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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]].​

Grace died in office in 1957. An appointee filled the post until 1960, when Moore was again elected to the position, along with Jimmie Davis winning his second nonconsecutive term as governor. In the 1960 elections, Moore first defeated the Democrat Fred Columbus Dent, Sr., of Baton Rouge, the husband of Lucille May Grace. Dent ran on the intra-party ticket of deLesseps Story Morrison, Sr. (1912-1964), then the [[mayor]] of New Orleans.<ref>''Minden Herald,'' September 17, 1959.</ref> Moore then defeated by a margin of 88-12 percent the Republican Anna Wooten Slagle (1903–1992) of [[Monroe, Louisiana|Monroe]], a charter member of the Fifth District Republican Women's Club.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.opwrc.com/OPWRC-History.html|title=Ouachita Parish Women's Republican Club: Our History|publisher=opwrc.com|accessdate=November 20, 2009}}</ref><ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election returns for Register of State Lands, April 17, 1960. In that same election Jimmie Davis overwhelmed Republican nominee, Francis Carroll Grevemberg (1914-2008).</ref> Thereafter, Moore was either unopposed for the post or had insignificant opposition within the Democratic Party. In 1971, she defeated a Democratic primary candidate, James Alan "Jim" Rentz (1933–2011) of Baton Rouge.<ref>''Minden Press-Herald'', November 6, 1971.</ref> After [[John J. McKeithen]] became governor in 1964, the pro-Long and anti-Long factionalism began to recede, as the state slowly adopted Democrat-Republican inter-party competition.​

Grace died in office in 1957. An appointee filled the post until 1960, when Moore was again elected to the position, along with Jimmie Davis winning his second nonconsecutive term as governor. In the 1960 elections, Moore first defeated the Democrat Fred Columbus Dent, Sr., of Baton Rouge, the husband of Lucille May Grace. Dent ran on the intra-party ticket of deLesseps Story Morrison, Sr. (1912-1964), then the [[mayor]] of New Orleans.<ref>''Minden Herald,'' September 17, 1959.</ref> Moore then defeated by a margin of 88-12 percent the Republican Anna Wooten Slagle (1903–1992) of [[Monroe, Louisiana|Monroe]], a charter member of the Fifth District Republican Women's Club.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.opwrc.com/OPWRC-History.html|title=Ouachita Parish Women's Republican Club: Our History|publisher=opwrc.com|accessdate=November 20, 2009}}</ref><ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election returns for Register of State Lands, April 17, 1960. In that same election Jimmie Davis overwhelmed Republican nominee, Francis Carroll Grevemberg (1914-2008).</ref>  

 

Thereafter, Moore was either unopposed for the post or had insignificant opposition within the Democratic Party. In 1971, she defeated a Democratic primary candidate, James Alan "Jim" Rentz (1933–2011) of Baton Rouge.<ref>''Minden Press-Herald'', November 6, 1971.</ref> After [[John J. McKeithen]] became governor in 1964, the pro-Long and anti-Long factionalism began to recede, as the state slowly adopted Democrat-Republican inter-party competition.​

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