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===Republican pioneer===

===Republican pioneer===

Guin was a member of the Louisiana Republican State Central Committee and the Caddo Parish Republican Executive Committee.<ref name=zoominfo/> On March 3, 1964, he ran unsuccessfully for an at-large seat from Caddo Parish in the Louisiana House of Representatives. Two of his five ticket-mates, Taylor Walters  O'Hearn and Morley Alvin Hudson, won their races and became the first members of their party to serve in the state House since [[Reconstruction]]. The two other defeated Republican legislative candidates were Arthur Sour, Jr.,<ref>''[[Shreveport Journal]]'', March 4, 1964, p. 1.</ref> who in 1972 won election to the state House and served for twenty years, and Fielder Edd Calhoun (1931–2012), an insurance agent and civic figure originally from [[Oklahoma City]], [[Oklahoma]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/shreveporttimes/obituary.aspx?n=fielder-calhoun&pid=156372368|title=Obituary of Fielder Calhoun|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|accessdate=March 9, 2012}}</ref>​

Guin was a member of the Louisiana Republican State Central Committee and the Caddo Parish Republican Executive Committee.<ref name=zoominfo/> [[George Despot]], a Shreveport oilman, served on both Republican committees too and was state party chairman from 1978 to 1985.

 

On March 3, 1964, he ran unsuccessfully for an at-large seat from Caddo Parish in the Louisiana House of Representatives. Two of his five ticket-mates, Taylor Walters  O'Hearn and Morley Alvin Hudson, won their races and became the first members of their party to serve in the state House since [[Reconstruction]]. The two other defeated Republican legislative candidates were Arthur Sour, Jr.,<ref>''[[Shreveport Journal]]'', March 4, 1964, p. 1.</ref> who in 1972 won election to the state House and served for twenty years, and Fielder Edd Calhoun (1931–2012), an insurance agent and civic figure originally from [[Oklahoma City]], [[Oklahoma]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/shreveporttimes/obituary.aspx?n=fielder-calhoun&pid=156372368|title=Obituary of Fielder Calhoun|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|accessdate=March 9, 2012}}</ref>​

Heading the Republican ticket that year was [[Charlton Lyons]], a Shreveport oilman who challenged Democrat [[John J. McKeithen]] for [[governor]]. Lyons polled the strongest vote in decades for a then rare Republican nominee in Louisiana.<ref>''Shreveport Journal'', March 4, 1964, p. 1.</ref> Guin described Lyons as "a good man who wanted to change the political complexion of Louisiana. He built the Republican Party in its present form. He was a great campaigner, and there was much grassroots fervor. When he began to make inroads, the [[sheriff]]s and other Democratic officeholders proceeded to block his election."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/54570612|title=Charlton Havard "Big Papa" Lyons, Sr.|publisher=findagrave.com|accessdate=July 24, 2014}}</ref>​

Heading the Republican ticket that year was [[Charlton Lyons]], a Shreveport oilman who challenged Democrat [[John J. McKeithen]] for [[governor]]. Lyons polled the strongest vote in decades for a then rare Republican nominee in Louisiana.<ref>''Shreveport Journal'', March 4, 1964, p. 1.</ref> Guin described Lyons as "a good man who wanted to change the political complexion of Louisiana. He built the Republican Party in its present form. He was a great campaigner, and there was much grassroots fervor. When he began to make inroads, the [[sheriff]]s and other Democratic officeholders proceeded to block his election."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/54570612|title=Charlton Havard "Big Papa" Lyons, Sr.|publisher=findagrave.com|accessdate=July 24, 2014}}</ref>​