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'''Lionel Gordon Ott''' (July 25, 1894 &ndash; October 16, 1987)<ref name=findagrave>{{cite web|url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Ott&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSst=20&GScnty=1144&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=114040481&df=all&|title=Lionel G. Ott|publisher=findagrave.com|accessdate=November 30, 2020}}</ref> was an [[accountant]] and a [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] [[politician]] from [[New Orleans]], [[Louisiana]], who served in the 20th century as a [state senator and as a member of the New Orleans City Council.

'''Lionel Gordon Ott''' (July 25, 1894 &ndash; October 16, 1987)<ref name=findagrave>{{cite web|url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Ott&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSst=20&GScnty=1144&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=114040481&df=all&|title=Lionel G. Ott|publisher=findagrave.com|accessdate=November 30, 2020}}</ref> was an [[accountant]] and a [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] [[politician]] from [[New Orleans]], [[Louisiana]], who served in the 20th century as a state senator and as a member of the New Orleans City Council.

==Biography==

==Biography==

In 1952, Ott joined the ticket of gubernatorial candidate [[James M. McLemore]], a [[cattle]]man from [[Alexandria, Louisiana|Alexandria]] in Central Louisiana, in an unsuccessful bid for lieutenant governor. Much of the campaigning was conducted in the last few months of 1951.<ref>''Minden Herald,'' January 3, 1952, p. 1.</ref><ref>The New Orleans Public Library (nutrias.org) erroneously states that Lionel Ott was the running-mate of [[Robert F. Kennon]] in 1952, instead of James McLemore. Elmer David Conner (1905-1965) of Jennings in Jefferson Davis Parish]] in southwestern Louisiana, was Kennon's running-mate and later his director of the Louisiana Department of Commerce and Industry.</ref> While  Kennon won the governorship, [[C. E. "Cap" Barham]], a more liberal candidate from [[Ruston, Louisiana|Ruston]], the choice of gubernatorial candidate [[Hale Boggs]], then the  [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. representative]] for Louisiana's 2nd congressional district,<ref>"Boggs '52 ticket listed," ''Minden Herald,'' October 19, 1951, p. 1.</ref> was placed into a runoff election with the later Governor John McKeithen for the second position. Barham prevailed and served one term until his own defeat in 1956 by the educator [[Lether Frazar]].

In 1952, Ott joined the ticket of gubernatorial candidate [[James M. McLemore]], a [[cattle]]man from [[Alexandria, Louisiana|Alexandria]] in Central Louisiana, in an unsuccessful bid for lieutenant governor. Much of the campaigning was conducted in the last few months of 1951.<ref>''Minden Herald,'' January 3, 1952, p. 1.</ref><ref>The New Orleans Public Library (nutrias.org) erroneously states that Lionel Ott was the running-mate of [[Robert F. Kennon]] in 1952, instead of James McLemore. Elmer David Conner (1905-1965) of Jennings in Jefferson Davis Parish]] in southwestern Louisiana, was Kennon's running-mate and later his director of the Louisiana Department of Commerce and Industry.</ref> While  Kennon won the governorship, [[C. E. "Cap" Barham]], a more liberal candidate from [[Ruston, Louisiana|Ruston]], the choice of gubernatorial candidate [[Hale Boggs]], then the  [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. representative]] for Louisiana's 2nd congressional district,<ref>"Boggs '52 ticket listed," ''Minden Herald,'' October 19, 1951, p. 1.</ref> was placed into a runoff election with the later Governor John McKeithen for the second position. Barham prevailed and served one term until his own defeat in 1956 by the educator [[Lether Frazar]].

Ott was twice married; his wives were the former Helen Merritt and Carolyn McCormick (1912-2007). He had no children.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://jliptrap.us/gen/devecmon.htm|title=332. Elbert Weston Ott|publisher=jliptrap.us|accessdate=March 1, 2015}}</ref> He is interred beside his second wife at Metairie Cemetery in New Orleans.<ref name=findagrave/>

Ott was twice married; his wives were the former Helen Merritt and Carolyn McCormick (1912-2007). He had no children. He is interred beside his second wife at Metairie Cemetery in New Orleans.<ref name=findagrave/>

Ott's papers are housed at the New Orleans Public Library.<ref name=lgott/>

Ott's papers are housed at the New Orleans Public Library.<ref name=lgott/>