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Passman became politically active as a delegate to the [[Democratic National Convention]]s in 1948, 1952, and 1956. In 1948, delegates from [[Mississippi]] and [[Alabama]] walked out of the convention in [[Philadelphia]], [[Pennsylvania]] and supported then Governor [[Strom Thurmond]] of [[South Carolina]], who opposed President [[Harry Truman]] and instead ran for president as the nominee of the new [[Dixiecrat|States' Rights Party]]. The Thurmond forces opposed the [[civil rights]] plank inserted in the Democratic national platform. In Louisiana, Thurmond and his running-mate, Mississippi Governor Fielding Wright, were the official Democratic nominees and hence won the state's then ten [[electoral vote]]s, since eight electoral votes.<ref>''Louisiana History,'' p. 334.</ref>

Passman became politically active as a delegate to the [[Democratic National Convention]]s in 1948, 1952, and 1956. In 1948, delegates from [[Mississippi]] and [[Alabama]] walked out of the convention in [[Philadelphia]], [[Pennsylvania]] and supported then Governor [[Strom Thurmond]] of [[South Carolina]], who opposed President [[Harry Truman]] and instead ran for president as the nominee of the new [[Dixiecrat|States' Rights Party]]. The Thurmond forces opposed the [[civil rights]] plank inserted in the Democratic national platform. In Louisiana, Thurmond and his running-mate, Mississippi Governor Fielding Wright, were the official Democratic nominees and hence won the state's then ten [[electoral vote]]s, since eight electoral votes.<ref>''Louisiana History,'' p. 334.</ref>

In 1952, at the [[Chicago]] convention, Passman supported U.S. Senator Richard Brevard Russell of [[Georgia]], who was an unsuccessful conservative contender for the nomination. Passman was a delegate to the 1956 convention, also held in Chicago, where delegates re-nominated former Governor [[Adlai Stevenson]], of [[Illinois]], once again to challenge [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] nominee [[Dwight  Eisenhower]]. That fall Stevenson became the first Democratic presidential nominee since [[Reconstruction]] to lose in Louisiana.<ref>''Louisiana History,'' p. 334.</ref>​

In 1952, at the [[Chicago]] convention, Passman supported U.S. Senator Richard Brevard Russell (1897-1971) of [[Georgia]], who was an unsuccessful conservative contender for the nomination. Passman was a delegate to the 1956 convention, also held in Chicago, where delegates re-nominated former Governor [[Adlai Stevenson]] of [[Illinois]] to once again to challenge Republican nominee [[Dwight  Eisenhower]]. That fall Stevenson became the first Democratic presidential nominee since [[Reconstruction]] to lose in Louisiana.<ref>''Louisiana History,'' p. 334.</ref>​

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