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==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 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/>
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==
In 1940, however, many sugar growers in south Louisiana opposed the quotas that Secretary Wallace had established. Many of the growers had also supported the Republican presidential nominee [[Warren G. Harding]] of [[Ohio]] in his successful national campaign in 1920. Harding polled just over 30 percent of the popular vote in Louisiana and had carried fourteen sugar-growing parishes, some by large majorities.<ref>Billy Hathorn, ''The Republican Party in Louisiana, 1920-1980'', ([[Natchitoches, Louisiana|Natchitoches]]: [[Northwestern State University]], 1980), pp. 9, 34.</ref>
In 1940, however, many sugar growers in south Louisiana opposed the quotas that Secretary Wallace had established. Many of the growers had also supported the Republican presidential nominee [[Warren G. Harding]] of [[Ohio]] in his successful national campaign in 1920. Harding polled just over 30 percent of the popular vote in Louisiana and had carried fourteen sugar-growing parishes, some by large majorities.<ref>Billy Hathorn, ''The Republican Party in Louisiana, 1920-1980'', ([[Natchitoches, Louisiana|Natchitoches]]: [[Northwestern State University]], 1980), pp. 9, 34.</ref>
Pipes announced that he would run as a Republican against Democratic State Representative James R. Domengeaux of Lafayette for the U.S. House. Though he had scant chance of victory, Pipes was making a political statement for the long-term future of Louisiana politics. Pipes became a Republican about the time that [[Charles and Virginia deGravelles]] became the first whites in decades to register with the GOP in Lafayette Parish. The deGravelleses would later serve as party chairman and national committeewoman, respectively.
Pipes announced that he would run as a Republican against Democratic State Representative James R. Domengeaux of Lafayette for the U.S. House. Though he had scant chance of victory, Pipes was making a political statement for the long-term future of Louisiana politics. Pipes became a Republican about the time that [[Charles and Virginia DeGravelles]] became the first whites in decades to register with the GOP in Lafayette Parish. The deGravelleses would later serve as party chairman and national committeewoman, respectively.
Louisiana voters, though some may have objected to a third-term for any presidential candidate or to the nomination of Wallace, still gave the Roosevelt-Wallace ticket 319,751 votes (85.9 percent) of the ballots cast. The Republican ticket of [[Wendell Willkie]] of [[New York]] and [[Charles McNary]] of [[Oregon]] lagged at 52,446 ballots (14.1 percent). The strongest Willkie showing in the state was the 34.5 percent and the 29.4 percent that he managed in the sugar parishes of Vermilion and Iberia, respectively.
Louisiana voters, though some may have objected to a third-term for any presidential candidate or to the nomination of Wallace, still gave the Roosevelt-Wallace ticket 319,751 votes (85.9 percent) of the ballots cast. The Republican ticket of [[Wendell Willkie]] of [[New York]] and [[Charles McNary]] of [[Oregon]] lagged at 52,446 ballots (14.1 percent). The strongest Willkie showing in the state was the 34.5 percent and the 29.4 percent that he managed in the sugar parishes of Vermilion and Iberia, respectively.