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'''Harrison Garey Bagwell, Sr.''' (December 6, 1913 – December 2, 1973),<ref name=findagrave>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/120583070|title=Harrison G. Bagwell|publisher=findagrave.com|accessdate=January 6, 2015}}</ref> was an [[attorney]] and [[politician]] in his native [[Baton Rouge, Louisiana|Baton Rouge]], [[Louisiana]]. He was the [[Republican Party|Republican]] nominee for [[governor]] of Louisiana in the 1952 general election.<ref name=hgbagwell>{{cite web|url=http://www.lib.lsu.edu/special/findaid/2840.pdf|title=Bagwell Collection|author=Christopher Freeman (formatter)|publisher=lib.lsu.edu|date=2006|accessdate=January 6, 2015}}</ref>
'''Harrison Garey Bagwell, Sr.''' (December 6, 1913 – December 2, 1973),<ref name=findagrave>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/120583070|title=Harrison G. Bagwell|publisher=findagrave.com|accessdate=January 6, 2015}}</ref> was an [[attorney]] and [[politician]] in his native [[Baton Rouge, Louisiana|Baton Rouge]], [[Louisiana]]. He was the [[Republican Party|Republican]] nominee for [[governor]] of Louisiana in the 1952 general election.<ref name=hgbagwell>{{cite web|url=http://www.lib.lsu.edu/special/findaid/2840.pdf|title=Bagwell Collection|author=Christopher Freeman (formatter)|publisher=lib.lsu.edu|date=2006|accessdate=January 6, 2015}}</ref>
With the state's passage of the Constitution in 1898, which raised barriers to voter registration, most [[African Americans]] were disenfranchised and excluded from the political system. As they had comprised the great majority of the Republican Party in the state following emancipation, it was essentially destroyed as a competitive force for decades until the late 1960s and later.
With the state's passage of the Constitution in 1898, which raised barriers to voter registration, most [[African Americans]] were disenfranchised and excluded from the political system. As they had comprised the great majority of the Republican Party in the state following emancipation, it was essentially destroyed as a competitive force for decades until the late 1960s and later.