1829 Mississippi gubernatorial election

1829 Mississippi gubernatorial election
	County results ; Brandon: 50-60% 60-70% 70-80% 80-90% >90% ; Winchester: 50-60% 60-70% 70-80% ; No Votes
Governor before election; Gerard Brandon; Democratic-Republican	Elected Governor ; Gerard Brandon; Democratic

The 1829 Mississippi gubernatorial election was held on August 3, 1829, to elect the governor of Mississippi. Gerard Brandon, a Democrat won against George Winchester, a National Republican.^[1]^[a]

Results

Mississippi gubernatorial election, 1829^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Gerard Brandon	7,344	64.8%
	National Republican	George Winchester	3,991	35.2%
Total votes			11,335	100.00
	Democratic hold

^ Glashan 1979 labels Winchester as a National Republican, as does John Raimo and Robert Sobel 1978, whereas Rowland 1907 labels him a Whig.^[2]^[3]

^ Glashan, Roy R. (1979). American Governors and Gubernatorial Elections, 1775-1978. Westport, CT: Meckler Books. pp. 168–169.
^ Rowland, Dunbar (1907). Mississippi: Comprising Sketches of Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form. Vol. II. Southern Historical Publishing Association. p. 985.
^ Sobel, Robert; Raimo, John (1978). Biographical Directory of the Governors of the United States, 1789-1978. Meckler Books. p. 803. ISBN 978-0-930466-00-8.
^ Dublin, Michael J. (2011). United States Gubernatorial Elections, 1776-1860 : The Official Results by State and County. McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers. p. 127. ISBN 9780786453245.