1958 New Orleans mayoral election

none January 2025 September 2023 1958 New Orleans mayoral election New Orleans 1958 Flag of New Orleans, Louisiana.svg presidential Popular no 1954 New Orleans mayoral election 1954 1962 New Orleans mayoral election 1962 x145px deLesseps Morrison Democratic Party (United States) 90,802 57.7% x120px Claude W. Duke Democratic Party (United States) 43,231 27.5% Mayor deLesseps Morrison Democratic Party (United States) deLesseps Morrison Democratic Party (United States) The New Orleans mayoral election of 1958, held in February, resulted in the re-election of deLesseps Morrison to his fourth consecutive term as mayor of New Orleans. Morrison was able to defeat the Regular Democratic Organization candidate - former State Representative Claude W. Duke - soundly, winning 90,802 of the 157,320 votes cast in the election compared to Duke's 43,231 votes. State Representative Fred C. Donaldson ran a distant third with 18,999 votes; no runoff was required. Morrison had proven able to consistently defeat the once powerful RDO machine, but since mayors were only allowed two consecutive terms under the new city charter of 1954, this would be Morrison's last term in office. CandidateVotes receiveddeLesseps Morrison (incumbent)90,802Claude W. Duke43,231Fred C. Donaldson18,999Leonard Gunsberg2,938Addison Roswell Thompson683William Attaway667 Sources Haas, Edward F. DeLesseps S. Morrison and the Image of Reform: New Orleans Politics, 1946-1961. LSU Press, 1974. Parker, Joseph B. The Morrison Era: Reform Politics in New Orleans. Pelican, 1974. Category:Mayoral elections in New Orleans New Orleans Category:1958 Louisiana elections Category:1950s in New Orleans