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| death_place=[[Baton Rouge]], Louisiana​

| death_place=[[Baton Rouge]], Louisiana​

| resting_place=St. John's Cemetery in Plaquemine, Louisiana​

| resting_place=St. John's Cemetery in Plaquemine, Louisiana​

| office=Louisiana Register of State Lands​<br>(no longer an elected office)

| office=Louisiana Register of State Lands​<br>(no longer an elected position)

| term_star=1931​

| term_star=1931​

| term_end=1952​

| term_end=1952​

| term_end2=1957​

| term_end2=1957​

| preceded2=Ellen Bryan Moore​

| preceded2=Ellen Bryan Moore​

| nationality=[[United States|American]]​

| nationality=[[United States|American]]​

| residence= Baton Rouge, Louisiana​

| residence= Baton Rouge, Louisiana​

Similarly, Wade Omer Martin, Jr.  (1911–1990), the Democratic nominee for secretary of state in 1944, had similarly been nominated in the primary and faced no runoff election. Martin urged Morgan to proceed with the runoff. Earl Long did not forget what he saw as their treachery against him even though both continued to run and be nominated and elected as "Long" candidates.<ref name=bdodd/>​

Similarly, Wade Omer Martin, Jr.  (1911–1990), the Democratic nominee for secretary of state in 1944, had similarly been nominated in the primary and faced no runoff election. Martin urged Morgan to proceed with the runoff. Earl Long did not forget what he saw as their treachery against him even though both continued to run and be nominated and elected as "Long" candidates.<ref name=bdodd/>​

Miss Grace ran for governor in 1951, fifty-two years before Louisiana elected its first ever female governor, Democrat [[Kathleen Blanco]] in 2003. Miss Grace ran eighth among nine primary candidates — Louisiana voters would not then seriously consider a woman as governor, but she made headlines in her race.​<ref name=lmg/>

Miss Grace ran for governor in 1951, fifty-two years before Louisiana elected in 2003 its first ever female governor, Democrat [[Kathleen Blanco]]. Miss Grace ran eighth among nine primary candidates — Louisiana voters would not then seriously consider a woman as governor, but she made headlines in her race.​<ref name=lmg/>

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==Miss Grace targets opponent Hale Boggs==

==Miss Grace targets opponent Hale Boggs==

Miss Grace accused a gubernatorial rival, Congressman Thomas Hale Boggs, Sr. (1914–1972) of [[New Orleans]] of either being a communist or having been a communist in his youth. At the instigation of Leander Henry Perez, Sr. (1891-1969), the political boss of Plaquemines Parish (not to to be confused with Miss Grace's hometown of  Plaquemine), Miss Grace sued Boggs in an unsuccessful effort to force him from the race. She charged that his ties to the "red menace" or "sympathy" with communism rendered him ineligible to be governor under the provisions of the then Louisiana Constitution of 1921, since superseded in 1974.<ref name=boulard/>

Miss Grace accused a gubernatorial rival, Congressman Thomas Hale Boggs, Sr. (1914–1972) of [[New Orleans]] of either being a communist or having been a communist in his youth. At the instigation of Leander Henry Perez, Sr. (1891-1969), the political boss of Plaquemines Parish (not to to be confused with Miss Grace's hometown of  Plaquemine), Miss Grace sued Boggs in an unsuccessful effort to force him from the race. She charged that his ties to the "red menace" or "sympathy" with communism rendered him ineligible to be governor under the provisions of the then Louisiana Constitution of 1921, since superseded in 1974.<ref name=boulard/>

Garry Boulard's ''The Big Lie: Hale Boggs, Lucille May Grace, and Leander Perez in 1951'' (2001) is the definitive work on the Boggs-Perez-Grace rivalry. According to a brochure advertising Boulard's book: Boggs and Perez had quarreled for two decades even before the 1951-52 gubernatorial race in which Perez talked Miss Grace into accusing one of her opponents, specifically, Hale Boggs of being a communist in Boggs' early years. Through interviews with many key players in the incident, Boulard blends oral history with material from more than a dozen archives to create an incisive survey of three Louisiana politicians and how the 1951-52 elections forever changed their lives."<ref name=boulard>Garry Boulard, ''The Big Lie: Hale Boggs, Lucille May Grace and Leander Perez in 1951'' (Gretna, Louisiana: Pelican Publishing, 2001​.</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ralphmag.org/BA/briefs.html|title=The Big Lie: Hale Boggs, Lucille May Grace, and Leander Perez in 1951|publisher=RALPH Magazine|accessdate=September 2, 2019}}</ref>

Garry Boulard's ''The Big Lie: Hale Boggs, Lucille May Grace, and Leander Perez in 1951'' (2001) is the definitive work on the Boggs-Perez-Grace rivalry. According to a brochure advertising Boulard's book: Boggs and Perez had quarreled for two decades even before the 1951-52 gubernatorial race in which Perez talked Miss Grace into accusing one of her opponents, specifically, Hale Boggs of being a communist in Boggs' early years. Through interviews with many key players in the incident, Boulard blends oral history with material from more than a dozen archives to create an incisive survey of three Louisiana politicians and how the 1951-52 elections forever changed their lives."<ref name=boulard>Garry Boulard, ''The Big Lie: Hale Boggs, Lucille May Grace and Leander Perez in 1951'' (Gretna, Louisiana: Pelican Publishing, 2001)​.</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ralphmag.org/BA/briefs.html|title=The Big Lie: Hale Boggs, Lucille May Grace, and Leander Perez in 1951|publisher=RALPH Magazine|accessdate=September 2, 2019}}</ref>

==Other 1952 campaign developments==

==Other 1952 campaign developments==