1833 Mississippi gubernatorial election
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{{Infobox election
| election_name = 1833 Mississippi gubernatorial election
| type = presidential
| previous_election = 1831 Mississippi gubernatorial election
| previous_year = 1831
| next_election = 1835 Mississippi gubernatorial election
| next_year = 1835
| ongoing = no
| election_date = May 6, 1833
| registered =
| turnout =
| image1 = Hiram_G._Runnels_(Mississippi_Governor).jpg
| nominee1 = Hiram Runnels
| party1 = Democratic Party (United States)
| color1 =
| alliance1 =
| popular_vote1 = 6,705
| percentage1 = 52.3%
| image2 = Abram_M._Scott_(Mississippi_Governor).jpg
| nominee2 = Abram M. Scott
| party2 = National Republican Party (United States)
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| alliance2 =
| popular_vote2 = 6,117
| percentage2 = 47.7%
| map_image = 1833 Mississippi gubernatorial election results map by county.svg
| map_size =
| map_caption = County results
Runnels:
{{legend0|#7996E2|50-60%}}
{{legend0|#6674DE|60-70%}}
{{legend0|#584CDE|70-80%}}
{{legend0|#3933E5|80-90%}}
{{legend0|#0D0596|>90%}}
Scott:
{{legend0|#FFB380|50-60%}}
{{legend0|#FF9955|60-70%}}
{{legend0|#FF7F2A|70-80%}}
{{legend0|#FF6600|80-90%}}
{{legend0|#808080|No returns}}
| title = Governor
| before_election = Abram M. Scott
| before_party = National Republican Party (United States)
| after_election = Hiram Runnels{{efn|Scott died between the election and Runnels's inauguration and was briefly succeeded by Charles Lynch.}}
| after_party = Democratic Party (United States)
}}
The 1833 Mississippi gubernatorial election was held on May 6, 1833, to elect the governor of Mississippi. Hiram Runnels, a Democrat, defeated incumbent Governor Abram Scott, a National Republican.{{Cite book |last=Glashan |first=Roy R. |url=https://archive.org/details/americangovernor0000glas/page/168/mode/2up |title=American Governors and Gubernatorial Elections, 1775-1978 |publisher=Meckler Books |location=Westport, CT |publication-date=1979 |pages=168–169}}{{Efn|Glashan 1979 labels Scott as both an Independent Republican or National Republican, whereas John Raimo and Robert Sobel 1978 label him a National Republican.{{Cite book |last1=Sobel |first1=Robert |url=https://archive.org/details/biographicaldire0000sobe/page/802/mode/2up |title=Biographical Directory of the Governors of the United States, 1789-1978 |last2=Raimo |first2=John |date=1978 |publisher=Meckler Books |isbn=978-0-930466-00-8 |pages=803 |language=en}}}}
Background
With the passing of the Mississippi Constitution of 1832, the legislature scheduled elections for May instead of November, the typical month for elections prior. This was done to facilitate the transtition from the old constitution to the new one.{{Cite book |last=Busbee |first=Westley F. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OvNjBAAAQBAJ |title=Mississippi: A History |publisher=Wiley |year=2014 |isbn=9781118822722 |pages=89–90}}
Results
Despite Runnels winning the election in May, he was not inaugurated until November because of confusion of when his term began. During this confusion, Governor Scott died in June from cholera, resulting in Charles Lynch, the senate president, assuming office. Once the legislature met in a special session in November, Runnels was inaugurated and assumed office. Constitutionally, Runnels was supposed to take office in January 1834, causing an irregularity at the end of his two-year term.{{Election box begin no change||title=Mississippi gubernatorial election, 1833{{Cite book |last=Dublin |first=Michael J. |title=United States Gubernatorial Elections, 1776-1860 : The Official Results by State and County |publisher=McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers |year=2011 |isbn=9780786453245 |pages=129}}}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change||party=Democratic Party (United States)|candidate=Hiram Runnels|votes=6,705|percentage=52.3%}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change||party=National Republican Party (United States)|candidate=Abram M. Scott|votes=6,117|percentage=47.7%}}
{{Election box total no change||votes=12,822|percentage=100.00|change=}}
{{Election box gain with party link no change||winner=Democratic Party (United States)|loser=National Republican Party (United States)}}
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