1960 Louisiana lieutenant gubernatorial election

none February 2026 December 2025 ly 1960 Louisiana lieutenant gubernatorial election 1912 Louisiana Presidential no 1956 Louisiana lieutenant gubernatorial election 1956 1964 Louisiana lieutenant gubernatorial election 1964 April 19, 1960 125px Taddy Aycock Democratic Party (United States) 392,421 83.16% 125px Clark C. Boardman Republican Party (United States) 68,186 14.45% Lieutenant Governor Lether Edward Frazar Democratic Party (United States) Taddy Aycock Democratic Party (United States) The 1960 Louisiana lieutenant gubernatorial election was held on April 19, 1960, in order to elect the lieutenant governor of Louisiana. Democratic nominee and former Speaker of the Louisiana House of Representatives Taddy Aycock defeated Republican nominee Clark C. Boardman and States Rights nominee Vaughn L. Phelps. Democratic primary The Democratic primary election was held on December 5, 1959, but as no candidate received a majority of the votes cast, a runoff was held in January 1960 between incumbent mayor of Alexandria William George Bowdon Jr. and former Speaker of the Louisiana House of Representatives Taddy Aycock. Former speaker Taddy Aycock won the runoff but the results of the election are unknown, and was thus elected as the nominee for the general election.https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=660433 LA Lt. Governor - D Primary ourcampaigns.com June 17, 2010 2024-12-31 Results First Round Run-off Taddy Aycock 219551 Unknown William George Bowdon Jr. 227758 Unknown Earl Long 157452 Cy D. F. Courtney 105637 William J. White 61440 Frank A. Jordan Jr. 15766 General election On election day, April 19, 1960, Democratic nominee Taddy Aycock won the election by a margin of 324,235 votes against his foremost opponent Republican nominee Clark C. Boardman, thereby retaining Democratic control over the office of lieutenant governor. Aycock was sworn in as the 45th lieutenant governor of Louisiana on May 10, 1960.https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=392449 LA Lt. Governor ourcampaigns.com June 17, 2010 2024-12-31 Results Louisiana lieutenant gubernatorial election, 1960 Democratic Party (United States) Taddy Aycock 392,421 83.16 Republican Party (United States) Clark C. Boardman 68,186 14.45 States Rights Vaughn L. Phelps 11,299 2.39 471,906 100.00 Democratic Party (United States) References Category:1960 Louisiana elections Category:Louisiana lieutenant gubernatorial elections Category:April 1960 in the United States Category:Government of Louisiana Category:1960 United States lieutenant gubernatorial elections