1900 Louisiana gubernatorial election

The 1900 Louisiana gubernatorial election was held on April 17, 1900. Like most Southern states between Reconstruction and the civil rights era, Louisiana's Republican Party had virtually no electoral support. 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. However, Donelson Caffery, Jr. ran a strong third party campaign. The election resulted in the election of Democrat William Wright Heard as governor of Louisiana.

Results

General Election, April 17^[1]

Party	Candidate	Votes received	Percent
Democratic	William Wright Heard	60,206	78.32%
Populist/Independent	Donelson Caffery, Jr.	14,215	18.49%
Republican	E. Reems	2,449	3.19%

References

^ Frois, J. (2006). Louisiana Almanac: 2006-2007. Pelican Publishing Company. p. 543. ISBN 9781455607693. Retrieved 2014-10-24.

Preceded by 1896 gubernatorial election	Louisiana gubernatorial elections	Succeeded by 1904 gubernatorial election

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