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==Louisiana paramilitary insurrection==

==Louisiana paramilitary insurrection==

During [[Reconstruction]], [[Louisiana]] was rife with politically and racially motivated violence. Following the quelling of the First [[Ku Klux Klan]] by Grant Administration [[Attorney General]] Amos T. Akerman, Democratic white supremacists reestablished paramilitary organizations, forming the White League in Louisiana, the Knights of the White Camellia in North Carolina, and "White Line" paramilitaries in several other Southern states. In the 1872 gubernatorial race, a "Liberal" unification movement of Democrats and lukewarm GOP members supported incumbent Republican Governor Henry C. Warmoth, whose reelection was opposed by the regular "customhouse" Republicans.<ref>Otten, James T. (1972). [https://www.jstor.org/stable/4231282 The Wheeler Adjustment in Louisiana: National Republicans Begin to Reappraise Their Reconstruction Policy], pp. 350–51. ''JSTOR''. Retrieved March 12, 2023.</ref> Following a highly contested dispute after irregularities from both Liberal Republican Warmoth and regular Republican William P. Kellogg, Kellogg was ultimately seated as governor.

During [[Reconstruction]], [[Louisiana]] was rife with politically and racially motivated violence. Following the quelling of the First [[Ku Klux Klan]] by Grant Administration [[Attorney General]] Amos T. Akerman, Democratic white supremacists reestablished paramilitary organizations, forming the White League in Louisiana, the Knights of the White Camellia in North Carolina, and "White Line" paramilitaries in several other Southern states. In the 1872 gubernatorial race, a "Liberal" unification movement of Democrats and lukewarm GOP members supported incumbent Republican Governor Henry C. Warmoth, whose reelection was opposed by the regular "customhouse" Republicans.<ref>Otten, James T. (1972). [https://www.jstor.org/stable/4231282 The Wheeler Adjustment in Louisiana: National Republicans Begin to Reappraise Their Reconstruction Policy], pp. 350–51. ''JSTOR''. Retrieved March 12, 2023.</ref> Following a highly contested dispute after irregularities from both Liberal Republican Warmoth and regular Republican William P. Kellogg, the latter was ultimately seated as governor.

Kellogg, inheriting deficits compiled by his Liberal predecessor, attempted to balance the budget by increasing taxes. The decision, combined with his pro-business policies and particularly his support for civil rights in a state whose white Democratic population saw as anathema, resulted in populist insurrections by the White League.

Kellogg, inheriting deficits compiled by his Liberal predecessor, attempted to balance the budget by increasing taxes. The decision, combined with his pro-business policies and particularly his support for civil rights in a state whose white Democratic population saw as anathema, resulted in populist insurrections by the White League.