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'''Frederick Tidwell Preaus''', known as '''Fred Preaus''' (April 25, 1912 – July 13, 1987),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?gl=ROOT_CATEGORY&rank=1&new=1&so=3&MSAV=0&msT=1&gss=ms_f-2_s&gsfn=Frederick+T.&gsln=Preaus&mswpn__ftp=Farmerville%2C+LA&msbdy=1912&uidh=000|title=Frederick T. Preaus|publisher=search.ancestry.com|accessdate=January 29, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/38119861|title=Frederick Tidwell Preaus|publisher=findagrave.com|accessdate=February 14, 2015}}</ref> was a [[business]]man and [[politician]] from the U.S. state of [[Louisiana]], a native of Farmerville in Union Parish near the [[Arkansas]] state line. He was an unsuccessful [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] candidate in the 1956 Louisiana gubernatorial election.
'''Frederick Tidwell Preaus''', known as '''Fred Preaus''' (April 25, 1912 – July 13, 1987),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?gl=ROOT_CATEGORY&rank=1&new=1&so=3&MSAV=0&msT=1&gss=ms_f-2_s&gsfn=Frederick+T.&gsln=Preaus&mswpn__ftp=Farmerville%2C+LA&msbdy=1912&uidh=000|title=Frederick T. Preaus|publisher=search.ancestry.com|accessdate=January 29, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/38119861|title=Frederick Tidwell Preaus|publisher=findagrave.com|accessdate=February 14, 2015}}</ref> was a [[business]]man and [[politician]] from the U.S. state of [[Louisiana]], a native of Farmerville in Union Parish near the [[Arkansas]] state line. He was an unsuccessful [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] candidate in the 1956 Louisiana gubernatorial election.
==Background==
==Background==
Preaus was also engaged in the [[timber]] business. Preaus and J. A. Auger (1911–2010), an inductee of the Loggers Hall of Fame,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thepineywoods.com/HallFameSep12.htm|title=Loggers Hall of Fame Sept. 14: Dodson museum underway for Hall, and regional history|author=Tom Kelly|publisher=''The Piney Woods Journal''|accessdate=February 15, 2015}}</ref> together developed the first chip mill in Farmerville.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fgazette.com/news.php?id=1169|title=Mary Nash-Wood, "Augers Leave Behind Rich Legacy"|publisher=''Farmerville Gazette'', February 3, 2010|accessdate=September 5, 2010}}</ref>
Preaus was also engaged in the [[timber]] business. Preaus and J. A. Auger (1911–2010), an inductee of the Loggers Hall of Fame,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thepineywoods.com/HallFameSep12.htm|title=Loggers Hall of Fame Sept. 14: Dodson museum underway for Hall, and regional history|author=Tom Kelly|publisher=''The Piney Woods Journal''|accessdate=February 15, 2015}}</ref> together developed the first chip mill in Farmerville.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fgazette.com/news.php?id=1169|title=Mary Nash-Wood, "Augers Leave Behind Rich Legacy"|publisher=''Farmerville Gazette'', February 3, 2010|accessdate=September 5, 2010}}</ref>
==Gubernatorial race==
==Gubernatorial race==
In 1955, Preaus, with the backing of Governor Kennon, who was ineligible to seek a second consecutive four-year term, declared his candidacy for governor.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dIhZxpoZVIQC&pg=PA378 |title=The Eisenhower Years|author=Michael S. Mayer|date=2010|page=378|publisher=|location=|isbn=978-0-8160-5387-2|accessdate=February 17, 2015}}</ref> Preaus's platform stressed law enforcement with use of the Louisiana National Guard as needed,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/3909247/|title=Pre3aus will use Guard to enforce law|publisher=''Lake Charles American-Press''|date=January 5, 1956|page=1|accessdate=February 18, 2015}}</ref> industrial development, tidelands oil revenues, long-range highway planning, no state tax increases, greater independence for local governments, expanded facilities for mental and tuberculosis patients, $65 per month welfare payments to the elderly or needy, the dredging of twenty new lakes,<ref name=mhwr/> and the maintenance of racial [[segregation]], the opposition to which he blamed on "outside agitators."<ref name=segregation>"Preaus Takes Strong Stand on Segregation," ''Minden Herald,'' December 8, 1955, p. 1.</ref> Preaus claimed that the [[NAACP]] [[civil rights]] organization was upsetting the "goodwill" that existed in Louisiana between the races.<ref name=segregation/>
In 1955, Preaus, with the backing of Governor Kennon, who was ineligible to seek a second consecutive four-year term, declared his candidacy for governor.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dIhZxpoZVIQC&pg=PA378 |title=The Eisenhower Years|author=Michael S. Mayer|date=2010|page=378|publisher=|location=|isbn=978-0-8160-5387-2|accessdate=February 17, 2015}}</ref> Preaus's platform stressed law enforcement with use of the Louisiana National Guard as needed,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/3909247/|title=Pre3aus will use Guard to enforce law|publisher=''Lake Charles American-Press''|date=January 5, 1956|page=1|accessdate=February 18, 2015}}</ref> industrial development, tidelands oil revenues, long-range highway planning, no state tax increases, greater independence for local governments, expanded facilities for mental and tuberculosis patients, $65 per month welfare payments to the elderly or needy, the dredging of twenty new lakes,<ref name=mhwr/> and the maintenance of racial [[segregation]], the opposition to which he blamed on "outside agitators."<ref name=segregation>"Preaus Takes Strong Stand on Segregation," ''Minden Herald,'' December 8, 1955, p. 1.</ref> Preaus claimed that the [[NAACP]] [[civil rights]] organization was upsetting the "goodwill" that existed in Louisiana between the races.<ref name=segregation/>