1912, louisiana, gubernatorial, election, held, april, 1912, like, most, southern, states, between, reconstruction, civil, rights, louisiana, republican, party, almost, electoral, support, this, meant, that, democratic, party, primary, held, january, real, con. The 1912 Louisiana gubernatorial election was held on April 16 1912 Like most Southern states between Reconstruction and the civil rights era Louisiana s Republican Party had almost no electoral support This meant that the Democratic Party primary held on January 23 was the real contest over who would be governor The election resulted in the election of Democrat Luther E Hall as governor of Louisiana 1912 Louisiana Democratic gubernatorial primary 1908 January 23 1912 1916 Candidate Luther E Hall John Michel James B AswellParty Democratic Democratic DemocraticPopular vote 53 407 46 201 23 800Percentage 43 28 37 44 19 29 Governor before electionJared Y Sanders Sr Democratic Elected Governor Luther E HallDemocraticResults editDemocratic Party Primary January 23 1 Candidate Votes received PercentLuther E Hall 53 407 43 28 John T Michel 46 201 37 44 James B Aswell 23 800 19 29 Runoff not held due to Michel withdrawingRepublican Party Primary January 23 2 Candidate Votes received PercentHugh S Suthon 1 013 62 53 Charles J Bell 607 37 47 General Election April 16 3 Party Candidate Votes received PercentDemocratic Luther E Hall 50 581 89 48 Republican Hugh S Suthon 4 961 8 78 Independent J R Jones 984 1 74 References edit LA Governor D Primary Race Jan 23 1912 Our Campaigns Retrieved March 10 2015 LA Governor R Primary Race Jan 23 1912 Our Campaigns Retrieved March 10 2015 LA Governor Race Apr 16 1912 Our Campaigns Retrieved March 10 2015 Preceded by1908 gubernatorial election Louisiana gubernatorial elections Succeeded by1916 gubernatorial election nbsp nbsp This Louisiana elections related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1912 Louisiana gubernatorial election amp oldid 1173750870, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
