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==Political activities==

==Political activities==

Moore was a committed [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] and active in the party organization. Though she was in the anti-[[Huey Long|Long]] faction of the party, she did not support [[Republican Party|Republican]] candidates over the years, as had some others in her faction, such as Governors [[Sam Houston Jones]] and [[Robert F. Kennon]], Lieutenant Governor Clarence C. "Taddy" Aycock (1915-19087), and state Senator Jackson Beauregard Davis (1918-2016) of [[Shreveport]].<ref>''[[Shreveport Journal]],'' September 17, 1964, p. 1.</ref>​

Moore was a committed [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] and active in the party organization. Though she was in the [[anti-Long]] faction of the party, she did not support [[Republican Party|Republican]] candidates over the years, as had some others in her faction, such as Governors [[Sam Houston Jones]] and [[Robert F. Kennon]], Lieutenant Governor Clarence C. "Taddy" Aycock (1915-19087), and state Senator Jackson Beauregard Davis (1918-2016) of [[Shreveport]].<ref>''[[Shreveport Journal]],'' September 17, 1964, p. 1.</ref>​

In 1948, Moore ran unsuccessfully on the Sam Jones gubernatorial ticket in opposition to the incumbent, [[Lucille May Grace]].<ref>''Minden Herald,'' January 16, 1948, p. 2.</ref>​ In 1952, Moore won a high-profile election against [[Mary Evelyn Parker]], later the state treasurer and like Moore a committed Democrat active in the party structure. Moore ran in the first primary in 1952 on the unsuccessful gubernatorial ticket headed by [[U.S. Representative]] [[Hale Boggs}Thomas Hale Boggs, Sr.]], but switched to the Robert Kennon slate in the runoff election.<ref>''Minden Press,'' February 8, 1952, p. 1.</ref> From 1952 to 1956, Moore served on the Louisiana Recreation and Parks Commission and was named chairman of the body in 1960 under Governor [[Jimmie Davis]]. She was a former member of the Governor's Commission on the Status of Women.<ref name=lasos>{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081121090128/http://www400.sos.louisiana.gov/archives/women/bio-moore.htm|title=Ellen Bryan Moore |publisher=Louisiana Secretary of State |accessdate=September 7, 2009}}</ref>

In 1948, Moore ran unsuccessfully on the Sam Jones gubernatorial ticket in opposition to the incumbent, [[Lucille May Grace]].<ref>''Minden Herald,'' January 16, 1948, p. 2.</ref>​ In 1952, Moore won a high-profile election against [[Mary Evelyn Parker]], later the state treasurer and like Moore a committed Democrat active in the party structure. Moore ran in the first primary in 1952 on the unsuccessful gubernatorial ticket headed by [[U.S. Representative]] [[Hale Boggs}Thomas Hale Boggs, Sr.]], but switched to the Robert Kennon slate in the runoff election.<ref>''Minden Press,'' February 8, 1952, p. 1.</ref> From 1952 to 1956, Moore served on the Louisiana Recreation and Parks Commission and was named chairman of the body in 1960 under Governor [[Jimmie Davis]]. She was a former member of the Governor's Commission on the Status of Women.<ref name=lasos>{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081121090128/http://www400.sos.louisiana.gov/archives/women/bio-moore.htm|title=Ellen Bryan Moore |publisher=Louisiana Secretary of State |accessdate=September 7, 2009}}</ref>