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(Journalist and political organizer active in the "Radical Right" of the 1950s and 1960s)

(Journalist and political organizer active in the "Radical Right" of the 1950s and 1960s)

| birth_date=October 23, 1918​

| birth_date=October 23, 1918​

| birth_place=[[St. Paul (city)|St. Paul]], [[Minnesota]], [[United States|USA]]​

| birth_place=[[St. Paul (City)|St. Paul]], [[Minnesota]], [[United States|USA]]​

| death_place=[[Alexandria, Louisiana|Alexandria]], [[Louisiana]]<br>

| death_place=[[Alexandria, Louisiana|Alexandria]], [[Louisiana]]<br>

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==Background==

==Background==

Courtney was born in the capital city of [[St. Paul (city)|St. Paul] in Ramsey County, [[Minnesota]]. His parents, Joseph Frank and Zella Edana Smith Courtney relocated their family to [[New Orleans]], [[Louisiana]]; they were listed in the 1940 [[census]] as residing at 59 Fontainebleau Drive in the Uptown section of the city.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ancestry.com/search/?name=Claire_Courtney&event=_new+orleans-orleans-louisiana-usa_34322|title=Claire Courtney|publisher=Ancestry.com|accesdate=August 15, 2019}}</ref><ref name=ourcampaigns/>

Courtney was born in the capital city of [[St. Paul (City)|St. Paul]] in Ramsey County, [[Minnesota]]. His parents, Joseph Frank and Zella Edana Smith Courtney relocated their family to [[New Orleans]], [[Louisiana]]; they were listed in the 1940 [[census]] as residing at 59 Fontainebleau Drive in the Uptown section of the city.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ancestry.com/search/?name=Claire_Courtney&event=_new+orleans-orleans-louisiana-usa_34322|title=Claire Courtney|publisher=Ancestry.com|accesdate=August 15, 2019}}</ref><ref name=ourcampaigns/>

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Courtney graduated from Alcée Fortier High School in New Orleans. He served in the [[U.S. Navy]] in [[World War II]] and then worked as a pilot for Pan American Airlines. Later, he was a commercial officer with the British consulate in New Orleans. For a time, he was a public relations spokesman for a fruit shipping company. In 1950, he received a degree in [[business administration]] from [[Tulane University]] in New Orleans, at which he later taught [[economics]], [[banking]], and [[marketing]] for three years.​<ref name=ourcampaigns>{{cite web|url=https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=17740|title=Lur Campaigns: Kent Courtney|publisher=Ourcampaigns.com|accessdate=August 17, 2019}}</ref> His sister, Claire J. Courtney (born c. 1927), also graduated from Tulane.  

Courtney graduated from Alcée Fortier High School in New Orleans. He served in the [[U.S. Navy]] in [[World War II]] and then worked as a pilot for Pan American Airlines. Later, he was a commercial officer with the British consulate in New Orleans. For a time, he was a public relations spokesman for a fruit shipping company. In 1950, he received a degree in [[business administration]] from [[Tulane University]] in New Orleans, at which he later taught [[economics]], [[banking]], and [[marketing]] for three years.​<ref name=ourcampaigns>{{cite web|url=https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=17740|title=Lur Campaigns: Kent Courtney|publisher=Ourcampaigns.com|accessdate=August 17, 2019}}</ref> His sister, Claire J. Courtney (born c. 1927), also graduated from Tulane.  

In the general election held on November 8, 1960, Kent Courtney was a States Rights Party [[presidential elector]], along with future Republican U.S. Representative and Governor [[David C. Treen]] and the fiery conservative Leander Henry Perez, Sr. (1891-1969), the longstanding political boss of Plaquemines Parsh near New Orleans. The Democratic ticket of [[John F. Kennedy]] and [[Lyndon B. Johnson]] nevertheless handily won Louisiana's then ten [[electoral vote]]s as well as a national victory.<ref<Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, November 8, 1960.</ref>​

In the general election held on November 8, 1960, Kent Courtney was a States Rights Party [[presidential elector]], along with future Republican U.S. Representative and Governor [[David C. Treen]] and the fiery conservative Leander Henry Perez, Sr. (1891-1969), the longstanding political boss of Plaquemines Parsh near New Orleans. The Democratic ticket of [[John F. Kennedy]] and [[Lyndon B. Johnson]] nevertheless handily won Louisiana's then ten [[electoral vote]]s as well as a national victory.<ref<Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, November 8, 1960.</ref>​

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==Courtney and Goldwater==​

==Courtney and Goldwater==​