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'''Parents''':<br>
'''Parents''':<br>
John H., Sr., and Carrie Flournoy Cade
John H., Sr., and Carrie Flournoy Cade
|religion=[[Christian Science]]
|religion=[[Christian Science|Christian Scientists]]
|footnotes='''Notes''':<br>
|footnotes='''Notes''':<br>
Cade managed Treen's House races in the 3rd congressional district in 1972, 1974, 1976, and 1978, though Cade himself resided in the since defunct 8th congressional district. The campaigns were herculean tasks at the time; the 1972 Treen victory being the first Republican breakthrough in modern Louisiana history, and the 1974 race mired in the political fallout from the [[Watergate]] affair, which forced President [[Richard M. Nixon]] from office.
Cade managed Treen's House races in the 3rd congressional district in 1972, 1974, 1976, and 1978, though Cade himself resided in the since defunct 8th congressional district. The campaigns were herculean tasks at the time; the 1972 Treen victory being the first Republican breakthrough in modern Louisiana history, and the 1974 race mired in the political fallout from the [[Watergate]] affair, which forced President [[Richard M. Nixon]] from office.
==Cade and Treen split over Reagan and Ford==
==Cade and Treen split over Reagan and Ford==
In the race for the 1976 Republican presidential nomination, Cade supported former California [[Governor]] [[Ronald W. Reagan]]. Although Treen had backed Reagan at the 1968 Republican National Convention in Miami Beach, [[Florida]], in 1976, he favored [[Gerald Ford]], a [[Moderate Republican]] who became the party nominee. Ford had succeeded Nixon as president two years earlier.
In the race for the 1976 Republican presidential nomination, Cade supported former California [[Governor]] [[Ronald W. Reagan]]. Although Treen had backed Reagan at the 1968 Republican National Convention in Miami Beach, [[Florida]], in 1976, he favored [[Gerald Ford]], a [[Moderate Republican]] who became the party nominee. Ford had succeeded Nixon as president two years earlier.
Cade turned over the national committeeman's post to [[Frank Spooner]] of Monroe, who had lost the 1976 election in Louisiana's 5th congressional district to the Democrat Thomas Jerald "Jerry" Huckaby.<ref name=lahistory>Billy Hathorn, "Otto Passman, Jerry Huckaby, and Frank Spooner: The Louisiana Fifth Congressional District Campaign of 1976", ''Louisiana History: The Journal of the Louisiana Historical Association,'' Vol. LIV, No. 3 (Summer 2013), pp. 345-350.</ref> Instead Cade succeeded [[James H. Boyce]] of [[Baton Rouge]] as the state party chairman.
Cade turned over the national committeeman's post to [[Frank Spooner]] of Monroe, who had lost the 1976 election in Louisiana's 5th congressional district to the Democrat Thomas Jerald "Jerry" Huckaby.<ref name=lahistory>Billy Hathorn, "Otto Passman, Jerry Huckaby, and Frank Spooner: The Louisiana Fifth Congressional District Campaign of 1976", ''Louisiana History: The Journal of the Louisiana Historical Association,'' Vol. LIV, No. 3 (Summer 2013), pp. 345-350.</ref> Instead Cade succeeded [[James H. Boyce]] of [[Baton Rouge]] as the state party chairman.
==Treen election and administration==
Treen held on to his House seat in the elections of 1976 and 1978, and entered the gubernatorial campaign of 1979 to choose a successor to term-limited Governor [[Edwin Edwards]], a Democrat. Cade was his campaign manager, and he devoted his activities nearly 24-7 to electing his friend as governor. Frank Spooner recalls how Cade had berated him for not committing immediately to the Treen candidacy. Spooner had favored waiting to see if another candidate, perhaps Treen's U.S. House colleague, William Henson Moore, might also want to run for governor. "I've done a lot for Dave Treen too," Spooner recalled having told Cade.<ref name=lahistory/>
Treen held on to his House seat in the elections of 1976 and 1978, and entered the gubernatorial campaign of 1979 to choose a successor to term-limited Governor [[Edwin Edwards]], a Democrat. Cade was his campaign manager, and he devoted his activities nearly 24-7 to electing his friend as governor. Frank Spooner recalls how Cade had berated him for not committing immediately to the Treen candidacy. Spooner had favored waiting to see if another candidate, perhaps Treen's U.S. House colleague, William Henson Moore, might also want to run for governor. "I've done a lot for Dave Treen too," Spooner recalled having told Cade.<ref name=lahistory/>