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Moore was a committed [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] and active in the party organization. Though she was in the anti-[[Huey Long|Long]] faction of the party, she did not support [[Republican Party|Republican]] candidates over the years, as had some others in her faction, such as Governors [[Sam Houston Jones]] and [[Robert F. Kennon]], Lieutenant Governor Clarence C. "Taddy" Aycock, and state Senator Jackson Beauregard Davis of [[Shreveport]].<ref>''[[Shreveport Journal]],'' September 17, 1964, p. 1.</ref>
Moore was a committed [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] and active in the party organization. Though she was in the anti-[[Huey Long|Long]] faction of the party, she did not support [[Republican Party|Republican]] candidates over the years, as had some others in her faction, such as Governors [[Sam Houston Jones]] and [[Robert F. Kennon]], Lieutenant Governor Clarence C. "Taddy" Aycock, and state Senator Jackson Beauregard Davis of [[Shreveport]].<ref>''[[Shreveport Journal]],'' September 17, 1964, p. 1.</ref>
In 1948, Moore ran unsuccessfully on the Sam Jones gubernatorial ticket in opposition to the incumbent, Lucille May Grace./<ref>''Minden Herald,'' January 16, 1948, p. 2.</ref> In 1952, Moore won a high-profile election against Mary Evelyn Dickerson Parker (1920-2015), later the state treasurer and like Moore a committed Democrat active in the party structure. Moore ran in the first primary in 1952 on the unsuccessful gubernatorial ticket bheaded buy [[U.S. Representative]] Thomas Hale Boggs (1914-1972) but switched to the Robert Kennon slate in the runoff election.<ref>''Minden Press.'' February 8, 1952, p. 1.</ref> From 1952 to 1956, Moore served on the Louisiana Recreation and Parks Commission and was named chairman of the body in 1960 under Governor [[Jimmie Davis]]. She was a former member of the Governor's Commission on the Status of Women.<ref name=lasos>{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081121090128/http://www400.sos.louisiana.gov/archives/women/bio-moore.htm|title=Ellen Bryan Moore |publisher=Louisiana Secretary of State |accessdate=September 7, 2009}}</ref>
In 1948, Moore ran unsuccessfully on the Sam Jones gubernatorial ticket in opposition to the incumbent, Lucille May Grace.<ref>''Minden Herald,'' January 16, 1948, p. 2.</ref> In 1952, Moore won a high-profile election against Mary Evelyn Dickerson Parker (1920-2015), later the state treasurer and like Moore a committed Democrat active in the party structure. Moore ran in the first primary in 1952 on the unsuccessful gubernatorial ticket bheaded buy [[U.S. Representative]] Thomas Hale Boggs (1914-1972) but switched to the Robert Kennon slate in the runoff election.<ref>''Minden Press.'' February 8, 1952, p. 1.</ref> From 1952 to 1956, Moore served on the Louisiana Recreation and Parks Commission and was named chairman of the body in 1960 under Governor [[Jimmie Davis]]. She was a former member of the Governor's Commission on the Status of Women.<ref name=lasos>{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081121090128/http://www400.sos.louisiana.gov/archives/women/bio-moore.htm|title=Ellen Bryan Moore |publisher=Louisiana Secretary of State |accessdate=September 7, 2009}}</ref>
In January 1956, Moore was unseated by former Register Lucille May Grace in the statewide gubernatorial sweep by [[Earl Long|Earl Kemp Long]]. That fall, Moore worked for the election of former Governor [[Adlai Stevenson]] to the [[U.S. President|American presidency]] through her role as a national party leader in Louisiana and as a member of the board of directors of United Democrats of Louisiana.<ref name=lasos/> Her intra-party rival, Governor Earl Long, also endorsed the Stevenson-[[Estes Kefauver|Kefauver]] ticket, the first Democratic slate to lose the [[electoral vote]]s of Louisiana since 1876. Instead the state supported Eisenhower and [[Richard M. Nixon|Nixon]].
In January 1956, Moore was unseated by former Register Lucille May Grace in the statewide gubernatorial sweep by [[Earl Long|Earl Kemp Long]]. That fall, Moore worked for the election of former Governor [[Adlai Stevenson]] to the [[U.S. President|American presidency]] through her role as a national party leader in Louisiana and as a member of the board of directors of United Democrats of Louisiana.<ref name=lasos/> Her intra-party rival, Governor Earl Long, also endorsed the Stevenson-[[Estes Kefauver|Kefauver]] ticket, the first Democratic slate to lose the [[electoral vote]]s of Louisiana since 1876. Instead the state supported Eisenhower and [[Richard M. Nixon|Nixon]].