John Bull's Revenge (1840 Louisiana Election)

[Unconditional Surrender Truman]

The election of Armand Beauvais in 1836 temporarily laid to rest the issue of American annexation and placed the francophone Créole majority in command of the state. Over his four years in office, Beauvais sought to encourage the growth of the infant republic as a center for commerce in North America whilst disposing of threats to Louisiana's survival. Accordingly, he supported passage through the Congress of legislation to establish a central bank and repealed or greatly reduced restrictions on trade along the Mississippi. A bill to outlaw the importation of slaves was soundly defeated, and as a result New Orleans became the capital of the international slave trade in the later 1830s. Meanwhile, an 1838 slave uprising was brutally suppressed, resulting in adoption of a revised slave code to strictly control the movement of enslaved people and prohibit gatherings of more than three slaves without the presence of a white overseer.

Beauvais has declined to seek reelection in 1840, citing his advanced age. Four candidates present themselves as potential successors to the president: Denis Prieur, the former mayor of New Orleans, a popular figure for his role in suppressing slave insurrections in New Orleans; André Roman,m a member of the Senate and Beauvais preferred choice of successor; General George A. Waggaman, a hero of the War of Independence more recently engaged in the border conflict with Mexico over the Sabine territory; and finally, Senator Edward White, the leader of the Anglo-American opposition in Congress. Both Prieur and Roman are known to favor the independence of Louisiana and continued enforcement of the Code Noir; the two oppositionists, meanwhile, are generally perceived as in favor of annexation to the United States and support replacement with the Code Noir with a stricter slave code.

Two days.

[Lumine]

Roman. The independence of Louisiana must be preserved.

[Senator Spiral]

Roman. The independence of Louisiana must be preserved.

[Former President tack50]

Roman. I was going to vote for the opposition until I found out they are even more pro slavery

[Intell]

Roman. The independence of Louisiana must be preserved.

[Unconditional Surrender Truman]

1840 Louisiana presidential election
Four candidates initially sought to succeed Beauvais following the president's announcement late in the spring of 1840 that he would not stand for reelection; by the time of the actual balloting in early September, that number had whittled down to two. André Roman, a close associate of the president who had made a name for himself in the Senate as an advocate for independence and the Code Noir, received the support of the Administration party and most Creoles; meanwhile, a confused circus of potential challengers eventually settled on Senator Edward D. White as Roman's primary opposition. Drawing the majority of his support from Anglo-Americans who favored annexation by the United States and a stricter slave code to replace the Code Noir, White swept the upper Mississippi, winning St. Louis with close to 70% of the vote, but was demolished in New Orleans, where the last-minute endorsement of former Mayor Denis Prieur gave Roman a decisive advantage —and the presidency.

Senator André Bienvenue Roman (Administration) 53.8% popular votes
Senator Edward Douglass White (Opposition) 46.2% popular votes