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| term_start2=May 1952

| term_start2=May 1952

| term_end2=May 1956

| term_end2=May 1956

| preceded2=Bolivar Edwards Kemp, Jr.

| preceded2=[[Bolivar Edwards Kemp, Jr.]]

| succeeded2=[[Jack P. F. Gremillion]]

| succeeded2=[[Jack P. F. Gremillion]]

| office3=[[Mayor]] of [[Baton Rouge]], Louisiana

| office3=[[Mayor]] of [[Baton Rouge]], Louisiana

LeBlanc graduated in 1916 from Catholic High School in [[Baton Rouge]].<ref name=chs>{{cite web|url=http://www.catholichigh.org/content.cfm?id=343|title=Catholic High School Hall of Fame|publisher=catholichigh.org|accessdate=September 5, 2010}}</ref> He thereafter graduated in 1920 from the [[Louisiana State University]] Law Center. For a time he was a university [[professor]] and the district attorney of West Baton Rouge Parish.<ref name=mherald/> From 1941 to 1944, he was the [[mayor]] of Baton Rouge.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://brgov.com/dept/Council/agendas/Whos-Who.pdf|title=Elected and Appointed Officials in City-Parish Government|publisher=brgov.com|accessdate=September 5, 2010}}</ref> In 1944, LeBlanc was elected state attorney general in the first administration of [[Governor]] [[Jimmie Davis]]. He defeated by a relatively narrow margin the Long-backed candidate, state Senator Joe T. Cawthorn of Mansfield in DeSoto Parish.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.newspapers.com/newspage/12966755/|title=Louisiana election returns|publisher=''Miami, ([[Oklahoma]]) Daily News''|date=March 1, 1944|page=3|accessdate=October 28, 2014}}</ref>  

LeBlanc graduated in 1916 from Catholic High School in [[Baton Rouge]].<ref name=chs>{{cite web|url=http://www.catholichigh.org/content.cfm?id=343|title=Catholic High School Hall of Fame|publisher=catholichigh.org|accessdate=September 5, 2010}}</ref> He thereafter graduated in 1920 from the [[Louisiana State University]] Law Center. For a time he was a university [[professor]] and the district attorney of West Baton Rouge Parish.<ref name=mherald/> From 1941 to 1944, he was the [[mayor]] of Baton Rouge.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://brgov.com/dept/Council/agendas/Whos-Who.pdf|title=Elected and Appointed Officials in City-Parish Government|publisher=brgov.com|accessdate=September 5, 2010}}</ref> In 1944, LeBlanc was elected state attorney general in the first administration of [[Governor]] [[Jimmie Davis]]. He defeated by a relatively narrow margin the Long-backed candidate, state Senator Joe T. Cawthorn of Mansfield in DeSoto Parish.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.newspapers.com/newspage/12966755/|title=Louisiana election returns|publisher=''Miami, ([[Oklahoma]]) Daily News''|date=March 1, 1944|page=3|accessdate=October 28, 2014}}</ref>  

Also victorious on the Davis ticket was the lieutenant governor candidate, [[J. Emile Verret]], who defeated [[Earl Long|Earl Kemp Long]] for the second office in a runoff election.<ref>''Minden Herald'', December 24, 1943.</ref> LeBlanc was unseated in 1948 by Bolivar Edwards Kemp, Jr., the choice of the successful gubernatorial candidate that year, Earl Long. LeBlanc instead ran with Long's opponent, former Governor [[Sam Houston Jones]], who fared poorly in the 1948 contest.<ref>''Minden Herald,'' January 16, 1948, p. 2.</ref> Bolivar Kemp, the new attorney general, was a brother-in-law of Cajun humorist and [[chef]] Justin Wilson.

Also victorious on the Davis ticket was the lieutenant governor candidate, [[J. Emile Verret]], who defeated [[Earl Long|Earl Kemp Long]] for the second office in a runoff election.<ref>''Minden Herald'', December 24, 1943.</ref> LeBlanc was unseated in 1948 by [[Bolivar Edwards Kemp, Jr.]], the choice of the successful gubernatorial candidate that year, Earl Long. LeBlanc instead ran with Long's opponent, former Governor [[Sam Houston Jones]], who fared poorly in the 1948 contest.<ref>''Minden Herald,'' January 16, 1948, p. 2.</ref> Bolivar Kemp, the new attorney general, was a brother-in-law of Cajun humorist and [[chef]] Justin Wilson.

In 1952, LeBlanc returned to office as attorney general as a candidate on the [[Robert F. Kennon]] intraparty ticket. He defeated the Long choice, [[Joseph A. Sims|Joe Arthur Sims]] of Hammon in Tangipahoa Parish.<ref name=gbooks>{{cite book|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=Y-0-kmu4vk0C&pg=PA211&lpg=PA211&dq=Judge+Fred+S.+LeBlanc&source=bl&ots=GWy60EYgVt&sig=Zi1prmFn-z904kd93Yj4uDfhQEI&hl=en&ei=4ISKTMTHPISBlAfi66XlCw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=8&ved=0CDQQ6AEwBw#v=onepage&q=Judge%20Fred%20S.%20LeBlanc&f=false|author=Walter G.  Cowan and Jack B. McGuire|title=Louisiana Governors: Rulers, Rascals, and Reformers|page=211|publisher=Google Books]accessdate=September 10, 2010}}</ref>

In 1952, LeBlanc returned to office as attorney general as a candidate on the [[Robert F. Kennon]] intraparty ticket. He defeated the Long choice, [[Joseph A. Sims|Joe Arthur Sims]] of Hammon in Tangipahoa Parish.<ref name=gbooks>{{cite book|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=Y-0-kmu4vk0C&pg=PA211&lpg=PA211&dq=Judge+Fred+S.+LeBlanc&source=bl&ots=GWy60EYgVt&sig=Zi1prmFn-z904kd93Yj4uDfhQEI&hl=en&ei=4ISKTMTHPISBlAfi66XlCw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=8&ved=0CDQQ6AEwBw#v=onepage&q=Judge%20Fred%20S.%20LeBlanc&f=false|author=Walter G.  Cowan and Jack B. McGuire|title=Louisiana Governors: Rulers, Rascals, and Reformers|page=211|publisher=Google Books]accessdate=September 10, 2010}}</ref>