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Nixon was only the third Republican to have won in Louisiana since Reconstruction.<ref>The first Republicans to win in Louisiana for U.S. President since [[Reconstruction]] were [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]] in 1956 and [[Barry Goldwater]] in 1964.</ref>

Nixon was only the third Republican to have won in Louisiana since Reconstruction.<ref>The first Republicans to win in Louisiana for U.S. President since [[Reconstruction]] were [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]] in 1956 and [[Barry Goldwater]] in 1964.</ref>

===With Lyndon LaRouche===​

===With Lyndon LaRouche===

Lyons's subsequent political activities are murky. In 1984, he did not return to the Republican Party to support [[Ronald W. Reagan]], who had campaigned for Lyons's father in the Louisiana governor's race in 1964,<ref>Perry H. Howard, ''Political Tendencies in Louisiana Revised and Expanded Edition'' ([[Baton Rouge]]: [[Louisiana State University]] Press, 1977), p. 392.</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypv7etrd_lI|title=Gore Vidal wrecks Ronald Reagan|publisher=YouTube|date=Uploaded September 9, 2010|accessdate=August 24, 2014}}</ref>  Instead, Hall Lyons contributed $2,600 in four checks that summer to the National Democratic Policy Committee, a group backing political activist [[Lyndon LaRouche]], a former [[Leon Trotsky|Trotskyite]] who pursued the Democratic presidential nomination that year against [[Walter Mondale]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.city-data.com/elec2/84/elec-LAFAYETTE-LA-84.html|title=Lafayette, LA Political Contributions by Individuals: Hall M. Lyons|publisher=city-data.com|accessdate=August 24, 2014}}</ref> In June 1985, Lyons made a small contribution to LaRouche, the fifth donation in less than a year.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.city-data.com/elec2/86/elec-LAFAYETTE-LA-86.html|title=Lafayette, LA Political Contributions by Individuals: Hall M. Lyons|publisher=city-data.com|accessdate=August 24, 2014}}</ref>

Lyons's subsequent political activities are murky. In 1984, he did not return to the Republican Party to support [[Ronald W. Reagan]], who had campaigned for Lyons's father in the Louisiana governor's race in 1964,<ref>Perry H. Howard, ''Political Tendencies in Louisiana Revised and Expanded Edition'' ([[Baton Rouge]]: [[Louisiana State University]] Press, 1977), p. 392.</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypv7etrd_lI|title=Gore Vidal wrecks Ronald Reagan|publisher=YouTube|date=Uploaded September 9, 2010|accessdate=August 24, 2014}}</ref>  Instead, Hall Lyons contributed $2,600 in four checks that summer to the National Democratic Policy Committee, a group backing political activist [[Lyndon LaRouche]], a former [[Leon Trotsky|Trotskyite]] who pursued the Democratic presidential nomination that year against [[Walter Mondale]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.city-data.com/elec2/84/elec-LAFAYETTE-LA-84.html|title=Lafayette, LA Political Contributions by Individuals: Hall M. Lyons|publisher=city-data.com|accessdate=August 24, 2014}}</ref> In June 1985, Lyons made a small contribution to LaRouche, the fifth donation in less than a year.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.city-data.com/elec2/86/elec-LAFAYETTE-LA-86.html|title=Lafayette, LA Political Contributions by Individuals: Hall M. Lyons|publisher=city-data.com|accessdate=August 24, 2014}}</ref>