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| death_place=[[Baton Rouge]], Louisiana
| death_place=[[Baton Rouge]], Louisiana
| resting_place=St. John's Cemetery in Plaquemine
| resting_place=St. John's Cemetery in Plaquemine
| office=Louisiana Register of State Lands (no longer an elected office)
| office=Louisiana Register of State Lands<br>(no longer an elected office)
| term_star=1931
| term_star=1931
| term_end=1952
| term_end=1952
| spouse= Fred Columbus Dent, Sr.
| spouse= Fred Columbus Dent, Sr.
| children=Fred Columbus Dent Jr.<br>
| children=Fred Columbus Dent Jr.<br>
Joelyn Dent Collins
Joelyn Dent Collins<br>
'''Parents''':<br>
Fred J. and May Dardenne Grace
| religion =[[Roman Catholicism]]
| religion =[[Roman Catholicism]]
| party = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]]
| party = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]]
}}
}}
'''Lucille May Grace''', a.k.a. '''Mrs. Fred Columbus Dent Sr.''', (October 3, 1900 – December 22, 1957), was the first woman to attain statewide elected office in [[Louisiana]]. A [[Democratic Party|Democrat]], "Miss Grace," as she preferred to be called, became Register of the State Land Office in 1931 on appointment of Governor [[Huey Long|Huey Pierce Long Jr.]]<ref>''Minden Herald,'' April 28, 1955, p. 1.</ref> She succeeded her father, who died in office, for whom she had previously worked. She was elected register in her own right in 1932, 1936, 1940, 1944, 1948, and 1956.<ref name=dict>"Lucille May Grace," ''A Dictionary of Louisiana Biography.''</ref>
'''Lucille May Grace''', a.k.a. '''Mrs. Fred Columbus Dent Sr.''', (October 3, 1900 – December 22, 1957), was the first woman to attain statewide elected office in [[Louisiana]]. A [[Democratic Party|Democrat]], "Miss Grace," as she preferred to be called, became Register of the State Land Office in 1931 on appointment of Governor [[Huey Long|Huey Pierce Long Jr.]]<ref>''Minden Herald,'' April 28, 1955, p. 1.</ref> She succeeded her father, who died in office, for whom she had previously worked. She was elected register in her own right in 1932, 1936, 1940, 1944, 1948, and 1956.<ref name=dict>"Lucille May Grace," ''A Dictionary of Louisiana Biography.''</ref>
Lucille Grace was born in Plaquemine in Iberville Parish, located south of the capital city of [[Baton Rouge]], to Fred J. Grace and the former May Dardenne. She graduated in 1919 from the Academy of the Sacred Heart in Grand Coteau, near Opelousas in St. Landry Parish. She thereafter received a bachelor's degree from [[Louisiana State University]] in Baton Rouge. She was secretary-treasurer of her LSU freshman class, the first woman to have attained that distinction. She was also a member of Phi Kappa Phi honor society, the [[Daughters of the American Revolution]], and the United Daughters of the Confederacy.<ref name=dict/>
Lucille Grace was born in Plaquemine in Iberville Parish, located south of the capital city of [[Baton Rouge]], to Fred J. Grace and the former May Dardenne. She graduated in 1919 from the Academy of the Sacred Heart in Grand Coteau, near Opelousas in St. Landry Parish. She thereafter received a bachelor's degree from [[Louisiana State University]] in Baton Rouge. She was secretary-treasurer of her LSU freshman class, the first woman to have attained that distinction. She was also a member of Phi Kappa Phi honor society, the [[Daughters of the American Revolution]], and the United Daughters of the Confederacy.<ref name=dict/>
Miss Grace was regarded as an efficient [[business]]woman and executive. She held the register's position from 1931 to 1952, when she instead ran for governor, and again from 1956 until her death in 1957.<ref name=lmg/>
Miss Grace was regarded as an efficient [[business]]woman and executive. She held the register's position from 1931 to 1952, when she instead ran for governor, and again from 1956 until her death in 1957.<ref name=lmg/>
==Runoff politics, 1944==
==Runoff politics, 1944==
Moore held the register's position again from 1960 to 1976, when it became non-elective.
Moore held the register's position again from 1960 to 1976, when it became non-elective.
In addition to her husband, Miss Grace was survived by a son, Fred C. Dent Jr. (1937–2010), a captain in the [[United States Army]] Special Forces who wore the [[Green Beret]]. Dent Jr., the father of actress Catherine Dent (born 1965), was a former state commissioner of financial institutions and headed the group Tax Busters.<ref name=fcdobit>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/theadvocate/obituary.aspx?n=fred-columbus-dent&pid=145338037|title=Obituary of Fred Columbus Dent Jr.|publisher=''The Baton Rouge Advocate''|date=September 14, 2010}}</ref> He ran as a [[Republican Party|Republican]] for the [[Mayor]]-Presidency of East Baton Rouge Parish in 2000 but polled less than 6 percent of the votes in the nonpartisan blanket primary. Victory went to another Republican, Bobby Simpson of Baker.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 7, 2000.</ref> The Dents also had a daughter, Joelyn Dent Collins of [[Richmond, Virginia|Richmond]], [[Virginia]].<ref name=fcdobit/>
In addition to her husband, Miss Grace was survived by a son, Fred C. Dent Jr. (1937–2010), a captain in the [[United States Army]] Special Forces who wore the Green Beret. Dent Jr., the father of actress Catherine Dent (born 1965), was a former state commissioner of financial institutions and headed the group Tax Busters.<ref name=fcdobit>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/theadvocate/obituary.aspx?n=fred-columbus-dent&pid=145338037|title=Obituary of Fred Columbus Dent Jr.|publisher=''The Baton Rouge Advocate''|date=September 14, 2010}}</ref> He ran as a [[Republican Party|Republican]] for the [[Mayor]]-Presidency of East Baton Rouge Parish in 2000 but polled less than 6 percent of the votes in the nonpartisan blanket primary. Victory went to another Republican, Bobby Simpson of Baker.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 7, 2000.</ref> The Dents also had a daughter, Joelyn Dent Collins of [[Richmond, Virginia|Richmond]], [[Virginia]].<ref name=fcdobit/>
The Dents are interred at St. John's Cemetery in Plaquemine.<ref name=fcdobit/>
The Dents are interred at St. John's Cemetery in Plaquemine.<ref name=fcdobit/>