,495 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,495 D+100.0
Montgomery 1,493 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,493 D+100.0
Copiah 1,439 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,439 D+100.0
Grenada 1,430 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,430 D+100.0
Smith 1,409 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,409 D+100.0
Franklin 1,405 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,405 D+100.0
Sharkey 1,371 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,371 D+100.0
Clarke 1,369 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,369 D+100.0
Chickasaw 1,324 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,324 D+100.0
Coahoma 1,314 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,314 D+100.0
Marion 1,274 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,274 D+100.0
Noxubee 1,155 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,155 D+100.0
Pike 1,123 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,123 D+100.0
Adams 1,088 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,088 D+100.0
Hancock 1,077 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,077 D+100.0
Harrison 1,023 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,023 D+100.0
Benton 988 100.0% 0 0.0% 988 D+100.0
Tallahatchie 936 100.0% 0 0.0% 936 D+100.0
De Soto 928 100.0% 0 0.0% 928 D+100.0
Issaquena 918 100.0% 0 0.0% 918 D+100.0
Lawrence 916 100.0% 0 0.0% 916 D+100.0
Neshoba 909 100.0% 0 0.0% 909 D+100.0
Lafayette 864 100.0% 0 0.0% 864 D+100.0
Newton 862 100.0% 0 0.0% 862 D+100.0
Perry 848 100.0% 0 0.0% 848 D+100.0
Jackson 837 100.0% 0 0.0% 837 D+100.0
Oktibbeha 797 100.0% 0 0.0% 797 D+100.0
Sunflower 796 100.0% 0 0.0% 796 D+100.0
Wilkinson 759 100.0% 0 0.0% 759 D+100.0
Jasper 755 100.0% 0 0.0% 755 D+100.0
Webster 671 100.0% 0 0.0% 671 D+100.0
Jones 635 100.0% 0 0.0% 635 D+100.0
Clay 633 100.0% 0 0.0% 633 D+100.0
Washington 615 100.0% 0 0.0% 615 D+100.0
Madison 602 100.0% 0 0.0% 602 D+100.0
Covington 593 100.0% 0 0.0% 593 D+100.0
Simpson 556 100.0% 0 0.0% 556 D+100.0
Wayne 543 100.0% 0 0.0% 543 D+100.0
Winston 538 100.0% 0 0.0% 538 D+100.0
Lauderdale 521 100.0% 0 0.0% 521 D+100.0
Greene 493 100.0% 0 0.0% 493 D+100.0
Leake 481 100.0% 0 0.0% 481 D+100.0
Yazoo 477 100.0% 0 0.0% 477 D+100.0
Choctaw 476 100.0% 0 0.0% 476 D+100.0
Lowndes 461 100.0% 0 0.0% 461 D+100.0
Claiborne 452 100.0% 0 0.0% 452 D+100.0
Leflore 364 100.0% 0 0.0% 364 D+100.0
Tunica 321 100.0% 0 0.0% 321 D+100.0
Scott 294 100.0% 0 0.0% 294 D+100.0
Quitman 253 100.0% 0 0.0% 253 D+100.0
Bolivar 248 100.0% 0 0.0% 248 D+100.0

Counties as they stood in 1885; some have since been split, merged or renamed. Margin: the Democrat's share of all votes minus the Republican's. Sources and how the results were checked.

Mississippi governor elections we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2023 Tate Reeves (R) R+3.2
2019 Tate Reeves (R) R+5.1
2015 Phil Bryant (R) R+33.9
2011 Phil Bryant (R) R+22.0
2007 Haley Barbour (R) R+15.8
2003 Haley Barbour (R) R+6.8
1999 Ronnie Musgrove (D) D+1.1
1995 Kirk Fordice (R) R+11.1
1991 Kirk Fordice (R) R+3.2
1987 Ray Mabus (D) D+6.9
1983 William A. Allain (D) D+16.2
1979 William Winter (D) D+22.1
1975 Cliff Finch (D) D+7.1
1971 William L. Waller (D) D+77.0
1967 John Bell Williams (D) D+40.5
1963 Paul B. Johnson Jr. (D) D+23.9
1959 Ross R. Barnett (D) D+100.0
1955 James P. Coleman (D) D+100.0
1951 Hugh L. White (D) D+100.0
1947 Fielding L. Wright (D) D+95.2
1943 Thomas L. Bailey (D) D+100.0
1939 Paul B. Johnson (D) D+100.0
1935 Hugh L. White (D) D+100.0
1931 Martin S. Conner (D) D+100.0
1927 Theodore G. Bilbo (D) D+100.0
1923 Henry L. Whitfield (D) D+100.0
1919 Lee M. Russell (D) D+96.9
1915 Theodore G. Bilbo (D) D+92.6
1911 Earl Brewer (D) D+95.2
1907 Edmond Noel (D) D+100.0
1903 James K. Vardaman (D) D+100.0
1899 Andrew H. Longino (D) D+87.4
1895 Anselm J. McLaurin (D) D+72.1
1889 John M. Stone (D) D+100.0
1885 Robert Lowry (D) D+99.0
1881 Robert Lowry (D) D+59.9
1877 John M. Stone (D) D+100.0
1873 Adelbert Ames (R) R+58.1
1869 James L. Alcorn (R) R+66.7
1868 Beroth B. Eggleston (R) R+46.6
1865 Benjamin G. Humphreys (other)