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Miss Grace returned to the Long ticket in 1956 once more to seek the register's position. Dodd said that Miss Grace could not have won without Earl Long's support. Dodd noted that Miss Grace's affection for Huey Long did not extend to Huey's brother, Earl.<ref name=bdodd/>
Miss Grace returned to the Long ticket in 1956 once more to seek the register's position. Dodd said that Miss Grace could not have won without Earl Long's support. Dodd noted that Miss Grace's affection for Huey Long did not extend to Huey's brother, Earl.<ref name=bdodd/>
Miss Grace unseated incumbent anti-Long Register [[Ellen Bryan Moore]], who had defeated the Longite, Mary Evelyn Dickerson Parker (1920-2015), in the Democratic primary four years earlier. Miss Grace became ill in 1957 and died in office, as had her father twenty-six years earlier. Her husband, Fred Dent Sr., sought the register's office in the 1959 Democratic primary, running on the intra-party ticket of [[Mayor]] deLesseps Story Morrison, Sr. (1912-1964) of New Orleans, but he was defeated by Ellen Bryan Moore.<ref>"Chep Morrison And Ticket Here Monday," ''Minden Herald,'' September 17, 1959, p. 1.</ref> It was odd that Dent would have run with Morrison considering Miss Grace's fierce attacks against U.S. Representative Hale Boggs in the 1951 governor's race, considering that Boggs had once been a law partner of Morrison.
Miss Grace unseated incumbent anti-Long Register [[Ellen Bryan Moore]], who had defeated the Longite, Mary Evelyn Dickerson Parker (1920-2015), in the Democratic primary four years earlier.
===Death in office===
Miss Grace became ill in 1957 and died in office, as had her father twenty-six years earlier. Her husband, Fred Dent Sr., sought the register's office in the 1959 Democratic primary, running on the intra-party ticket of [[Mayor]] deLesseps Story Morrison, Sr. (1912-1964) of New Orleans, but he was defeated by Ellen Bryan Moore.<ref>"Chep Morrison And Ticket Here Monday," ''Minden Herald,'' September 17, 1959, p. 1.</ref> It was odd that Dent would have run with Morrison considering Miss Grace's fierce attacks against U.S. Representative Hale Boggs in the 1951 governor's race, considering that Boggs had once been a law partner of Morrison.
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/>