Among these States were Arkansas, Louisiana, Missouri, and North Carolina.

But cooeperation with Republicans on local legislative and state tickets often occurred.

In North Carolina, a fusion legislature was elected, and a Republican was chosen governor by the aid of Populist votes, though one faction of the Populists nominated a separate ticket.

The judicial and congressional nominations were divided.

The apparent inconsistency of voting for Bryan for President and at the same time supporting Republicans who might be expected to oppose him in Congress was accepted without flinching.
According to the bargain made two years before, when a Republican was sent to the United States Senate for an unexpired term by the aid of the Populist votes, Senator Pritchard was reelected.
[Footnote 1: _The Agrarian Crusade,_ by Solon J.Buck (in _The Chronicles of America_).] The experience of North Carolina with fusion government was a reminder of the Reconstruction days.