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{{Infobox person
{{Infobox person
| name=David Washington Pipes, Jr.
| name=David Washington Pipes, Jr.
| birth_date=August 6, 1886
| birth_date=August 6, 1886
| birth_place=[[New Orleans]], [[Louisiana]]
| birth_place=[[New Orleans]], [[Louisiana]]
}}
}}
'''David Washington Pipes, Jr.''' (August 6, 1886 – September 6, 1968), was a [[lawyer]] and [[sugar cane]] planter from Houma in Terrebonne Parish, [[Louisiana]]. Previously a lifelong [[Democratic Party|Democrat]], he defected to the [[Republican Party]] in 1940 to oppose the nomination of [[Henry A. Wallace]] for the [[Vice President of the United States|vice presidency]] and to wage his own campaign for an open seat in the [[United States House of Representatives]] from the [[Lafayette]] based 3rd congressional district.
'''David Washington Pipes, Jr.''' (August 6, 1886 – September 6, 1968), was a [[lawyer]] and [[sugar]] planter from Houma in Terrebonne Parish, [[Louisiana]]. Previously a lifelong [[Democratic Party|Democrat]], he defected to the [[Republican Party]] in 1940 to oppose the nomination of [[Henry A. Wallace]] for the [[Vice President of the United States|vice presidency]] and to wage his own campaign for an open seat in the [[United States House of Representatives]] from the [[Lafayette]] based 3rd congressional district.
Pipes was a vice president of the trade association, the American Sugar Cane League.
Pipes was a vice president of the trade association, the American Sugar Cane League.
==Background==
==Background==
Pipes's great great-grandfather, John Pipes, was among the first settlers of [[Philadelphia]], [[Pennsylvania]]. David Pipes, Jr. was born in [[New Orleans]] to David Washington Pipes, Sr., and the former Anna Fort of West Feliciana Parish,, Louisiana. The senior Pipes' first wife died, and in 1885, he married the then 21-year-old Anna, who was born in 1863, the year that the senior Pipes, as a teenager was fighting for the [[Confederate States of America]] at [[Battle of Gettysburg|Gettysburg]], Pennsylvania. Pipes, Sr., was a state senator for East Feliciana Parish from 1892 to 1896 and 1916 to 1920. Between the Senate terms, he was a member of the Louisiana Constitutional Convention of 1898.<ref=bio>{{cite web|url=https://www.lahistory.org/resources/dictionary-louisiana-biography/dictionary-louisiana-biography-p/|title=Pipes, David Washington|publisher=''A Dictionary of Louisiana Biography'' by the Louisiana Historical Association|accessdate=May 29, 2019}}</ref><ref name=pipesfamily/> was educated in public and private schools in Clinton in East Feliciana Parish, and in Port Gibson in Claiborne County, [[Mississippi]], across the [[Mississippi River]] from Louisiana. He attended [[Washington and Lee University]] in Lexington, [[Virginia]], the ninth oldest institution of higher learning in the United States. [[Robert E. Lee]] was the W&L president from 1865 to 1870. Pipes obtained his [[Bachelor of Arts]] in 1906. Thereafter, he remained at W&L to study law, but he transferred to [[Tulane University]] in New Orleans, from which he received the LL.B. degree in 1910. He was admitted to the bar in both Virginia and Louisiana and practiced in New Orleans from 1910 to 1913.<ref name=bio/>
Pipes's great great-grandfather, John Pipes, was among the first settlers of [[Philadelphia]], [[Pennsylvania]]. David Pipes, Jr. was born in [[New Orleans]] to David Washington Pipes, Sr., and the former Anna Fort of West Feliciana Parish,, Louisiana. The senior Pipes' first wife died, and in 1885, he married the then 21-year-old Anna, who was born in 1863, the year that the senior Pipes, as a teenager was fighting for the [[Confederate States of America]] at [[Battle of Gettysburg|Gettysburg]], Pennsylvania. Pipes, Sr., was a state senator for East Feliciana Parish from 1892 to 1896 and 1916 to 1920. Between the Senate terms, he was a member of the Louisiana Constitutional Convention of 1898.<ref name=bio>{{cite web|url=https://www.lahistory.org/resources/dictionary-louisiana-biography/dictionary-louisiana-biography-p/|title=Pipes, David Washington|publisher=''A Dictionary of Louisiana Biography'' by the Louisiana Historical Association|accessdate=May 29, 2019}}</ref><ref name=pipesfamily/> was educated in public and private schools in Clinton in East Feliciana Parish, and in Port Gibson in Claiborne County, [[Mississippi]], across the [[Mississippi River]] from Louisiana. He attended [[Washington and Lee University]] in Lexington, [[Virginia]], the ninth oldest institution of higher learning in the United States. [[Robert E. Lee]] was the W&L president from 1865 to 1870. Pipes obtained his [[Bachelor of Arts]] in 1906. Thereafter, he remained at W&L to study law, but he transferred to [[Tulane University]] in New Orleans, from which he received the LL.B. degree in 1910. He was admitted to the bar in both Virginia and Louisiana and practiced in New Orleans from 1910 to 1913.<ref name=bio/>
==Louisiana sugar planter==
==Louisiana sugar planter==
Pipes had half-siblings too from his father's first marriage, one of whom operated family cotton interests in Morehouse Parish north of [[Monroe, Louisiana|Monroe]]. A half-nephew also named "David Pipes" (1910-1982) ran the Morehouse operations.
Pipes had half-siblings too from his father's first marriage, one of whom operated family cotton interests in Morehouse Parish north of [[Monroe, Louisiana|Monroe]]. A half-nephew also named "David Pipes" (1910-1982) ran the Morehouse operations.
==Defection to the GOP==
Despite his family heritage, Pipes left the Democratic Party to express outrage over the selection of Agriculture Secretary Henry Wallace of [[Iowa]] as the Democratic vice-presidential nominee. Pipes' Confederate father, who had fought at the battle of Shiloh]] in [[Tennessee]], as well as Gettysburg, had been a die-hard post-[[American Civil War|Civil War]] Democrat, having served in the state senate.
Despite his family heritage, Pipes left the Democratic Party to express outrage over the selection of Agriculture Secretary Henry Wallace of [[Iowa]] as the Democratic vice-presidential nominee. Pipes' Confederate father, who had fought at the battle of Shiloh]] in [[Tennessee]], as well as Gettysburg, had been a die-hard post-[[American Civil War|Civil War]] Democrat, having served in the state senate.
Domengeaux served in the U. S. House until 1948,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=D000406|title=Domengeaux, James - Biographical Information|publisher=Bioguide.congress.gov|accessdate=May 29, 2019}}</ref>when he ran unsuccessfully for the U.S. Senate. Pipes' performance marked the strongest Republican showing in a Louisiana congressional race since a 1929 [[special election]] in the same district. Through 1940, only Democrats had represented Louisiana in Congress since the era of [[Reconstruction]] although a [[Progressive Party]] candidate, W. P. Martin of in Lafourche Parish was elected in 1914 in the same Third District. Martin, a former supporter of U.S. President [[Woodrow Wilson]], broke with the Democrats over sugar policies but later rejoined that party.
Domengeaux served in the U. S. House until 1948,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=D000406|title=Domengeaux, James - Biographical Information|publisher=Bioguide.congress.gov|accessdate=May 29, 2019}}</ref>when he ran unsuccessfully for the U.S. Senate. Pipes' performance marked the strongest Republican showing in a Louisiana congressional race since a 1929 [[special election]] in the same district. Through 1940, only Democrats had represented Louisiana in Congress since the era of [[Reconstruction]] although a [[Progressive Party]] candidate, W. P. Martin of in Lafourche Parish was elected in 1914 in the same Third District. Martin, a former supporter of U.S. President [[Woodrow Wilson]], broke with the Democrats over sugar policies but later rejoined that party.
By 1995, some fifty-five years after Pipes made his rudimentary congressional race, Republicans had made huge strides in Louisiana. They held a clear majority of the U.S. House seats from Louisiana but had then yet to elect a single U.S. senator. That would change with the election of 2004, with the victory of [[David Vitter]]. Sugar growers, however, were independents who swung between the parties. While many in time voted Republican for president, other growers also supported such Democrats as former Senators [[John Breaux]] of Crowley in Aadia Parish and [[Mary Landrieu]] of New Orleans.
By 1995, some fifty-five years after Pipes made his rudimentary congressional race, Republicans had made huge strides in Louisiana. They held a clear majority of the U.S. House seats from Louisiana but had then yet to elect a single U.S. senator. That would change with the election of 2004, with the victory of [[David Vitter]]. Sugar growers, however, were independents who swung between the parties. While many in time voted Republican for president, other growers also supported such Democrats as former Senators [[John Breaux]] of Crowley in Aadia Parish and [[Mary Landrieu]] of New Orleans.
Pipes served on the vestry of St. Matthew's Episcopal Church in Houma. He died in New Orleans at the age of eighty-two. He and Mrs. Pipes are interred at Magnolia Cemetery in Houma.<ref name=bio/>
Pipes served on the vestry of St. Matthew's Episcopal Church in Houma. He died in New Orleans at the age of eighty-two. He and Mrs. Pipes are interred at Magnolia Cemetery in Houma.<ref name=bio/>