The 1932 Louisiana gubernatorial election was held on January 19, 1932. Like most Southern states between the
Reconstruction Era and the
Civil Rights Movement,
Louisiana's
Republican Party had virtually no electoral support. This meant that the
Democratic Party primary held on this date was the real contest over who would be
governor. The election resulted in the election of
Oscar K. Allen as
governor of Louisiana. Louisiana was one of only two states that held the election on a date other than the first Tuesday following the first Monday of November.[1]