1900 Louisiana gubernatorial election

none January 2025 September 2023 1900 Louisiana gubernatorial election Louisiana presidential No 1896 Louisiana gubernatorial election 1896 1904 Louisiana gubernatorial election 1904 April 17, 1900 1861b Image:William Wright Heard.jpg 150x150px William Wright Heard Democratic Party (United States) 60,206 78.32% 3x4.svg Donelson Caffery, Jr. People's Party (United States) 14,215 18.49% 1900 Louisiana gubernatorial election results map by parish.svg 280px Parish resultsHeard: #7996E2 50–60% #6674DE 60–70% #584CDE 70–80% #3933E5 80–90% #0D0596 >90%Caffery: #AFE9AF 40–50% Governor Murphy J. Foster Democratic Party (United States) William Wright Heard Democratic Party (United States) The 1900 Louisiana gubernatorial election was held on April 17, 1900. This was the first state election after the adoption of Louisiana's 1898 constitution, which disenfranchised nearly all of the state's Black voters, who had been the core supporters of the Republican Party. The constitution had been prompted by the unusually strong voter support for Republicans and Populists in the 1896 Louisiana gubernatorial election. With most of its voters disenfranchised, Louisiana's Republican Party had virtually no electoral support, as in most Southern states between Reconstruction and the civil rights era. In addition, a factional split among the few white Republicans who remained meant two different tickets in the governor's race, one (the "Lily-Whites") led by Donelson Caffery, Jr., son of Louisiana Senator Donelson Caffery, who was a Democrat. As Louisiana had not yet adopted party primaries, this meant that the Democratic Party convention nomination vote was the real contest over who would be governor. The election resulted in the election of Democrat William Wright Heard as governor of Louisiana. Results General Election, April 17Louisiana Almanac: 2006-2007 Frois, J. 2006 Pelican Publishing Company 9781455607693 https://books.google.com/books?id=-RU-0TRnuhsC 543 2014-10-24 PartyCandidateVotes receivedPercentDemocraticWilliam Wright Heard60,20678.32%Populist/RepublicanDonelson Caffery, Jr.14,21518.49%RepublicanE. Reems2,4493.19% References 2 1896 gubernatorial election Louisiana gubernatorial elections 1904 gubernatorial election 1900 Louisiana Gubernatorial Category:April 1900 in the United States