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'''David Washington Pipes, Jr.''' (August 6, 1886 – September 6, 1968), was a [[lawyer]] and [[sugar]] planter from  Houma in Terrebonne Parish, [[Louisiana]]. Previously a lifelong [[Democratic Party|Democrat]], he defected to the [[Republican Party]] in 1940 to oppose the nomination of [[Henry A. Wallace]] for the [[Vice President of the United States|vice presidency]] and to wage his own campaign for an open seat in the [[United States House of Representatives]] from the [[Lafayette]] based 3rd congressional district.

'''David Washington Pipes, Jr.''' (August 6, 1886 – September 6, 1968), was a [[lawyer]] and [[sugar]] planter from  Houma in [[Terrebonne Parish]], [[Louisiana]]. Previously a lifelong [[Democratic Party|Democrat]], he defected to the [[Republican Party]] in 1940 to oppose the nomination of [[Henry A. Wallace]] for the [[Vice President of the United States|vice presidency]] and to wage his own campaign for an open seat in the [[United States House of Representatives]] from the [[Lafayette]] based 3rd congressional district.

Pipes was a vice president of the trade association, the American Sugar Cane League.

Pipes was a vice president of the trade association, the American Sugar Cane League.

Louisiana voters, though some may have objected to a third-term for any presidential candidate or to the nomination of Wallace, still gave the Roosevelt-Wallace ticket 319,751 votes (85.9 percent) of the ballots cast. The Republican ticket of [[Wendell Willkie]] of [[New York]] and [[Charles McNary]] of [[Oregon]] lagged at 52,446 ballots (14.1 percent). The strongest Willkie showing in the state was the 34.5 percent and the 29.4 percent that he managed in the sugar parishes of Vermilion and Iberia, respectively.​

Louisiana voters, though some may have objected to a third-term for any presidential candidate or to the nomination of Wallace, still gave the Roosevelt-Wallace ticket 319,751 votes (85.9 percent) of the ballots cast. The Republican ticket of [[Wendell Willkie]] of [[New York]] and [[Charles McNary]] of [[Oregon]] lagged at 52,446 ballots (14.1 percent). The strongest Willkie showing in the state was the 34.5 percent and the 29.4 percent that he managed in the sugar parishes of Vermilion and Iberia, respectively.​

Pipes polled 13,933 votes (34 percent) in the Third District, more than double Willkie's percent statewide. Democrat Domengeaux led with 27,081 (66 percent). Pipes won 42.5 percent in Iberia, 40.2 percent in Vermilion, 37.4 percent Assumption Parish, 31.8 percent in his adopted Terrebonne Parish.<ref>''The Shreveport Times,'' November 3, 5, 1940.</ref>​

Pipes polled 13,933 votes (34 percent) in the Third District, more than double Willkie's percent statewide. Democrat Domengeaux led with 27,081 (66 percent). Pipes won 42.5 percent in Iberia, 40.2 percent in Vermilion, 37.4 percent Assumption Parish, 31.8 percent in his adopted [[Terrebonne Parish]].<ref>''The Shreveport Times,'' November 3, 5, 1940.</ref>​

Domengeaux served in the U. S. House until 1948,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=D000406|title=Domengeaux, James - Biographical Information|publisher=Bioguide.congress.gov|accessdate=May 29, 2019}}</ref>when he ran unsuccessfully for the U.S. Senate. Pipes' performance marked the strongest Republican showing in a Louisiana congressional race since a 1929 [[special election]] in the same district. Through 1940, only Democrats had represented Louisiana in Congress since the era of [[Reconstruction]] although a [[Progressive Party]] candidate, W. P. Martin of Thibodeaux in Lafourche Parish was elected in 1914 in the same Third District. A former supporter of U.S. President [[Woodrow Wilson]], Martin broke with the Democrats over sugar policies but later rejoined that party.​

Domengeaux served in the U. S. House until 1948,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=D000406|title=Domengeaux, James - Biographical Information|publisher=Bioguide.congress.gov|accessdate=May 29, 2019}}</ref>when he ran unsuccessfully for the U.S. Senate. Pipes' performance marked the strongest Republican showing in a Louisiana congressional race since a 1929 [[special election]] in the same district. Through 1940, only Democrats had represented Louisiana in Congress since the era of [[Reconstruction]] although a [[Progressive Party]] candidate, W. P. Martin of Thibodeaux in Lafourche Parish was elected in 1914 in the same Third District. A former supporter of U.S. President [[Woodrow Wilson]], Martin broke with the Democrats over sugar policies but later rejoined that party.​