Great Mississippi Flood of 1927

The Great Flood of 1927 was a destructive natural disaster that took place in the Confederate States of America. The Mississippi River overflowed its banks and inundated several hundred communities in Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Tennessee. New Orleans was barely saved from flooding.

The ruling Whig Party proved incapable of dealing with the crisis, as intervening in such affairs ran counter to their philosophy of hands-off governing. The Freedom Party used that to their advantage, as its leader and front-runner, Jake Featherston, denounced the Whigs and told the Confederate people that he would've done everything in his power to help out in the disaster area. His party even held its national convention in New Orleans to underscore their resolve to change things. Featherston lost the election that November, but the Great Flood and the Whigs' lack of response to it hurt the president Burton Mitchel's chances somewhat. Two years later, when the stock markets crashed in Richmond and New York City, the Confederate people saw once again how the Whigs performed during disasters.