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McLemore held a political rally, called a "Citizens Revolt" at the Shreveport Municipal Auditorium, the home of the Louisiana Hayride, in which he denounced the "professional politicians". He assured the nearly 1,500 in attendance that he was no politician at all but a lifelong businessman.<ref>"Professional Politicians McLemore Rally Target", ''The Shreveport Times,'' November 15, 1951, p. 3.</ref>
McLemore held a political rally, called a "Citizens Revolt" at the Shreveport Municipal Auditorium, the home of the Louisiana Hayride, in which he denounced the "professional politicians". He assured the nearly 1,500 in attendance that he was no politician at all but a lifelong businessman.<ref>"Professional Politicians McLemore Rally Target", ''The Shreveport Times,'' November 15, 1951, p. 3.</ref>
McLemore finished in fourth place in 1952 with 116,405 votes (15.3 percent).<ref name=electionstats>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RB2Hxcg4zNoC&pg=PA511|author=[[Milburn E. Calhoun]]|publisher=Louisiana Almanac, 2008-2009|publisher=Pelican|year= 2009|page=511|accessdate=October 29, 2013}}</ref> In that race on primary election night, McLemore endorsed Kennon, a judge in [[Minden, Louisiana|Minden]], who went into a runoff election against the Long-backed candidate, Judge Spaht.<ref>"McLemore for Kennon," ''Minden Press,'' January 21, 1952, p. 9.</ref>
McLemore finished in fourth place in 1952 with 116,405 votes (15.3 percent).<ref name=electionstats>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RB2Hxcg4zNoC&pg=PA511|author=[[Milburn E. Calhoun]]|publisher=Louisiana Almanac, 2008-2009|publisher=Pelican|year=2009|page=511|accessdate=October 29, 2013}}</ref> In that race on primary election night, McLemore endorsed Kennon, a judge in [[Minden, Louisiana|Minden]], who went into a runoff election against the Long-backed candidate, Judge Spaht.<ref>"McLemore for Kennon," ''Minden Press,'' January 21, 1952, p. 9.</ref>
After the governor's race, McLemore was a Louisiana delegate to the 1952 [[Democratic National Convention]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mcleary-mclennan.html|title=Index to Politicians: Mclear to Mclennon|publisher=The Political Graveyard|accessdate=October 30, 2013}}</ref> which met in [[Chicago]], [[Illinois]], to nominate [[Adlai Stevenson|Adlai E. Stevenson, II]], and [[John Sparkman]] to carry the party banner against the [[Republican Party|Republican]] ticket of [[Dwight Eisenhower]] and [[Richard M. Nixon]]. Stevenson won the Louisiana electoral vote in 1952 but not in 1956 when he was again the Democrat standard-bearer against Eisenhower.
After the governor's race, McLemore was a Louisiana delegate to the 1952 [[Democratic National Convention]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mcleary-mclennan.html|title=Index to Politicians: Mclear to Mclennon|publisher=The Political Graveyard|accessdate=October 30, 2013}}</ref> which met in [[Chicago]], [[Illinois]], to nominate [[Adlai Stevenson|Adlai E. Stevenson, II]], and [[John Sparkman]] to carry the party banner against the [[Republican Party|Republican]] ticket of [[Dwight Eisenhower]] and [[Richard M. Nixon]]. Stevenson won the Louisiana electoral vote in 1952 but not in 1956 when he was again the Democrat standard-bearer against Eisenhower.