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After his defeat for governor, LeBlanc returned to another prosperous burial insurance business, the "Thibodaux Benevolent Association." Long prevented LeBlanc from operating his business in Louisiana by getting the legislature to pass a law forbidding that type of insurance company from operating in the state. Subsequently, LeBlanc moved the company to [[Texas]], where it continued to prosper. After Long's assassination in 1935, LeBlanc sold that business and returned to Abbeville.
After his defeat for governor, LeBlanc returned to another prosperous burial insurance business, the "Thibodaux Benevolent Association." Long prevented LeBlanc from operating his business in Louisiana by getting the legislature to pass a law forbidding that type of insurance company from operating in the state. Subsequently, LeBlanc moved the company to [[Texas]], where it continued to prosper. After Long's assassination in 1935, LeBlanc sold that business and returned to Abbeville.
In the 1963-1964 Louisiana gubernatorial campaign, [[John J. McKeithen]] went into a run-off against for Mayor Chep Morrison. Initially LeBlanc supported Morrison but changed his mind and urged his bloc of Cajunvoters to support McKeithen. After his election, Governor McKeithen considered returning LeBlanc to the post of State Senate President Pro Tempore, third in line in gubernatorial succession. LeBlanc had held that position in Earl Long's second term from 1948 to 1952. When controversy surfaced over the proposed appointment, however, McKeithen changed his mind.
In the 1963-1964 Louisiana gubernatorial campaign, [[John J. McKeithen]] went into a run-off against for Mayor Chep Morrison. Initially LeBlanc supported Morrison but changed his mind and urged his bloc of Cajunvoters to support McKeithen. After his election, Governor McKeithen considered returning LeBlanc to the post of State Senate President Pro Tempore, third in line in gubernatorial succession. LeBlanc had held that position in Earl Long's second term from 1948 to 1952. When controversy surfaced over the proposed appointment, however, McKeithen changed his mind.
==Four state Senate terms==
In 1940, LeBlanc was elected to the first of his four nonconsecutive terms in the Louisiana State Senate. LeBlanc served from 1940 to 1944 (Governor [[Sam Houston Jones]]), 1948 to 1952 (second Earl Long administration), 1964 to 1968, and 1968 to 1971 (McKeithen), when he died in office, with some seven months remaining in his Senate term. At the time of his death, LeBlanc was also seeking a fifth term in the state Senate from a reconfigured district including Vermilion and Acadia parishes.
In 1940, LeBlanc was elected to the first of his four nonconsecutive terms in the Louisiana State Senate. LeBlanc served from 1940 to 1944 (Governor [[Sam Houston Jones]]), 1948 to 1952 (second Earl Long administration), 1964 to 1968, and 1968 to 1971 (McKeithen), when he died in office, with some seven months remaining in his Senate term. At the time of his death, LeBlanc was also seeking a fifth term in the state Senate from a reconfigured district including Vermilion and Acadia parishes.