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| preceded=Fred J. Grace ​

| preceded=Fred J. Grace ​

| succeeded=[[Ellen Bryan Moore]]​

| succeeded=[[Ellen Bryan Moore]]​

| term_start2 = 1956​

| term_start2=1956​

| term_end2   = 1957​

| term_end2=1957​

| preceded2   = Ellen Bryan Moore​

| preceded2=Ellen Bryan Moore​

| succeeded2 = ​

| succeeded2= ​

| nationality=[[United States|American]]​

| nationality=[[United States|American]]​

| residence= Baton Rouge, Louisiana​

| residence= Baton Rouge, Louisiana​

| 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<br>

Joelyn Dent Collins<br>

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Garry Boulard's ''The Big Lie: Hale Boggs, Lucille May Grace, and Leander Perez in 1951'' (2001) is the definitive work on the Boggs-Perez-Grace rivalry. According to a brochure advertising Boulard's book: Boggs and Perez had quarreled for two decades even before the 1951 -52 gubernatorial race in which Perez talked Miss Grace into accusing one of her opponents, specifically, Hale Boggs of being a communist. Through interviews with many key players in the incident, Boulard blends oral history with material from over a dozen archives to create an incisive survey of three Louisiana politicians and how the 1951-1952 elections forever changed their lives."<ref name=boulard>Garry Boulard, ''The Big Lie: Hale Boggs, Lucille May Grace and Leander Perez in 1951'' (Gretna, Louisiana: Pelican Publishing, 2001​.</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ralphmag.org/BA/briefs.html|title=The Big Lie: Hale Boggs, Lucille May Grace, and Leander Perez in 1951|publisher=RALPH Magazine|accessdate=September 2, 2019}}</ref>

Garry Boulard's ''The Big Lie: Hale Boggs, Lucille May Grace, and Leander Perez in 1951'' (2001) is the definitive work on the Boggs-Perez-Grace rivalry. According to a brochure advertising Boulard's book: Boggs and Perez had quarreled for two decades even before the 1951 -52 gubernatorial race in which Perez talked Miss Grace into accusing one of her opponents, specifically, Hale Boggs of being a communist. Through interviews with many key players in the incident, Boulard blends oral history with material from over a dozen archives to create an incisive survey of three Louisiana politicians and how the 1951-1952 elections forever changed their lives."<ref name=boulard>Garry Boulard, ''The Big Lie: Hale Boggs, Lucille May Grace and Leander Perez in 1951'' (Gretna, Louisiana: Pelican Publishing, 2001​.</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ralphmag.org/BA/briefs.html|title=The Big Lie: Hale Boggs, Lucille May Grace, and Leander Perez in 1951|publisher=RALPH Magazine|accessdate=September 2, 2019}}</ref>

 

==Other 1952 campaign developments==​

==Other 1952 campaign developments==

 

Leander Perez, a wealthy businessman who virtually owned his own parish of Plaquemines  claimed that Hale Boggs had been involved in communist subversion when Boggs was a college student. Perez, a [[Segregation|segregationist]], also brought up racial issues. He objected to Boggs' relatively moderate positions on race at the time. When New Orleans public schools were first integrated during the 1959-1960 academic year, Perez warned whites that they would likely lose control over their public schools.​

Leander Perez, a wealthy businessman who virtually owned his own parish of Plaquemines  claimed that Hale Boggs had been involved in communist subversion when Boggs was a college student. Perez, a [[Segregation|segregationist]], also brought up racial issues. He objected to Boggs' relatively moderate positions on race at the time. When New Orleans public schools were first integrated during the 1959-1960 academic year, Perez warned whites that they would likely lose control over their public schools.​

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