1952 Louisiana gubernatorial election

none January 2025 September 2023 1952 Louisiana Democratic gubernatorial primary Louisiana presidential No 1948 Louisiana gubernatorial election 1948 1956 Louisiana gubernatorial election 1956 February 19, 1952 1912 150x150px File:Robert F. Kennon portrait.jpg Robert F. Kennon Democratic Party (United States) Independent politician 482,302 61.44% File:3x4.svg Carlos Spaht Longite Democratic Party (United States) 302,743 38.56% 1952 Louisiana gubernatorial election results map by parish.svg 280px Parish resultsKennon: #7996e2 50–60% #6674de 60–70% #584cde 70–80% #0d056c >90%Spaht: #d3bc5f 50–60% #c8ab37 60–70% Governor Earl K. Long Democratic Party (United States) Robert F. Kennon Democratic Party (United States) The 1952 Louisiana gubernatorial election was held in two rounds on January 15 and February 19, 1952. Like most Southern states between the Reconstruction Era and the Civil Rights Movement, Louisiana's Republican Party was virtually nonexistent in terms of electoral support. This meant that the two Democratic Party primary elections held on these dates were the real contest over who would be governor of Louisiana. The 1952 election saw the defeat of Long candidate Carlos Spaht, and the election of Robert F. Kennon as governor. In the low-turnout general election held on April 22, 1952, Kennon defeated Harrison Bagwell, a Baton Rouge lawyer and only the second Louisiana Republican gubernatorial nominee since Reconstruction. Kennon received 118,723 votes (96 percent) to Bagwell's 4,958 votes (4 percent).https://books.google.com/books?id=PCUXAwAAQBAJ&q=Harrison+G.+Bagwell&pg=PA103 United States Gubernatorial Elections, 1932-1952: The Official Results by State and County 103–104 McFarland and Company Jefferson, North Carolina 978-0-7864-7034-1 Michael J. Dubin 17 March 2014 January 6, 2015 Democratic primary Candidates Hale Boggs, U.S. Representative from New Orleans Bill Dodd, Lieutenant Governor and former State Representative from Allen Parish Lucille May Grace, Register of State Lands Robert F. Kennon, judge of the Second Circuit Court of Appeal and candidate for governor in 1948 Dudley J. LeBlanc, State Senator from Acadia Parish Cliff Liles, Lake Charles resident James M. McLemore, Alexandria cattle rancher Kermit Parker, New Orleans pharmacist and reform school administrator Carlos Spaht, judge of the Nineteenth District Court and former East Baton Rouge Parish district attorney Results The primary election was held on January 15. 1952 Democratic gubernatorial primary Carlos Spaht Democratic Party (US) 173,987 22.84% Robert F. Kennon Democratic Party (US) 163,434 21.46% Hale Boggs Democratic Party (US) 142,542 18.71% James M. McLemore Democratic Party (US) 116,405 15.28% Bill Dodd Democratic Party (US) 90,925 11.94% Dudley J. LeBlanc Democratic Party (US) 62,906 8.26% Kermit Parker Democratic Party (US) 5,470 0.72% Lucille May Grace Democratic Party (US) 4,832 0.63% Cliff Liles Democratic Party (US) 1,233 0.16% 761,734 100.00% Runoff Because no candidate received a majority of the vote, a runoff between the top two finishers was held on February 19. 1952 Democratic gubernatorial runoff Robert F. Kennon Democratic Party (US) 482,302 61.44% 39.98 Carlos Spaht Democratic Party (US) 302,743 38.56% 17.72 785,045 100.00% General election Candidates Harrison Bagwell, Baton Rouge lawyer (Republican) Robert F. Kennon, judge of the Louisiana Second Circuit Court of Appeal (Democratic) Results 1952 Louisiana gubernatorial election Robert F. Kennon Democratic Party (US) 118,723 95.99% Harrison Bagwell Republican Party (US) 4,958 4.01% 123,681 100.00% References Sources Louisiana Secretary of State. Democratic Primary Election Returns, 1952. 1952 Louisiana Gubernatorial Category:January 1952 in the United States Category:February 1952 in the United States