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. They instituted various reforms related to New Orleans and its governance. It organized armed patrols to guard balloting. It sought removal of political leaders from city payrolls and advocated for secret balloting. The group's candidate for mayor Walter C. Flower was elected mayor. They won support from Black voters. In 1900 the Democratic Party regrouped and retook power. It disenfranchised African Americans.