Bedsole refused to endorse James in the general election .
James narrowly prevailed over the Democratic Governor James Folsom , Jr. , who had succeeded to the governorship after the forced exodus of Republican Governor H. Guy Hunt of Cullman .
Bedsole refused to endorse James in the general election , but he narrowly prevailed over the Democratic Governor James Folsom , Jr. , who had succeeded to the governorship after the forced exodus of Republican Governor H. Guy Hunt of Cullman .