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Michot was elected to the Louisiana House in 1960, when fellow Democrat [[Jimmie Davis]] became [[governor]] for a second nonconsecutive term.
Michot was elected to the Louisiana House in 1960, when fellow Democrat [[Jimmie Davis]] became [[governor]] for a second nonconsecutive term.
In 1963, Michot, then forty-one, gave up his legislative seat to contest unsuccessfully the Democratic nomination for governor. He ran as a critic of the outgoing Davis administration and said that he would consider supporting [[Republican Party|Republican]] [[Barry Goldwater]] of [[Arizona]] for the presidency in the 1964 general election against [[Lyndon B. Johnson]].<ref>William C. Havard, Rudolf Heberle, and [[Perry H. Howard]], ''The Louisiana Elections of 1960'', [[Baton Rouge]]: [[Louisiana State University]] Studies, 1963, pp. 99, 102.</ref> Son Michael John "Mike" Michot, a former District 23 state senator from Lafayette, was born on December 12, 1963, just a week after the [[Governor|gubernatorial]] primary. Michot finished sixth in the gubernatorial primary.
In 1963, Michot, then forty-one, gave up his legislative seat to contest unsuccessfully the Democratic nomination for governor. He ran as a critic of the outgoing Davis administration and said that he would consider supporting [[Republican Party|Republican]] [[Barry Goldwater]] of [[Arizona]] for the presidency in the 1964 general election against [[Lyndon B. Johnson]].<ref>William C. Havard, Rudolf Heberle, and Perry H. Howard, ''The Louisiana Elections of 1960'' ([[Baton Rouge]]: [[Louisiana State University]] Studies, 1963), pp. 99, 102.</ref> Son Michael John "Mike" Michot, a former District 23 state senator from Lafayette, was born on December 12, 1963, just a week after the [[Governor|gubernatorial]] primary. Michot finished sixth in the gubernatorial primary.
In 1967–1968, Michot reentered the political arena and won a seat on the then 11-member Louisiana State Board of Education. Under the configuration then in place, he represented the former Second Louisiana Public Service Commission District. His board colleagues included subsequent board president [[Enoch T. Nix]] of [[Bossier City]]. In 1971, Michot challenged incumbent Education Superintendent [[Bill Dodd]], who had also once been in the state legislature (1940–1948), lieutenant governor (1948–1952), state auditor (1956–1960), and a member of the Louisiana Board of Education (1960–1964).
In 1967–1968, Michot reentered the political arena and won a seat on the then 11-member Louisiana State Board of Education. Under the configuration then in place, he represented the former Second Louisiana Public Service Commission District. His board colleagues included subsequent board president [[Enoch T. Nix]] of [[Bossier City]]. In 1971, Michot challenged incumbent Education Superintendent [[Bill Dodd]], who had also once been in the state legislature (1940–1948), lieutenant governor (1948–1952), state auditor (1956–1960), and a member of the Louisiana Board of Education (1960–1964).