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<blockquote>A successful businessman whose word is respected, [McLemore] has the kind of experience [[good government]] needs. ... Louisiana needs a sound, efficient, and honest business administration to cut out the political deadheads and spoilsmen, restore a healthy balance in its fiscal affairs, and give its people a just, fair, and equitable return for their tax moneys. ... Throw off factional collar and strike down [[political boss]]dom ...<ref>''The New Orleans Times-Picayune'' editorial, reprinted in ''Minden Herald'', December 21, 1951.</ref></blockquote>
<blockquote>A successful businessman whose word is respected, [McLemore] has the kind of experience [[good government]] needs. ... Louisiana needs a sound, efficient, and honest business administration to cut out the political deadheads and spoilsmen, restore a healthy balance in its fiscal affairs, and give its people a just, fair, and equitable return for their tax moneys. ... Throw off factional collar and strike down [[political boss]]dom ...<ref>''The New Orleans Times-Picayune'' editorial, reprinted in ''Minden Herald'', December 21, 1951.</ref></blockquote>
Running with McLemore in 1952 for statewide offices were G. M. "Jimmie" Bodenheimer of [[Shreveport]] for state attorney general, a position won by [[Fred S. LeBlanc]], and [[Lionel Ott]], a member of the [[New Orleans City Council]] for lieutenant governor, an office won instead by [[C. E. "Cap" Barham]] of [[Ruston, Louisiana|Ruston]]. McLemore also endorsed Robert Kennon's successful choice for auditor, [[Allison Kolb]] of Baton Rouge, originally from [[Colfax, Louisiana|Colfax]] in [[Grant Parish, Louisiana|Grant Parish]].<ref>''Minden Herald'', January 3, 1952, p. 1.</ref>
Running with McLemore in 1952 for statewide offices were G. M. "Jimmie" Bodenheimer of [[Shreveport]] for state attorney general, a position won by Fred S. LeBlanc, and Lionel Ott, a member of the New Orleans City Council for lieutenant governor, an office won instead by Charles Emmett "Cap"
"Cap" Barham of [[Ruston, Louisiana|Ruston]]. McLemore also endorsed Robert Kennon's successful choice for auditor, [[Allison Kolb]] of Baton Rouge, originally from Colfax in Grant Parish.<ref>''Minden Herald'', January 3, 1952, p. 1.</ref>
McLemore held a political rally, called a "Citizens Revolt" at the Shreveport Municipal Auditorium, the home of the Louisiana Hayride, in which he denounced the "professional politicians". He assured the nearly 1,500 in attendance that he was no politician at all but a lifelong businessman.<ref>"Professional Politicians McLemore Rally Target", ''The Shreveport Times'', November 15, 1951, p. 3.</ref>
McLemore held a political rally, called a "Citizens Revolt" at the Shreveport Municipal Auditorium, the home of the Louisiana Hayride, in which he denounced the "professional politicians". He assured the nearly 1,500 in attendance that he was no politician at all but a lifelong businessman.<ref>"Professional Politicians McLemore Rally Target", ''The Shreveport Times'', November 15, 1951, p. 3.</ref>
After the governor's race, McLemore was a Louisiana delegate to the 1952 [[Democratic National Convention]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mcleary-mclennan.html|title=Index to Politicians: Mclear to Mclennon|publisher=The Political Graveyard|accessdate=October 30, 2013}}</ref> which met in [[Chicago]], [[Illinois]], to nominate [[Adlai Stevenson|Adlai E. Stevenson, II]], and [[John Sparkman]] to carry the party banner against the [[Republican Party|Republican]] ticket of [[Dwight Eisenhower]] and [[Richard M. Nixon]]. Stevenson won the Louisiana electoral vote in 1952 but not in 1956 when he was again the Democrat standard-bearer against Eisenhower.
After the governor's race, McLemore was a Louisiana delegate to the 1952 [[Democratic National Convention]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mcleary-mclennan.html|title=Index to Politicians: Mclear to Mclennon|publisher=The Political Graveyard|accessdate=October 30, 2013}}</ref> which met in [[Chicago]], [[Illinois]], to nominate [[Adlai Stevenson|Adlai E. Stevenson, II]], and [[John Sparkman]] to carry the party banner against the [[Republican Party|Republican]] ticket of [[Dwight Eisenhower]] and [[Richard M. Nixon]]. Stevenson won the Louisiana electoral vote in 1952 but not in 1956 when he was again the Democrat standard-bearer against Eisenhower.
==1956 campaign==
==1956 campaign==