1896 Louisiana gubernatorial election

1896 Louisiana gubernatorial election

April 21, 1896

Nominee Murphy J. Foster John N. Pharr Party Democratic Populist Alliance Republican Popular vote 116,116 87,698 Percentage 56.92% 42.99%

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

Party	Candidate	Votes received	Percent
Democratic	Murphy J. Foster	116,116	56.92%
Populist/Republican	John N. Pharr	87,698	42.99%
Independent	A. B. Booth	176	0.09%

References

Preceded by 1892 gubernatorial election

Louisiana gubernatorial elections

Succeeded by 1900 gubernatorial election