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In the [[primary]] electionheld in January 1956, Patton was placed into a runoff] a  month later with the one-term incumbent senator, James P. Hinton.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.newspapers.com/newspage/2365133/|title=Long's Lead Builds|publisher=''The Ruston Daily Leader''|date=January 19, 1956|accessdate=February 18, 2015}}</ref> whom he then subsequently unseated.<ref name=legis/> Democrat Earl Long won his third nonconsecutive term as governor outright in the primary over a field of candidates, including then [[New Orleans]] [[Mayor]] [[Chep Morrison]] and [[business]]man and former highway director [[Fred Preaus]] of Farmerville.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6Bm5yc8Pdc8C&pg=PA549&lpg=PA549&dq=Fred+Preaus+of+Louisiana&source=bl&ots=R3VSZz9V9x&sig=PPb87mIwEK1fOdVM00txbpnEJ2w&hl=en&sa=X&ei=JjLgVKO2M4mjgwT_lILwAQ&ved=0CEAQ6AEwCDgK#v=onepage&q=Fred%20Preaus%20of%20Louisiana&f=false|title=Louisiana Almanac|date=2006|author=[[Milburn E. Calhoun]]|publisher=Pelican Publishing Company|location=Gretna, Jefferson Parish, Louisiana|page=549|isbn=9781589803060|accessdate=February 15, 2015}}</ref>

In the [[primary]] electionheld in January 1956, Patton was placed into a runoff] a  month later with the one-term incumbent senator, James P. Hinton.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.newspapers.com/newspage/2365133/|title=Long's Lead Builds|publisher=''The Ruston Daily Leader''|date=January 19, 1956|accessdate=February 18, 2015}}</ref> whom he then subsequently unseated.<ref name=legis/> Democrat Earl Long won his third nonconsecutive term as governor outright in the primary over a field of candidates, including then [[New Orleans]] [[Mayor]] [[Chep Morrison]] and [[business]]man and former highway director [[Fred Preaus]] of Farmerville.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6Bm5yc8Pdc8C&pg=PA549&lpg=PA549&dq=Fred+Preaus+of+Louisiana&source=bl&ots=R3VSZz9V9x&sig=PPb87mIwEK1fOdVM00txbpnEJ2w&hl=en&sa=X&ei=JjLgVKO2M4mjgwT_lILwAQ&ved=0CEAQ6AEwCDgK#v=onepage&q=Fred%20Preaus%20of%20Louisiana&f=false|title=Louisiana Almanac|date=2006|author=[[Milburn E. Calhoun]]|publisher=Pelican Publishing Company|location=Gretna, Jefferson Parish, Louisiana|page=549|isbn=9781589803060|accessdate=February 15, 2015}}</ref>

   

   

Along with Fred Preaus and state Representative [[T. T. Fields]], Patton worked to make Lake D'Arbonne in Farmerville a reality. Popular with fisherman and boaters, the large man-made lake opened in 1963.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://lakedarbonnelife.com/2013/01/18/in-the-beginning/|title=In the Beginning|publisher=Lake D'Arbonne Life|date=January 18, 2013|accessdate=February 18, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://bab.stparchive.com/Archive/BAB/BAB11072013P05.php|title=Lake D'Arbonne Celebrating 50th Year|publisher=''The Bernice (Louisiana) Banner''|date=November 7, 2013|page=5|author=Kinny Haddox|accessdate=February 18, 2015}}</ref>  

Along with Fred Preaus and state Representative [[T. T. Fields]], Patton worked to make Lake D'Arbonne in Farmerville a reality. Popular with fisherman and boaters, the large man-made lake opened in 1963.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://lakedarbonnelife.com/2013/01/18/in-the-beginning/|title=In the Beginning|publisher=Lake D'Arbonne Life|date=January 18, 2013|accessdate=February 18, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://bab.stparchive.com/Archive/BAB/BAB11072013P05.php|title=Lake D'Arbonne Celebrating 50th Year|publisher=''The Bernice (Louisiana) Banner''|date=November 7, 2013|page=5|author=Kinny Haddox|accessdate=February 20, 2021}}</ref>  

Shortly thereafter, Patton was unseated for a third term in the primary held on December 7, 1963, by his fellow Democrat, [[Charles C. Barham]] of [[Ruston, Louisiana|Ruston]], the older of two sons of former Lieutenant Governor [[C. E. "Cap" Barham]], an ally in 1956 with gubernatorial candidate Chep Morrison.

Shortly thereafter, Patton was unseated for a third term in the primary held on December 7, 1963, by his fellow Democrat, [[Charles C. Barham]] of [[Ruston, Louisiana|Ruston]], the older of two sons of former Lieutenant Governor [[C. E. "Cap" Barham]], an ally in 1956 with gubernatorial candidate Chep Morrison.