The Louisiana gubernatorial election of 1932 was held on January 19, 1932. Like most Southern states between Reconstruction and the civil rights era, Louisiana

Louisiana

Louisiana is a state located in the southern region of the United States of America. Its capital is Baton Rouge and largest city is New Orleans. Louisiana is the only state in the U.S. with political subdivisions termed parishes, which are local governments equivalent to counties...

's
Republican Party was virtually nonexistent in terms of electoral
support. This meant that the Democratic Party

Democratic Party (United States)

The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...

 primary held on this date was the real contest over who would be governor

Governor

A governor is a governing official, usually the executive of a non-sovereign level of government, ranking under the head of state...

. The election resulted in the election of Oscar K. Allen

Oscar K. Allen

Oscar Kelly Allen, Sr. , also known as O. K. Allen, was the 42nd Governor of Louisiana from 1932 to 1936. He was a key lieutenant in the political machine of Huey Pierce Long, Jr., that dominated the state during the first half of the 1930s...

 as governor of Louisiana.

Results

Democratic Party Primary, January 19

Candidate	Votes received	Percentage of votes cast
Oscar K. Allen Oscar K. Allen Oscar Kelly Allen, Sr. , also known as O. K. Allen, was the 42nd Governor of Louisiana from 1932 to 1936. He was a key lieutenant in the political machine of Huey Pierce Long, Jr., that dominated the state during the first half of the 1930s...	214,699
Dudley J. LeBlanc Dudley J. LeBlanc Dudley Joseph "Coozan Dud" LeBlanc was a colorful and popular Democratic and Cajun member of the Louisiana State Senate whose entrepreneurial talents netted him a fortune through the alcohol-laden patent medicine known as "Hadacol." He is also considered the "father of the old age pension" in...	110,048
George Seth Guion	53,756
Grant Avalon	976
William L. Clark, Jr.	470

Sources

• State of Louisiana. Compilation of Primary Election Returns of the Democratic Party, State of Louisiana, 1932.