1896 Louisiana gubernatorial election

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1896 Louisiana gubernatorial election
Louisiana Pelican Flag 1861.svg
  1892 April 21, 1896 1900  
  Murphy James Foster.jpg No image.svg
Nominee Murphy J. Foster John N. Pharr
Party Democratic Republican
Alliance - Lily-White
Populist
Popular vote116,11687,698
Percentage56.92%42.99%

1896 Louisiana gubernatorial election results map by parish.svg
County results
Foster:      50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     >90%
Pharr:      50–60%     60–70%     70–80%

The 1896 Louisiana gubernatorial election was held on April 21, 1896. Like most Southern states between Reconstruction and the civil rights era, Louisiana's Republican Party was virtually nonexistent in terms of electoral support. As Louisiana had not yet adopted party primaries, this meant that the Democratic Party convention nomination vote was supposed to be the real contest over who would be governor. However, the Republicans and Populists put forward a joint candidate, John N. Pharr. With combined Republican and Populist support Pharr garnered 43% of the vote, although the Democratic nominee, Murphy J. Foster was elected with 57% of the vote.

Results

General Election, April 17 [1]

PartyCandidateVotes receivedPercent
Democratic Murphy J. Foster 116,11656.92%
Populist/Republican John N. Pharr 87,69842.99%
Independent A. B. Booth 1760.09%

References

  1. Frois, J. (2006). Louisiana Almanac: 2006-2007. Pelican Publishing Company. p. 543. ISBN   9781455607693 . Retrieved October 24, 2014.
Preceded by
1892 gubernatorial election
Louisiana gubernatorial elections Succeeded by
1900 gubernatorial election