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The first Republican Governor of Mississippi was James L. Alcorn (1816-1894), who served from March 1870 to November 1871.

The first Republican Governor of Mississippi after Reconstruction was Kirk Fordice (1934-2004), who served from January 1992 to January 2000.

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The first Republican governor in the United States was John C. Fremont, who served as the territorial governor of California from 1847 to 1848. However, the first Republican governor of a state within the modern-day boundaries of the United States was William Henry Gist, who served as the governor of South Carolina from 1858 to 1860.

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