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'''Frederick Tidwell Preaus''', known as '''Fred Preaus''' (April 25, 1912 &ndash; 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 &ndash; 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==

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Descended from a pioneer Union Parish family of [[France|French]], [[Germany|German]], and [[England|English]] origins, Fred Preaus was the older of two sons of Harry Preaus, Sr. (1887-1951), and the former Sallie Tidwell (1887-1951), the daughter of David C Tidwell, a prominent planter from Sterlington in Ouachita Parish, who died in 1921, and the former Mary Etta Daniel (1859-1956), a native of Mer Rouge in Morehouse Parish.<ref name=medt/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Preaus&GSiman=1&GScty=55263&GRid=38119921&|title=Harry Preaus, Sr.|publisher=findagrave.com|accessdate=February 14, 2015}}</ref>  

Descended from a pioneer Union Parish family of [[France|French]], [[Germany|German]], and [[England|English]] origins, Fred Preaus was the older of two sons of Harry Preaus, Sr. (1887-1951), and the former Sallie Tidwell (1887-1951), the daughter of David C Tidwell, a prominent planter from Sterlington in Ouachita Parish, who died in 1921, and the former Mary Etta Daniel (1859-1956), a native of Mer Rouge in Morehouse Parish.<ref name=medt/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Preaus&GSiman=1&GScty=55263&GRid=38119921&|title=Harry Preaus, Sr.|publisher=findagrave.com|accessdate=February 14, 2015}}</ref>  

Preaus was elected to the five-member Farmerville Town Council in 1949<ref>{{cite web|url=https://newspaperarchive.com/us/louisiana/monroe/monroe-morning-world/1949/03-13/page-21|publisher=''The Monroe Morning World''|title=Candidates file in Farmerville|page=21|date=March 13, 1949|accessdate=February 15, 2015}}</ref> and was active in the [[Chamber of Commerce]]. In 1952, incoming [[Governor]] [[Robert F. Kennon]] appointed Preaus as the state highway director.<ref name=mhwr/> Preaus worked to make Lake D'Arbonne in Farmerville a reality. Popular with fisherman and boaters, the waterway opened in 1963.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://lakedarbonnelife.com/2013/01/18/in-the-beginning/|title=In the Beginning|publisher=''Lake D'Arbonne Life''|date=January 18, 2013|accessdate=February 14, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://bab.stparchive.com/Archive/BAB/BAB11072013P05.php|title=Lake D'Arbonne Celebrating 50th Year|publisher=''The Bernice Banner''|location=Bernice, Louisiana|date=November 7, 2013|page=5|author=Kinny Haddox|accessdate=February 15, 2015}}</ref> In 1947, Preaus was president of the Union Parish Fair.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nQwEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PT69&lpg=PT69&dq=Fred+T.+Preaus+of+Farmerville,+LA&source=bl&ots=rJw5aXf2KD&sig=Yn-MunAShn5MO-KYqED0LZ1PR7k&hl=en&sa=X&ei=NQXhVMXbEMyXNs6OgcAG&ved=0CDAQ6AEwAzge#v=onepage&q=Fred%20T.%20Preaus%20of%20Farmerville%2C%20LA&f=false|title=''Billboard''|date=May 31, 1947|page=70|publisher=Nelson Business Media|accessdate=February 15, 2015}}</ref>​

Preaus was elected to the five-member Farmerville Town Council in 1949<ref>{{cite web|url=https://newspaperarchive.com/us/louisiana/monroe/monroe-morning-world/1949/03-13/page-21|publisher=''The Monroe Morning World''|title=Candidates file in Farmerville|page=21|date=March 13, 1949|accessdate=February 15, 2015}}</ref> and was active in the [[Chamber of Commerce]]. In 1952, incoming [[Governor]] [[Robert F. Kennon]] appointed Preaus as the state highway director.<ref name=mhwr/> Preaus worked to make Lake D'Arbonne in Farmerville a reality. Popular with fisherman and boaters, the waterway opened in 1963.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://lakedarbonnelife.com/2013/01/18/in-the-beginning/|title=In the Beginning|publisher=''Lake D'Arbonne Life''|date=January 18, 2013|accessdate=February 14, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://bab.stparchive.com/Archive/BAB/BAB11072013P05.php|title=Lake D'Arbonne Celebrating 50th Year|publisher=''The Bernice Banner''|location=Bernice, Louisiana|date=November 7, 2013|page=5|author=Kinny Haddox|accessdate=February 15, 2015}}</ref> In 1947, Preaus was president of the Union Parish Fair.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nQwEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PT69&lpg=PT69&dq=Fred+T.+Preaus+of+Farmerville,+LA&source=bl&ots=rJw5aXf2KD&sig=Yn-MunAShn5MO-KYqED0LZ1PR7k&hl=en&sa=X&ei=NQXhVMXbEMyXNs6OgcAG&ved=0CDAQ6AEwAzge#v=onepage&q=Fred%20T.%20Preaus%20of%20Farmerville%2C%20LA&f=false|title=''Billboard''|date=May 31, 1947|page=70|publisher=Nelson Business Media|accessdate=February 15, 2015}}</ref>​

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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==

Preaus finished in third place in the race with 95,955 votes (11.7 percent), trailing Mayor Morrison, who made the first of his three unsuccessful gubernatorial races, and Earl Long, who won the second of his three non-consecutive terms as Louisiana governor. Lagging behind Preaus were former state police superintendent Francis Carroll Grevemberg, and James M. McLemore, an [[Alexandria, Louisiana|Alexandria]] landowner and [[cattle]]man who made a second bid for governor, once again as a particularly avowed segregationist candidate.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Gubernatorial first primary returns, January 17, 1956</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6Bm5yc8Pdc8C&pg=PA549&lpg=PA549&dq=Fred+Preaus+of+Louisiana&source=bl&ots=R3VSZz9V9x&sig=PPb87mIwEK1fOdVM00txbpnEJ2w&hl=en&sa=X&ei=JjLgVKO2M4mjgwT_lILwAQ&ved=0CEAQ6AEwCDgK#v=onepage&q=Fred%20Preaus%20of%20Louisiana&f=false|title=Louisiana Almanac|date=2006|author=[[Milburn E. Calhoun]]|publisher=Pelican Publishing Company|location=Gretna, Louisiana|page=549|isbn=9781589803060|accessdate=February 15, 2015}}</ref> Meanwhile, A. Brown Moore lost to Long's choice for lieutenant governor, Lether Frazar, a prominent educator from [[Lake Charles]].​

Preaus finished in third place in the race with 95,955 votes (11.7 percent), trailing Mayor Morrison, who made the first of his three unsuccessful gubernatorial races, and Earl Long, who won the second of his three non-consecutive terms as Louisiana governor. Lagging behind Preaus were former state police superintendent Francis Carroll Grevemberg, and James M. McLemore, an [[Alexandria, Louisiana|Alexandria]] landowner and [[cattle]]man who made a second bid for governor, once again as a particularly avowed segregationist candidate.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Gubernatorial first primary returns, January 17, 1956</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6Bm5yc8Pdc8C&pg=PA549&lpg=PA549&dq=Fred+Preaus+of+Louisiana&source=bl&ots=R3VSZz9V9x&sig=PPb87mIwEK1fOdVM00txbpnEJ2w&hl=en&sa=X&ei=JjLgVKO2M4mjgwT_lILwAQ&ved=0CEAQ6AEwCDgK#v=onepage&q=Fred%20Preaus%20of%20Louisiana&f=false|title=Louisiana Almanac|date=2006|author=[[Milburn E. Calhoun]]|publisher=Pelican Publishing Company|location=Gretna, Louisiana|page=549|isbn=9781589803060|accessdate=February 15, 2015}}</ref> Meanwhile, A. Brown Moore lost to Long's choice for lieutenant governor, Lether Frazar, a prominent educator from [[Lake Charles]].​

==Personal life==​

==Personal life=

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In 1936, Preaus married the former Mona Gill (1912–1996) at the First [[Presbyterian]] Church in Ruston, Louisiana.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/2695087/|title=Marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Frederick T. Preaus|publisher=''[[Ruston Daily Leader]]''|date=May 29, 1936|page=5|accessdate=February 15, 2015}}</ref> Mona Preaus subsequently died in [[Baton Rouge]] at the age of eighty-three. Preause, his parents, wife, and brother are interred at the Farmerville Cemetery.<ref name=cemetery/> The Preauses' older son, [[attorney]] Frederick Fauntleroy Preaus (1937–2006), died in [[San Diego]], [[California]], at the age of sixty-nine. Prior to moving to San Diego, F. F. Preaus resided in New Orleans. The younger son, attorney Eugene R. Preaus (born 1941) and wife, Ann K. Preaus, were residing in New Orleans as of 2006.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bayou.com/~suelynn/genweb/obitdec06.html |title=Obituaries from ''The Monroe News Star'' |date=December 2006 |publisher=googleusercontent.com |accessdate=February 14, 2015 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070706140712/http://www.bayou.com/~suelynn/genweb/obitdec06.html |archivedate=July 6, 2007}}</ref>​

In 1936, Preaus married the former Mona Gill (1912–1996) at the First [[Presbyterian]] Church in Ruston, Louisiana.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/2695087/|title=Marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Frederick T. Preaus|publisher=''Ruston Daily Leader''|date=May 29, 1936|page=5|accessdate=February 15, 2015}}</ref> Mona Preaus subsequently died in [[Baton Rouge]] at the age of eighty-three. Preause, his parents, wife, and brother are interred at the Farmerville Cemetery.<ref name=cemetery/> The Preauses' older son, [[attorney]] Frederick Fauntleroy Preaus (1937–2006), died in [[San Diego]], [[California]], at the age of sixty-nine. Prior to moving to San Diego, F. F. Preaus resided in New Orleans. The younger son, attorney Eugene R. Preaus (born 1941) and wife, Ann K. Preaus, were residing in New Orleans as of 2006.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070706140712/http://www.bayou.com/~suelynn/genweb/obitdec06.html|title=Obituaries from ''The Monroe News Star'' |date=December 2006 |publisher=googleusercontent.com |accessdate=February 14, 2015}}</ref>​

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Preaus's grandfather or great-uncle, [[District Attorney]]<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xd9CAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA122 |title=Report of the Attorney General to the General Assembly of the State of Louisiana|date=July 22, 1904|page=122|publisher=Louisiana Department of Justice|location=Baton Rouge, Louisiana|author=Attorney General of Louisiana Walter Guion|accessdate=February 14, 2015}}</ref> Frederick F. Preaus (1853-1911) of Lincoln and Union parishes,<ref name=cemetery>{{cite web|url=http://files.usgwarchives.net/la/union/cemeteries/farmerville.txt|title=Farmerville Cemetery|publisher=usgwarchives.net|accessdate=February 14, 2015}}</ref> was a native of [[Indiana]]. About 1905, he built  the Preaus House on Academy Street in Farmerville. With elaborately constructed with balustrades and columns, the house has been well-maintained.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thelouisianaexplorer.wordpress.com/2015/01/03/farmerville-steeped-in-history-with-remnants-remaining/|title=Farmerville Steeped in History with Remnants Remaining|author=T. T. Fields, Jr.|date=January 3, 2015|accessdate=February 14, 2015}}</ref><ref>F.  F. Preaus and his wife, the former Annie Buce (1866-1933), a Union Parish native, had two daughters, Annie Booth (1889-1968) and Minnie Jordan (1892-1980).</ref> Along with the Selig-Neely House, the Preaus House is on the annual tour of the Historical District Association of Farmerville.​

Preaus's grandfather or great-uncle, District Attorney<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xd9CAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA122 |title=Report of the Attorney General to the General Assembly of the State of Louisiana|date=July 22, 1904|page=122|publisher=Louisiana Department of Justice|location=Baton Rouge, Louisiana|author=Attorney General of Louisiana Walter Guion|accessdate=February 14, 2015}}</ref> Frederick F. Preaus (1853-1911) of Lincoln and Union parishes,<ref name=cemetery>{{cite web|url=http://files.usgwarchives.net/la/union/cemeteries/farmerville.txt|title=Farmerville Cemetery|publisher=usgwarchives.net|accessdate=February 14, 2015}}</ref> was a native of [[Indiana]]. About 1905, he built  the Preaus House on Academy Street in Farmerville. With elaborately constructed with balustrades and columns, the house has been well-maintained.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thelouisianaexplorer.wordpress.com/2015/01/03/farmerville-steeped-in-history-with-remnants-remaining/|title=Farmerville Steeped in History with Remnants Remaining|author=T. T. Fields, Jr.|date=January 3, 2015|accessdate=February 14, 2015}}</ref><ref>F.  F. Preaus and his wife, the former Annie Buce (1866-1933), a Union Parish native, had two daughters, Annie Booth (1889-1968) and Minnie Jordan (1892-1980).</ref> Along with the Selig-Neely House, the Preaus House is on the annual tour of the Historical District Association of Farmerville.​

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The automobile dealership is still known as Preaus Motor Company.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.preausford.com/?lang=en|title=Preaus Motor Co., Inc.|publisher=preausford.com|accessdate=February 14, 2015}}</ref>​

The automobile dealership is still known as Preaus Motor Company.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.preausford.com/?lang=en|title=Preaus Motor Co., Inc.|publisher=preausford.com|accessdate=February 14, 2015}}</ref>​