1924 Louisiana gubernatorial election

1924 Louisiana Democratic gubernatorial primary

← 1920 January 15, 1924 (first round)
February 19, 1924 (runoff)
1928 →
 
Candidate Henry L. Fuqua Hewitt Bouanchaud Huey P. Long
Party Democratic Democratic Democratic
First round 84,162
35.1%
81,382
34.0%
73,985
30.9%
Runoff 125,880
57.8%
92,006
42.2%
Eliminated

Parish Results

Governor before election

John M. Parker
Democratic

Elected Governor

Henry L. Fuqua
Democratic

The 1924 Louisiana gubernatorial election was held in two rounds on January 15 and February 19, 1924. Like most Southern states between the Reconstruction Era and the Civil Rights Movement, Louisiana's Republican Party was virtually nonexistent in terms of electoral support. This meant that the two Democratic Party primaries held on these dates were the real contest over who would be governor. The 1924 election saw Henry L. Fuqua defeat Hewitt Bouanchaud to become Governor of Louisiana, and saw the beginning of the political rise of Huey P. Long Jr., who came in a surprisingly strong third.


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