1870 Louisiana gubernatorial election

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Louisiana state election Reconstruction-era election gubernatorial election

The 1870 Louisiana gubernatorial election was a Reconstruction-era contest for the state's governorship held amid intense political and racial tensions in the post–Civil War South.

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1870 Louisiana gubernatorial election canonical	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Louisiana state election ⓘ Reconstruction-era election ⓘ gubernatorial election ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
electoralSystem	popular vote for governor ⓘ
electorateIncludes	recently emancipated African American men ⓘ white voters in Louisiana ⓘ
follows	1868 Louisiana gubernatorial election NERFINISHED ⓘ American Civil War NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasCharacteristic	competition between Republican and Democratic factions ⓘ contested legitimacy of state government ⓘ intense political tensions ⓘ intense racial tensions ⓘ
hasContext	Reconstruction politics ⓘ political violence in the Reconstruction South ⓘ post–Civil War South ⓘ racial tensions in Louisiana ⓘ
hasVoterSuppression	paramilitary activity in parts of Louisiana ⓘ violence and intimidation against Black voters ⓘ
isPartOf	history of voting rights in the United States ⓘ political history of Louisiana ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
locatedIn	Louisiana ⓘ
occursDuring	federal military oversight in the South ⓘ
partOf	Reconstruction era NERFINISHED ⓘ
positionContested	Governor of Louisiana ⓘ
regulatedBy	Louisiana state constitution in force during Reconstruction ⓘ Reconstruction Acts NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedTo	African American enfranchisement ⓘ Democratic Party resistance to Reconstruction NERFINISHED ⓘ Republican Party in the Reconstruction South NERFINISHED ⓘ federal-state conflict over Reconstruction policy ⓘ
significance	illustrates racial and political conflict in post–Civil War Louisiana ⓘ part of the broader struggle over Reconstruction governance in the South ⓘ
timePeriod	19th century ⓘ Reconstruction in Louisiana ⓘ

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disputed 1872 Louisiana gubernatorial election → precededBy → 1870 Louisiana gubernatorial election ⓘ