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Kirk Fordice
Kirk Fordice
was born on
10th February
1934
in
Memphis, Tennessee
. He won the governorship of
Mississippi
in the
1991
election against incumbent
Democrat
Ray Mabus
, making him the first
Republican
to be elected governor since the
Reconstruction
era. The last Republican governor was
Adelbert Ames
who served from
1874
-
1876
. Fordice successfully won re-election in
1995
.
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