1872 Louisiana gubernatorial election

none November 2025 January 2025 September 2023 1872 Louisiana gubernatorial election Louisiana presidential No 1868 Louisiana gubernatorial election 1868 1876 Louisiana gubernatorial election 1876 November 4, 1872 1861b x150px William P. Kellogg - Brady-Handy (3x4a).jpg William Pitt Kellogg Republican Party (United States) 72,890 56.88% John McEnery.jpg John McEnery Democratic Party (United States) Liberal Republican 55,249 43.12% 1872 Louisiana gubernatorial election results map by parish.svg 250px Election results by parishKellogg: #e2807f 50–60% #d75d5c 60–70% #d72f2f 70–80% #c31b18 80–90% #a80000 90–100%McEnery: #7996e2 50–60% #6674dd 60–70% #584cde 70–80% #3a33e5 80–90% #0d0596 90–100% Governor P. B. S. Pinchback Republican Party (United States) William Pitt Kellogg Republican Party (United States) The 1872 Louisiana gubernatorial election was held on November 4, 1872. This was the second election to take place under the Louisiana Constitution of 1868, which established universal manhood suffrage in Louisiana as required by the Reconstruction Acts. The campaign was marred by terrorist and paramilitary action in support of the Democratic Party. Democratic candidate John McEnery disputed the official results, which declared William Pitt Kellogg the winner, but Kellogg's claim was supported by President of the United States Ulysses S. Grant. The Democratic Party sought the overthrow of the Kellogg administration, culminating in the Battle of Liberty Place in 1874, where the White League forced Kellogg from office until he was reinstated by federal troops. This was the last time a Republican won the governorship in Louisiana until 1979. Background Following the end of the American Civil War and assassination of Abraham Lincoln, President Andrew Johnson pursued a lenient policy of Reconstruction in the Southern United States, recognizing Unionist governments in the South pursuant to Lincoln's ten percent plan over the objections of radical Republicans in Congress. Following the 1866 midterm elections, which resulted in sweeping radical gains, Congress passed the Reconstruction Acts over Johnson's veto. Under the Reconstruction Acts, Southern governments would only be recognized if they ratified the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution and enact a new state constitution approved by Congress. Louisiana enacted a new constitution in April 1868 in an election largely boycotted by the Democratic Party and former Confederates. Henry C. Warmoth, a young Union Army officer from Missouri, was simultaneously elected Governor under conditions of universal manhood suffrage. Warmoth's victory over James G. Taliaferro represented the victory of the "carpetbagger" faction of the Republican Party over the faction of native radicals and free men of color. Despite their abstention from the April election, the former Confederates organized in several paramilitary organizations to resist the Reconstruction Acts, terrorizing Republicans, especially freedmen, during the fall presidential campaign. In a surprising reversal attributed to domestic terrorism and voter intimidation, Democratic candidate Horatio Seymour won the state over Ulysses S. Grant in a landslide. Candidates William Pitt Kellogg, United States Senator since 1868 (Republican) John McEnery, former Confederate States Army officer (Democratic and Liberal Republican) Results 1872 Louisiana gubernatorial electionJeanne Frois. 2006. Louisiana Almanac, 2006–2007 Edition. Gretna, Louisiana: Pelican Pub. Co. p.547 William Pitt Kellogg Republican Party (US) 72,890 56.88% 5.63 John McEnery Democratic Party (United States) 55,249 43.12% 5.63 128,139 100.00% References 1868 Louisiana gubernatorial election Louisiana gubernatorial elections 1876 Louisiana gubernatorial election 1872 Gubernatorial Louisiana Category:November 1872 in the United States