On May 7, 1873, Louisiana Gov. William Pitt Kellogg made his way to his carriage following a meeting in New Orleans, when a man named Charles R. Railey confronted him. “I wanted to tell you that ...

On May 7, 1873, Louisiana Gov. William Pitt Kellogg made ... about while working on an upcoming book “America’s Deadliest Election, A Cautionary Tale of the Most Violent Election in American ...

Election of 1872; The Truth About the ... THE TRUTH ABOUT LOUISIANA.; ... See the article in its original context from September 9, 1873, Page 1 Buy Reprints. View on timesmachine.

Bash and Fisher examine Louisiana’s 1872 gubernatorial election. It was one of the first ... the state — the Colfax massacre ...