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→First Republicans in Louisiana legislature (1964-1968)
Elected on the Republican ticket headed by the [[governor|gubernatorial]] [[nominee]], [[Charlton Lyons]], a Shreveport [[oil]]man, Hudson and Taylor Walters O'Hearn were the first two Republicans to have been elected to the Louisiana House of Representatives since [[Reconstruction]]. They were joined in the Caddo Parish delegation by [[Democratic Party|Democrats]] [[Algie D. Brown]], [[Frank Fulco]], and newcomer [[J. Bennett Johnston, Jr.]], later a member of both the state Senate and the [[United States Senate]]. Veteran Democratic lawmaker Wellborn Jack, a Shreveport [[attorney]], finished in sixth place for the five seats at stake.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://house.louisiana.gov/H_PDFdocs/HouseMembership_History_CURRENT.pdf|title=Membership of the Louisiana House of Representatives, 1812-2024 (Caddo Parish)|publisher=Louisiana House of Representatives|accessdate=June 1, 2020}}</ref>
Elected on the Republican ticket headed by the [[governor|gubernatorial]] [[nominee]], [[Charlton Lyons]], a Shreveport [[oil]]man, Hudson and Taylor Walters O'Hearn were the first two Republicans to have been elected to the Louisiana House of Representatives since [[Reconstruction]]. They were joined in the Caddo Parish delegation by [[Democratic Party|Democrats]] [[Algie D. Brown]], [[Frank Fulco]], and newcomer [[J. Bennett Johnston, Jr.]], later a member of both the state Senate and the [[United States Senate]]. Veteran Democratic lawmaker Wellborn Jack, a Shreveport [[attorney]], finished in sixth place for the five seats at stake.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://house.louisiana.gov/H_PDFdocs/HouseMembership_History_CURRENT.pdf|title=Membership of the Louisiana House of Representatives, 1812-2024 (Caddo Parish)|publisher=Louisiana House of Representatives|accessdate=June 1, 2020}}</ref>
Three Caddo Republican legislative candidates who lost in 1964 were [[Billy Guin]], who thirteen years later in 1977 was elected as the last Shreveport commissioner of public utilities; Edd Fielder Calhoun (1931–2012), an insurance agent and civic figure originally from [[Oklahoma City]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/shreveporttimes/obituary.aspx?n=fielder-calhoun&pid=156372368|title=Obituary of Fielder Calhoun|publisher=''Shreveport Times''|accessdate=March 9, 2012}}</ref> and Arthur William Sour, Jr. (1924-2000), who made his livelihood in the oil business. Sour lost again in 1968 but rebounded in 1972 to win a seat in the state House, which he subsequently held for twenty years.
Three Caddo Republican legislative candidates who lost in 1964 were [[Billy Guin]], who thirteen years later in 1977 was elected as the last Shreveport commissioner of public utilities; Edd Fielder Calhoun (1931–2012), an insurance agent and civic figure originally from [[Oklahoma City]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/shreveporttimes/obituary.aspx?n=fielder-calhoun&pid=156372368|title=Obituary of Fielder Calhoun|publisher=''Shreveport Times''|accessdate=June 1, 2020}}</ref> and Arthur William Sour, Jr. (1924-2000), who made his livelihood in the oil business. Sour lost again in 1968 but rebounded in 1972 to win a seat in the state House, which he subsequently held for twenty years.
Hudson was a delegate in 1964 to the [[Republican National Convention]] held in [[San Francisco]], [[California]], which nominated [[Barry Goldwater]]. He was a delegate again in 1968 and 1972 at the convention in Miami Beach, [[Florida]], that nominated [[Richard M. Nixon]].
Hudson was a delegate in 1964 to the [[Republican National Convention]] held in [[San Francisco]], [[California]], which nominated [[Barry Goldwater]]. He was a delegate again in 1968 and 1972 at the convention in Miami Beach, [[Florida]], that nominated [[Richard M. Nixon]].