This state suffered one of the few, if not only, instances of a coup d'etat in US History when, in 1898, an elected municipal government in its then-largest city was overthrown by former Congressman Alfred Waddell, who went on to serve as mayor for seven years. That outcome was allowed to stand by the 1899 state legislature, which replaced the Republican-Populist coalition that had dominated this state since 1890. That alliance was orchestrated by Leonidas L. Polk, who was this state's first agriculture commissioner and
This state suffered one of the few, if not only, instances of a coup d'etat in US History when, in 1898, an elected municipal government in its then-largest city was overthrown by former Congressman Alfred Waddell, who went on to serve as mayor for seven years. That outcome was allowed to stand by the 1899 state legislature, which replaced the Republican-Populist coalition that had dominated this state since 1890. That alliance was orchestrated by Leonidas L. Polk, who was this state's first agriculture commissioner and the first national chairman of the Populist Party. The final success of the Democrats and white supremacy after Charles Aycock was elected governor in 1900 came due to support from both paramilitary Red Shirts and the newly-dominant tobacco and textile industrialists of this state, including the Duke family. For 10 points, name this southern state unusual for the brief success of inter-racial politics that led to the Wilmington Insurrection.
This state suffered one of the few, if not only, instances of a coup d'etat in US History when, in 1898, an elected municipal government in its then-largest city was overthrown by former Congressman Alfred Waddell, who went on to serve as mayor for seven years.
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