1904 Louisiana gubernatorial election

Louisiana gubernatorial election, 1904

April 19, 1904

Nominee Newton C. Blanchard William J. Behan Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 47,745 5,877 Percentage 89.04% 10.96%

Governor before election William Wright Heard Democratic Elected Governor Newton C. Blanchard Democratic

The Louisiana gubernatorial election of 1904 was held on April 19, 1904. 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. The election resulted in the election of Democrat Newton C. Blanchard as governor of Louisiana.

Results

General Election, April 19

Party	Candidate	Votes received	Percent
Democratic	Newton C. Blanchard	47,745	89.04%
Republican	William J. Behan	5,877	10.96%

References

Preceded by 1900 gubernatorial election

Louisiana gubernatorial elections

Succeeded by 1908 gubernatorial election