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Originally Posted by Izulde
Winthrop Sargent with his sister Judith
Great shock spread through the new state of Mississippi when it was announced that Moderate Federalist Winthrop Sargent had been elected Governor after running unopposed. This in a new state that was so deeply blue as to be near-midnight, so literally any single Democrat-Republican with a pulse, and perhaps not even that, would have won resoundingly. |
Good stuff here. Will be following for sure.
When I taught Mississippi Studies, my students were made sure to know that Winthrop Sargent was the first governor of the Mississippi Territory in 1798 and then summarily dismissed by the incoming POTUS, Thomas Jefferson, in 1801.