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available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The 1872 South
Carolina gubernatorial election was held on October 16, 1872 to select
the governor of the state of South Carolina. Franklin J. Moses, Jr. won
the election as a Radical Republican against the more moderate faction
of the Republican Party and became the 75th governor of South Carolina.
The state Republicans met in Columbia for their nominating convention on
August 21 through August 24. There were 115 black and 33 white delegates
to the convention, many of them calling for reform in state government.
The nomination for Governor proceeded after the organization of the
convention and five men were mentioned, but Franklin J. Moses, Jr. was
seen as the clear favorite.
