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James Lusk Alcorn (November 4, 1816 – December 19, 1894) was a governor, and U.S. senator during the Reconstruction era in Mississippi. A Moderate Republican and Whiggish "scalawag", he engaged in a bitter rivalry with Radical Republican Adelbert Ames, who defeated him in the 1873 gubernatorial race. Alcorn was the first elected ...
James Lusk Alcorn war ein US-amerikanischer Politiker und von 1870 bis 1871 Gouverneur des Bundesstaates Mississippi. Zwischen 1871 und 1877 vertrat er seinen Staat im US-Senat.
Learn about the life and career of James L. Alcorn, who served as Mississippi's governor from 1870 to 1871 and was a leader of the state's Republican Party. He advocated for civil rights, education, and industrial development after the Civil War.
Learn about the life and achievements of James L. Alcorn, the twenty-eighth governor of Mississippi and a U.S. senator. He founded Alcorn University, established a public school system, and served in the Civil War.
James L. Alcorn was Mississippi’s first elected Republican governor and the namesake of Alcorn County and Alcorn State University. Alcorn had previously served in the state legislatures of Kentucky and Mississippi and had risen to the rank of general in the Confederate military service during the Civil War.
2. Apr. 2021 · Alcorn University was founded in 1871 as a result of the people of Mississippi’s efforts to educate the descendants of formerly enslaved Africans. It was named in honor of the sitting governor of Mississippi, James L. Alcorn.
James Lusk Alcorn (November 4, 1816 – December 19, 1894) was a governor, and U.S. senator during the Reconstruction era in Mississippi. A Moderate Republican and Whiggish "scalawag", he engaged in a bitter rivalry with Radical Republican Adelbert Ames, who defeated him in the 1873 gubernatorial race.
