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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 [[Lawyer|attorney]] and politician in his native [[Baton Rouge, Louisiana|Baton Rouge]], [[Louisiana]]. He is notable as the [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] [[Nomination|nominee]] for [[governor of Louisiana]] in [[Louisiana gubernatorial election, 1952|1952]]; he was only the second Republican to have sought the governorship of Louisiana since [[Louisiana gubernatorial election, 1924|1924]].<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 a constitution in 1898, which raised barriers to voter registration, most African Americans were [[Disfranchisement after Reconstruction era|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.
==Background==
Bagwell was a son of Arthur D. Bagwell (1878-1955), a native of Lincoln Parish, and the former Birdie Mae Harrison (1878-1961), originally from Houma in Terrebonne Parish. The couple died in Oak Grove, West Carroll Parish; they are interred there at Oak Grove Cemetery.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/113149701|title=Birdie Mae Harrison Bagwell|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=January 6, 2015}}</ref>
Bagwell was a son of Arthur D. Bagwell (1878-1955), a native of Lincoln Parish, and the former Birdie Mae Harrison (1878-1961), originally from Houma in Terrebonne Parish. The couple died in Oak Grove, West Carroll Parish; they are interred there at Oak Grove Cemetery.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/113149701|title=Birdie Mae Harrison Bagwell|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=January 6, 2015}}</ref>