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After he retired from politics, he was active in levee affairs. He was a delegate to the Mississippian constitutional convention of 1890, in which he supported the black disenfranchisement clause that the state's Democrats had introduced in the new constitution. He was twice married: in 1839 to Mary
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Alcorn's estrangement from Senator Adelbert Ames, his northern-born colleague, deepened in 1871, as African-Americans became convinced that the former governor was not taking the problem of white terrorism seriously enough. Alcorn resisted federal action to suppress the
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He founded the levee system and was chosen president of the levee board. In the Mississippi legislature, Alcorn pushed for the construction of levees to protect Delta counties from flooding. A levee district was established in 1858 through his efforts. He ran for
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refused to commission him on account of political differences. Alcorn, during the war, was in uniform for about eighteen months of inconspicuous field service, mainly in raising troops and in garrison duty. After the resignation of several major generals of the
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Alcorn was elected to the U.S. Senate in 1865. However, he was prohibited from being seated in Congress, like all those disqualified from office for insurrection or rebellion against the United States for their participation in the Confederacy. He supported
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We must make the Negro our friend. We can do this if we will. Should we make him our enemy under the prompting of the Yankees, whose aim is to force us to recognize him on a basis of equality, then our path lies through a way red with blood and damp with
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fields, when the slave should be made free and the proud Southerner stricken to the dust in his presence." However, in January 1861, at the Mississippi state convention, he joined the secessionists and was elected to the
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Thus the vast majority of votes for Republican candidates came from African-Americans, even though most of the Republican state officeholders in Mississippi were whites. In the
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In 1875, when Reconstruction was fighting for its life against a campaign of violence from the Democrats, Alcorn emerged and led a white force against black Republicans at
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Alcorn lost two sons. His older son, James Lusk Alcorn Jr., committed suicide in 1879 after returning home from the war partially deaf and a
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C. Stewart of Kentucky, who died in 1849; and in 1850 to Amelia Walton Glover of Alabama. In his later life, Alcorn practiced law in
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During the war, Alcorn spent a fortune raising and supplying troops. Additionally, in 1863 his plantation was raided by General
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and was appointed by the Mississippi secession convention as a militia brigadier-general. However, when his brigade entered the
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At the start of the Civil War, Alcorn was ordered to proceed with his troops to central Kentucky; then, he was stationed at
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Alcorn resigned from the governorship to become a U.S. senator, with service from 1871 to 1877, when he was succeeded by
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During the Reconstruction period, Alcorn was an advocate of modernizing the South. Although a believer in
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in Mississippi. In 1863, he was elected to the Mississippi state legislature, where he joined critics of
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nearly one hundred people and held lands valued at a quarter of a million dollars. Alcorn served in the
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When secession was declared, Alcorn, although born in what became in 1818 the free, pro-U.S. state of
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King Cotton & His Retainers: Financing & Marketing the Cotton Crop of the South, 1800–1925.
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in 1856 but was defeated. In 1857, Alcorn was nominated for governor by the Whigs but declined.
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For Free Press and Equal Rights: Republican Newspapers in the Reconstruction South
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increased, he became a wealthy man. In 1850, he built a three-story house at his
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Alcorn was a delegate to the special Mississippi convention of 1851 called by
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The Day of the Carpetbagger: Republican Reconstruction in Mississippi
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This article incorporates text from a publication now in the
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in Coahoma County, where he resided with his family. By 1860, he
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during the 1840s and 1850s being one of the leaders of the then
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for all and a new college exclusively for blacks, now known as
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More Generals in Gray, A Companion Volume to Generals in Gray.
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Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2005, p. 126.
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in 1862, was paroled later in the year, and returned to his
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Riley, Franklin Lafayette (1928), "Alcorn, James Lusk" in
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in 1843 before moving to Mississippi the following year.
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Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
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Members of the Mississippi House of Representatives
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Alcorn 117: 106: 100: 97: 54: 52: 42: 30: 17: 12: 11: 5: 4121: 4111: 4110: 4105: 4100: 4095: 4090: 4085: 4080: 4075: 4070: 4065: 4060: 4055: 4050: 4045: 4040: 4035: 4030: 4025: 4020: 4015: 4010: 4005: 3990: 3989: 3977: 3965: 3953: 3930: 3929: 3927: 3926: 3922: 3920: 3914: 3913: 3911: 3910: 3907: 3902: 3901:J. S. McNeilly 3899: 3894: 3893:L. W. Magruder 3891: 3886: 3883: 3878: 3873: 3870: 3869:Jno. W. Fewell 3867: 3864: 3860: 3858: 3856:State at large 3852: 3851: 3849: 3848: 3847:J. G. Hamilton 3844: 3842: 3831: 3830: 3828: 3827: 3824: 3821: 3817: 3815: 3809: 3808: 3806: 3805: 3802: 3801:Geo. H. Lester 3798: 3796: 3790: 3789: 3787: 3786: 3782: 3780: 3778:Winston County 3774: 3773: 3771: 3770: 3767: 3763: 3761: 3755: 3754: 3752: 3751: 3747: 3745: 3739: 3738: 3736: 3735: 3732: 3729: 3728:R. B. Campbell 3725: 3723: 3717: 3716: 3714: 3713: 3710: 3707: 3703: 3701: 3695: 3694: 3692: 3691: 3690:J. P. Robinson 3688: 3684: 3682: 3676: 3675: 3673: 3672: 3666: 3664: 3658: 3657: 3655: 3654: 3650: 3648: 3642: 3641: 3639: 3638: 3634: 3632: 3626: 3625: 3623: 3622: 3619: 3615: 3613: 3607: 3606: 3604: 3603: 3602:W. S. Eskridge 3599: 3597: 3591: 3590: 3588: 3587: 3583: 3581: 3575: 3574: 3572: 3571: 3570:A. G. McLaurin 3567: 3565: 3559: 3558: 3556: 3555: 3551: 3549: 3547:Simpson County 3543: 3542: 3540: 3539: 3538:H. J. McLaurin 3535: 3533: 3531:Sharkey County 3527: 3526: 3524: 3523: 3519: 3517: 3511: 3510: 3508: 3507: 3506:S. W. Robinson 3504: 3502:A. J. McLaurin 3498: 3496: 3490: 3489: 3487: 3486: 3482: 3480: 3478:Quitman County 3474: 3473: 3471: 3470: 3466: 3464: 3458: 3457: 3455: 3454: 3453:J. D. Fontaine 3450: 3448: 3442: 3441: 3439: 3438: 3437:S. E. Packwood 3434: 3432: 3426: 3425: 3423: 3422: 3416: 3414: 3408: 3407: 3405: 3404: 3401: 3398: 3394: 3392: 3386: 3385: 3383: 3382: 3377: 3373: 3371: 3365: 3364: 3362: 3361: 3360:Robt. C. Patty 3358: 3355: 3351: 3349: 3347:Noxubee County 3343: 3342: 3340: 3339: 3338:J. E. Ferguson 3335: 3333: 3327: 3326: 3324: 3323: 3319: 3317: 3315:Neshoba County 3311: 3310: 3308: 3307: 3303: 3301: 3295: 3294: 3292: 3291: 3288: 3285: 3284:T. J. McDonell 3281: 3279: 3273: 3272: 3270: 3269: 3266: 3265:Geo. J. Finley 3263: 3257: 3255: 3249: 3248: 3246: 3245: 3242: 3238: 3236: 3234:Madison County 3230: 3229: 3227: 3226: 3225:W. C. Richards 3223: 3219: 3217: 3215:Lowndes County 3211: 3210: 3208: 3207: 3206:R. H. Thompson 3203: 3201: 3190: 3189: 3187: 3186: 3185:J. B. Chrisman 3182: 3180: 3178:Lincoln County 3174: 3173: 3171: 3170: 3166: 3164: 3162:Leflore County 3158: 3157: 3155: 3154: 3151: 3147: 3145: 3139: 3138: 3136: 3135: 3134:Jno. H. Reagan 3131: 3129: 3118: 3117: 3115: 3114: 3110: 3108: 3102: 3101: 3099: 3098: 3094: 3092: 3086: 3085: 3083: 3082: 3078: 3076: 3061: 3060: 3058: 3057: 3052: 3051:Jno. A. Bailey 3048: 3046: 3040: 3039: 3037: 3036: 3033: 3029: 3027: 3021: 3020: 3018: 3017: 3013: 3011: 3005: 3004: 3002: 3001: 2997: 2995: 2989: 2988: 2986: 2985: 2981: 2979: 2973: 2972: 2970: 2969: 2965: 2963: 2957: 2956: 2954: 2953: 2947: 2945: 2943:Jackson County 2939: 2938: 2936: 2935: 2931: 2929: 2923: 2922: 2920: 2919: 2915: 2913: 2907: 2906: 2904: 2903: 2900: 2896: 2894: 2888: 2887: 2885: 2884: 2881: 2876: 2872: 2870: 2864: 2863: 2861: 2860: 2856: 2854: 2848: 2847: 2845: 2844: 2840: 2838: 2836:Hancock County 2832: 2831: 2829: 2828: 2824: 2822: 2820:Grenada County 2816: 2815: 2813: 2812: 2808: 2806: 2800: 2799: 2797: 2796: 2792: 2790: 2784: 2783: 2781: 2780: 2777: 2773: 2771: 2765: 2764: 2762: 2761: 2757: 2755: 2749: 2748: 2746: 2745: 2742: 2736: 2734: 2728: 2727: 2725: 2724: 2721: 2715: 2713: 2711:Coahoma County 2707: 2706: 2704: 2703: 2700: 2699:John Henderson 2696: 2694: 2688: 2687: 2685: 2684: 2683:Geo. L. Donald 2680: 2678: 2672: 2671: 2669: 2668: 2667:Chas. K. Regan 2664: 2662: 2656: 2655: 2653: 2652: 2648: 2646: 2644:Choctaw County 2640: 2639: 2637: 2636: 2633: 2629: 2627: 2621: 2620: 2618: 2617: 2616:T. W. Sullivan 2614: 2613:Monroe McClurg 2610: 2608: 2606:Carroll County 2602: 2601: 2599: 2598: 2594: 2592: 2590:Calhoun County 2586: 2585: 2583: 2582: 2577: 2573: 2571: 2569:Bolivar County 2565: 2564: 2562: 2561: 2557: 2555: 2544: 2543: 2541: 2540: 2536: 2534: 2528: 2527: 2525: 2524: 2521: 2517: 2515: 2509: 2508: 2506: 2505: 2501: 2499: 2488: 2487: 2485: 2484: 2480: 2478: 2472: 2471: 2469: 2468: 2464: 2462: 2451: 2450: 2448: 2447: 2446:L. P. Reynolds 2443: 2441: 2435: 2434: 2432: 2431: 2427: 2425: 2419: 2418: 2416: 2415: 2411: 2409: 2405: 2404: 2396: 2395: 2388: 2381: 2373: 2364: 2363: 2361: 2360: 2355: 2350: 2345: 2340: 2335: 2330: 2325: 2320: 2315: 2310: 2305: 2300: 2295: 2290: 2285: 2280: 2275: 2270: 2265: 2260: 2255: 2250: 2245: 2240: 2235: 2229: 2227: 2223: 2222: 2215: 2213: 2211: 2210: 2205: 2200: 2195: 2190: 2185: 2180: 2175: 2170: 2165: 2160: 2155: 2150: 2145: 2140: 2135: 2130: 2125: 2120: 2115: 2110: 2105: 2100: 2095: 2090: 2084: 2082: 2078: 2077: 2070: 2069: 2062: 2055: 2047: 2038: 2037: 2035: 2034: 2029: 2024: 2019: 2014: 2009: 2004: 1999: 1994: 1989: 1984: 1979: 1974: 1969: 1964: 1959: 1954: 1949: 1944: 1939: 1934: 1929: 1924: 1919: 1914: 1909: 1904: 1899: 1894: 1889: 1884: 1879: 1874: 1869: 1864: 1859: 1854: 1849: 1844: 1839: 1834: 1829: 1824: 1819: 1814: 1809: 1804: 1799: 1794: 1789: 1784: 1779: 1774: 1769: 1764: 1759: 1754: 1749: 1744: 1739: 1734: 1729: 1724: 1719: 1713: 1711: 1701: 1700: 1693: 1691: 1689: 1688: 1683: 1678: 1673: 1667: 1665: 1655: 1654: 1647: 1646: 1639: 1632: 1624: 1616: 1615: 1610: 1607: 1600:Henry R. Pease 1583: 1578: 1574: 1573: 1567: 1566: 1561: 1558: 1549: 1544: 1540: 1539: 1535: 1534: 1529: 1526: 1511: 1508: 1504: 1503: 1497: 1496: 1487: 1480: 1473: 1464: 1433: 1409: 1406: 1404: 1403: 1388: 1370: 1364:. p. 28. 1350: 1336: 1317: 1300: 1287: 1274: 1261: 1248: 1241: 1223: 1208: 1193: 1186: 1166: 1159: 1139: 1124: 1108: 1091: 1069: 1058: 1045: 1014: 998: 974: 972: 969: 968: 967: 960: 957: 941: 938: 934:Coahoma County 866: 863: 859:L. Q. C. Lamar 840:public schools 783: 780: 751:, part of the 715:Army of 10,000 700:John J. Pettus 666: 663: 613:in the state. 547: 544: 478: 477: 474: 473: 468: 464: 463: 453: 449: 448: 445: 441: 440: 428: 422: 421: 408: 404: 403: 399: 398: 391: 387: 386: 383: 379: 378: 373: 367: 366: 357: 353: 352: 346:(aged 78) 340: 336: 335: 315: 313: 309: 308: 304: 303: 300: 299: 289: 288: 284:Member of the 281: 280: 270: 269: 265:Member of the 262: 261: 251: 250: 246:Member of the 243: 242: 237: 231: 230: 225: 219: 218: 213: 209: 208: 198: 197: 190: 189: 184: 178: 177: 172: 166: 165: 155: 154: 143: 142: 139: 138: 130: 129: 126: 119: 118: 33: 31: 24: 15: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 4120: 4109: 4106: 4104: 4101: 4099: 4096: 4094: 4091: 4089: 4086: 4084: 4081: 4079: 4076: 4074: 4071: 4069: 4066: 4064: 4061: 4059: 4056: 4054: 4051: 4049: 4046: 4044: 4041: 4039: 4036: 4034: 4031: 4029: 4026: 4024: 4021: 4019: 4016: 4014: 4011: 4009: 4006: 4004: 4001: 4000: 3998: 3988: 3983: 3978: 3976: 3966: 3964: 3954: 3952: 3942: 3941: 3938: 3924: 3923: 3921: 3915: 3908: 3906: 3905:H. L. Muldrow 3903: 3900: 3898: 3895: 3892: 3890: 3887: 3884: 3882: 3881:Patrick Henry 3879: 3877: 3874: 3871: 3868: 3865: 3863:John A. Blair 3862: 3861: 3859: 3857: 3853: 3846: 3845: 3843: 3840: 3836: 3832: 3825: 3822: 3820:D. R. Barnett 3819: 3818: 3816: 3814: 3810: 3803: 3800: 3799: 3797: 3795: 3791: 3784: 3783: 3781: 3779: 3775: 3768: 3766:G. T. McGehee 3765: 3764: 3762: 3760: 3756: 3749: 3748: 3746: 3744: 3740: 3734:Wm. G. Yerger 3733: 3730: 3727: 3726: 3724: 3722: 3718: 3711: 3709:H. F. Simrall 3708: 3705: 3704: 3702: 3700: 3699:Warren County 3696: 3689: 3686: 3685: 3683: 3681: 3677: 3671: 3668: 3667: 3665: 3663: 3662:Tunica County 3659: 3652: 3651: 3649: 3647: 3643: 3636: 3635: 3633: 3631: 3630:Tippah County 3627: 3620: 3618:J. R. Puryear 3617: 3616: 3614: 3612: 3608: 3601: 3600: 3598: 3596: 3592: 3586:Jno. R. Baird 3585: 3584: 3582: 3580: 3576: 3569: 3568: 3566: 3564: 3560: 3553: 3552: 3550: 3548: 3544: 3537: 3536: 3534: 3532: 3528: 3521: 3520: 3518: 3516: 3512: 3505: 3503: 3500: 3499: 3497: 3495: 3494:Rankin County 3491: 3485:F. M. Hamblet 3484: 3483: 3481: 3479: 3475: 3468: 3467: 3465: 3463: 3459: 3452: 3451: 3449: 3447: 3443: 3436: 3435: 3433: 3431: 3427: 3421: 3418: 3417: 3415: 3413: 3409: 3402: 3399: 3396: 3395: 3393: 3391: 3390:Panola County 3387: 3381: 3378: 3376:J. W. Edwards 3375: 3374: 3372: 3370: 3366: 3359: 3357:J. H. Jamison 3356: 3353: 3352: 3350: 3348: 3344: 3337: 3336: 3334: 3332: 3331:Newton County 3328: 3322:W. L. Bassett 3321: 3320: 3318: 3316: 3312: 3306:J. R. Binford 3305: 3304: 3302: 3300: 3296: 3289: 3286: 3283: 3282: 3280: 3278: 3277:Monroe County 3274: 3267: 3264: 3262: 3259: 3258: 3256: 3254: 3250: 3243: 3240: 3239: 3237: 3235: 3231: 3224: 3221: 3220: 3218: 3216: 3212: 3205: 3204: 3202: 3199: 3195: 3191: 3184: 3183: 3181: 3179: 3175: 3168: 3167: 3165: 3163: 3159: 3152: 3149: 3148: 3146: 3144: 3140: 3133: 3132: 3130: 3127: 3123: 3119: 3112: 3111: 3109: 3107: 3103: 3096: 3095: 3093: 3091: 3087: 3080: 3079: 3077: 3074: 3070: 3066: 3062: 3056: 3053: 3050: 3049: 3047: 3045: 3041: 3035:Thos. D. Isom 3034: 3031: 3030: 3028: 3026: 3022: 3015: 3014: 3012: 3010: 3009:Kemper County 3006: 2999: 2998: 2996: 2994: 2990: 2983: 2982: 2980: 2978: 2974: 2968:Jno. F. Smith 2967: 2966: 2964: 2962: 2961:Jasper County 2958: 2952: 2949: 2948: 2946: 2944: 2940: 2933: 2932: 2930: 2928: 2924: 2917: 2916: 2914: 2912: 2908: 2901: 2898: 2897: 2895: 2893: 2892:Holmes County 2889: 2882: 2880: 2877: 2875:D. S. Fearing 2874: 2873: 2871: 2869: 2865: 2858: 2857: 2855: 2853: 2849: 2842: 2841: 2839: 2837: 2833: 2827:Wm. C. McLean 2826: 2825: 2823: 2821: 2817: 2810: 2809: 2807: 2805: 2804:Greene County 2801: 2795:J. H. McGehee 2794: 2793: 2791: 2789: 2785: 2778: 2775: 2774: 2772: 2770: 2769:DeSoto County 2766: 2760:N. C. Hathorn 2759: 2758: 2756: 2754: 2750: 2743: 2741: 2738: 2737: 2735: 2733: 2732:Copiah County 2729: 2722: 2720: 2717: 2716: 2714: 2712: 2708: 2702:James Kennedy 2701: 2698: 2697: 2695: 2693: 2689: 2682: 2681: 2679: 2677: 2676:Clarke County 2673: 2666: 2665: 2663: 2661: 2657: 2650: 2649: 2647: 2645: 2641: 2634: 2632:D. S. Johnson 2631: 2630: 2628: 2626: 2622: 2615: 2612: 2611: 2609: 2607: 2603: 2597:C. K. Holland 2596: 2595: 2593: 2591: 2587: 2581: 2578: 2575: 2574: 2572: 2570: 2566: 2560:Allen Talbott 2559: 2558: 2556: 2553: 2549: 2545: 2538: 2537: 2535: 2533: 2532:Benton County 2529: 2522: 2519: 2518: 2516: 2514: 2513:Attala County 2510: 2503: 2502: 2500: 2497: 2493: 2489: 2482: 2481: 2479: 2477: 2473: 2466: 2465: 2463: 2460: 2456: 2452: 2445: 2444: 2442: 2440: 2439:Alcorn County 2436: 2429: 2428: 2426: 2424: 2420: 2414:S. S. 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United States Senator
Mississippi
Hiram R. Revels
Lucius Q. C. Lamar
Governor of Mississippi
Ridgley C. Powers
Adelbert Ames
Ridgley C. Powers
Mississippi Senate
Mississippi House of Representatives
Kentucky House of Representatives
Golconda
Illinois Territory
Friars Point, Mississippi
Whig
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Alma mater
Cumberland College

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