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| death_date=November 16, 1991 (aged 81)
| death_date=November 16, 1991 (aged 81)
| death_place=[[Baton Rouge]], Louisiana
| death_place=[[Baton Rouge]], Louisiana
| resting_place=Greenoaks Memorial Park in Baton Rouge
| spouse=Verone Ford Dodd (married 1939-1991, his death)
| spouse=Verone Ford Dodd (married 1939-1991, his death)
| children=William Ford Dodd<br>
| children=William Ford Dodd<br>
Dodd was reconciled with Earl Long and campaigned for the ex-governor in the 1960 congressional primary. Long won the Democratic nomination, then through a closed primary, but died thereafter. Then the losing candidate to Long, Harold Barnett McSween (1926-2002), a banker from Alexandria, was named the nominee and won the 1960 general election, when [[John F. Kennedy]] defeated [[Richard Nixon]] for Louisiana's then ten electoral votes. The congressional seat, the 8th district, no longer exists. Prior to 1958, it was held by one of Long's brothers, George Long, who died in office.
Dodd was reconciled with Earl Long and campaigned for the ex-governor in the 1960 congressional primary. Long won the Democratic nomination, then through a closed primary, but died thereafter. Then the losing candidate to Long, Harold Barnett McSween (1926-2002), a banker from Alexandria, was named the nominee and won the 1960 general election, when [[John F. Kennedy]] defeated [[Richard Nixon]] for Louisiana's then ten electoral votes. The congressional seat, the 8th district, no longer exists. Prior to 1958, it was held by one of Long's brothers, George Long, who died in office.
Shortly before his death, Claitors Publishing in Baton Rouge released Dodd's lengthy memoir, ''Peapatch Politics: The Earl Long Era in Louisiana Politics''. Dodd, a [[Southern Baptist]], is interred in Baton Rouge.
Shortly before his death, Claitors Publishing in Baton Rouge released Dodd's lengthy memoir, ''Peapatch Politics: The Earl Long Era in Louisiana Politics''. Dodd, a [[Southern Baptist]], is interred at Greenoaks Memorial Park in Baton Rouge.
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