The Citizens' League was a political organization in New Orleans, Louisiana that successfully campaigned on a platform of reforms in the 1896 election.
Its ticket won a decisive victory and a bevy of municipal offices as well as seats in the state legislature.
[3] The League organized in opposition to New Orleans mayor John Fitzpatrick and corrupt city council members.
Focused on municipal elections and reform in New Orleans, it ran candidates for the state legislature to help work on its goals.
[5] Walter C. Flower's decisive victory in the mayoral election was over Democratic lawyer and congressman Charles F.