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==Do conservatives have a home in the GOP?==
==Do conservatives have a home in the GOP?==
In 1968, Charlton Lyons attended the [[Republican National Convention]] in [[Miami Beach]], [[Florida]] and thereafter headed the Louisiana campaign to elect [[Richard Nixon]] as president; He had similarly worked for [[Barry Goldwater|Barry M. Goldwater]] in 1964. Hall Lyons, however, favored former Alabama Governor George Wallace, a populist-style Democrat and then segregationist, who was running under his own "American Independent Party" label. Wallace won Louisiana's ten electoral votes, and Nixon ran a weak third in the state, losing out even to Democratic national nominee Vice President [[Hubert Humphrey]].
In 1968, Charlton Lyons attended the [[Republican National Convention]] in Miami Beach, [[Florida]] and thereafter headed the Louisiana campaign to elect [[Richard Nixon]] as president; He had similarly worked for [[Barry Goldwater|Barry M. Goldwater]] in 1964. Hall Lyons, however, favored former Alabama Governor George Wallace, a populist-style Democrat and then segregationist, who was running under his own "American Independent Party" label. Wallace won Louisiana's ten electoral votes, and Nixon ran a weak third in the state, losing out even to Democratic national nominee Vice President [[Hubert Humphrey]].
In the 1972 governor's race, Charlton Lyons, who had served as state Republican chairman after his own loss for governor, supported [[David C. Treen]] as his party's gubernatorial candidate. Charlton Lyons was embarrassed because Hall Lyons was running for governor too, not as a Republican primary rival to Treen, but as the projected AIP candidate on the general election ballot. Lyons convinced his son to withdraw so that conservatives could unite behind Republican Treen. This campaign was some nine months before Treen would be elected to Congress in November 1972.
In the 1972 governor's race, Charlton Lyons, who had served as state Republican chairman after his own loss for governor, supported [[David C. Treen]] as his party's gubernatorial candidate. Charlton Lyons was embarrassed because Hall Lyons was running for governor too, not as a Republican primary rival to Treen, but as the projected AIP candidate on the general election ballot. Lyons convinced his son to withdraw so that conservatives could unite behind Republican Treen. This campaign was some nine months before Treen would be elected to Congress in November 1972.