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==Republican campaign for Congress, 1956==
==Republican campaign for Congress, 1956==
In 1956, Calhoun Allen was a 34-year-old [[Republican Party|Republican]], a supporter of President [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]]'s reelection, and his party's candidate for the 4th congressional district seat long held by the popular Democrat Thomas Overton Brooks (1897-1961). Allen's campaign was directed by his friend, Shreveport businessman and civic leader Charles Thomas Beaird, who earlier in the year had been elected as a Republican on the Caddo Parish Police Jury (renamed in 1984 as the Caddo Parish Commission). Political advertising showed World War II veterans Eisenhower and Allen shaking hands and outlined their points of similarity. Allen stressed the need for two-party politics and said that the one-party South could benefit from an infusion of Republicanism. He attacked Democratic presidential nominee [[Adlai Stevenson]] of [[Illinois]] as "radical" in nature, while Eisenhower, he said, was "moderate on [[civil rights]].<ref name=tst>''The Shreveport Times]],'' November 4, 1956, p. 2B.</ref>
In 1956, Calhoun Allen was a 34-year-old [[Republican Party|Republican]], a supporter of President [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]]'s reelection, and his party's candidate for the 4th congressional district seat long held by the popular Democrat Thomas Overton Brooks (1897-1961). Allen's campaign was directed by his friend, Shreveport businessman and civic leader Charles Thomas Beaird, who earlier in the year had been elected as a Republican on the Caddo Parish Police Jury (renamed in 1984 as the Caddo Parish Commission). Political advertising showed World War II veterans Eisenhower and Allen shaking hands and outlined their points of similarity. Allen stressed the need for two-party politics and said that the one-party South could benefit from an infusion of Republicanism. He attacked Democratic presidential nominee [[Adlai Stevenson]] of [[Illinois]] as "radical" in nature, while Eisenhower, he said, was "moderate on [[civil rights]].<ref name=tst>''The Shreveport Times]],'' November 4, 1956, p. 2B.</ref>