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In 1959, Cleveland was  acting governor for a day for the observance in [[Baton Rouge]] by the Men's Goodwill Tour of the 250th anniversary of the founding of Marksville in Avoyelles Parish.<ref>"Acting Louisiana Governor W. J. "Bill" Cleveland," louisdl.louislibraries, accessed March 7, 2015; no longer available on-line.</ref>

In 1959, Cleveland was  acting governor for a day for the observance in [[Baton Rouge]] by the Men's Goodwill Tour of the 250th anniversary of the founding of Marksville in Avoyelles Parish.<ref>"Acting Louisiana Governor W. J. "Bill" Cleveland," louisdl.louislibraries, accessed March 7, 2015; no longer available on-line.</ref>

Cleveland was a delegate to the 1952 [[Democratic National Convention]] in [[Chicago]], which assembled the [[Adlai Stevenson|Stevenson]]-[[John Sparkman|Sparkman]] ticket, which won the ten [[electoral vote]]s of Louisiana that year.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cleveland.html|title=Cleveland, William J.|publisher=The Political Graveyard|accessdate=July 28, 2020}}</ref> He was subsequently an alternate delegate to the 1968 Democratic National Convention, which also met in Chicago amid rioting and looting to nominate the [[Hubert Humphrey|Humphrey]]-Edmund Muskie ticket. However, the Louisiana electoral votes in 1968 went to [[George Wallace]] of [[Alabama]] on the American Independent Party ticket.

Cleveland was a delegate to the 1952 [[Democratic National Convention]] in [[Chicago]], which assembled the [[Adlai Stevenson|Stevenson]]-[[John Sparkman|Sparkman]] ticket, which won the ten [[electoral vote]]s of Louisiana that year.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cleveland.html|title=Cleveland, William J.|publisher=The Political Graveyard|accessdate=July 28, 2020}}</ref> He was subsequently an alternate delegate to the 1968 Democratic National Convention, which also met in Chicago amid rioting and looting to nominate the [[Hubert Humphrey|Humphrey]]-[[Edmund Muskie|Muskie]] ticket. However, the Louisiana electoral votes in 1968 went to [[George Wallace]] of [[Alabama]] on the American Independent Party ticket.

   

   

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