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'''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.
'''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.