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| | New Georgia Encyclopedia: Reconstruction in Georgia |
 | | In the gubernatorial race, the Republican candidate, Rufus Bullock, defeated the Democratic candidate John B. Gordon (83,527 to 76,356), with the new constitution approved by a vote of 88,172 to 70,200. |
 | | Governor Bullock, though a New York native, was not a carpetbagger, having moved to Augusta in 1859 and having served as a Confederate quartermaster officer. |
 | | Campbell, a New Jersey native, settled in McIntosh County after the war, organized an association of fl landholders along the coast, and registered fl voters. |
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