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===Gubernatorial race===
===Gubernatorial race===
In 1944, Caldwell campaigned unsuccessfully for [[governor]] against former Shreveport Public Safety Commissioner (a position since abolished) [[Jimmie Davis]]. Caldwell's choice for lieutenant governor was state Senator Frank B. Ellis (1907-1969) of St. Tammany Parish,<ref>''Minden Herald,'' January 14, 1944, p. 5.</ref> who a decade later waged an unsuccessful challenge to [[U.S. Senator]] [[Allen J. Ellender]]. Caldwell received just under thirty thousand votes in the gubernatorial primary. [[Leander Perez]], boss of the Louisiana Delta from Plaquemines Parish, endorsed for governor "either" Caldwell or Lewis Lovering Morgan (1876-1950) of Covington in St. Tammany Parish. At the time, Perez had a personal dislike for Davis and outgoing Governor [[Sam Houston Jones]] of [[Lake Charles]], who covertly favored Davis. Morgan was the gubernatorial running mate of former Governor [[Earl Long|Earl Kemp Long]], who was seeking the office of lieutenant governor that year. Others who sought the governorship in 1944 were colorful state Senator [[Dudley J. LeBlanc]] of Abbeville in Vermillion Parish and [[U.S. Representative]] [[James H. Morrison]] of Louisiana's 6th congressional district, a resident of Hammond in Tangipahoa Parish, names widely known across the state at that time. Davis led the balloting and then defeated Morgan in the runoff election.<ref name=perez>{{cite book|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=FZgEl830BEcC&pg=PA143&lpg=PA143&dq=sam+caldwell+and+jimmie+davis&source=bl&ots=OTz6kp2Jd1&sig=YBH6Ix9C_ZHCsCB8iU0rm9HkO2o&hl=en&ei=_y0QTYS3JMOB8gaZi735DQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4&ved=0CCsQ6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=sam%20caldwell%20and%20jimmie%20davis&f=false|author=Glen Jeansonne|title=Leander Perez: Boss of the Delta|publisher=[[Baton Rouge]]: [[Louisiana State University]] Press, 1975; [[Lafayette]]:University of Louisiana at Lafayette Press, 1997|ISBN=1-57806-917-3|accessdate=December 20, 2010}}</ref>
In 1944, Caldwell campaigned unsuccessfully for [[governor]] against former Shreveport Public Safety Commissioner (a position since abolished) [[Jimmie Davis]]. Caldwell's choice for lieutenant governor was state Senator Frank B. Ellis (1907-1969) of St. Tammany Parish,<ref>''Minden Herald,'' January 14, 1944, p. 5.</ref> who a decade later waged an unsuccessful challenge to [[U.S. Senator]] [[Allen J. Ellender]]. Caldwell received just under thirty thousand votes in the gubernatorial primary. [[Leander Perez]], boss of the Louisiana Delta from Plaquemines Parish, endorsed for governor "either" Caldwell or Lewis Lovering Morgan (1876-1950) of Covington in St. Tammany Parish. At the time, Perez had a personal dislike for Davis and outgoing Governor [[Sam Houston Jones]] of [[Lake Charles]], who covertly favored Davis. Morgan was the gubernatorial running mate of former Governor [[Earl Long|Earl Kemp Long]], who was seeking the office of lieutenant governor that year. Others who sought the governorship in 1944 were colorful state Senator [[Dudley J. LeBlanc]] of Abbeville in Vermillion Parish and [[U.S. Representative]] [[James H. Morrison]] of Louisiana's 6th congressional district, a resident of Hammond in Tangipahoa Parish, names widely known across the state at that time. Davis led the balloting and then defeated Morgan in the runoff election.<ref name=perez>{{cite book|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=FZgEl830BEcC&pg=PA143&lpg=PA143&dq=sam+caldwell+and+jimmie+davis&source=bl&ots=OTz6kp2Jd1&sig=YBH6Ix9C_ZHCsCB8iU0rm9HkO2o&hl=en&ei=_y0QTYS3JMOB8gaZi735DQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4&ved=0CCsQ6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=sam%20caldwell%20and%20jimmie%20davis&f=false|author=Glen Jeansonne|title=Leander Perez: Boss of the Delta|publisher=[[Baton Rouge]]: [[Louisiana State University]] Press, 1975; [[Lafayette]]:University of Louisiana at Lafayette Press, 1997|ISBN=1-57806-917-3|accessdate=January 10, 2020}}</ref>
In effect, Davis and Caldwell had been city council members elected at-large in the early 1940s, when Shreveport operated under the city commission government, changed in 1978 to the mayor-council format.<ref name=lahist/> Caldwell had urged that the city switch from the city commission to the mayor-council format, a move not undertaken until 1978, long after his death.<ref name=caldwelladm/> After he dispatched Morgan on the theme of "Peace and Harmony," Davis was unopposed in the [[general election]], as was then the political custom in Louisiana. After a twelve-year hiatus, Davis returned to serve a second gubernatorial term from 1960 to 1964<ref name=perez/>but failed in a third-term comeback bid in 1971.
In effect, Davis and Caldwell had been city council members elected at-large in the early 1940s, when Shreveport operated under the city commission government, changed in 1978 to the mayor-council format.<ref name=lahist/> Caldwell had urged that the city switch from the city commission to the mayor-council format, a move not undertaken until 1978, long after his death.<ref name=caldwelladm/> After he dispatched Morgan on the theme of "Peace and Harmony," Davis was unopposed in the [[general election]], as was then the political custom in Louisiana. After a twelve-year hiatus, Davis returned to serve a second gubernatorial term from 1960 to 1964<ref name=perez/>but failed in a third-term comeback bid in 1971.