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==Defection to the GOP==
==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.
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>