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{{Infobox person
{{Infobox person
| name=James McGoldrick McLemore<br>
| name=James McGoldrick McLemore<br>
He was a chairman of the [[Louisiana State University]] Board of Supervisors.<ref name=findagrave/>
He was a chairman of the [[Louisiana State University]] Board of Supervisors.<ref name=findagrave/>
==1952 campaign==
==1952 campaign==
Similarly, McLemore claimed that Kennon, whom he had supported in the 1952 runoff election against Spaht, had done too little in office as governor to defend segregation but was on that issue "like an ostrich with his head buried in the sand."<ref name=segregation>"McLemore outlines plan on segregation", ''Minden Herald,'' December 22, 1955.</ref> McLemore said that he would if elected call a conference of other southern governors to develop a regional strategy to defend segregation.<ref name=segregation/> As the campaign wound down, McLemore said that desegregation would lead to miscegenation, and he further claimed that the [[NAACP]] had been infiltrated by [[Communism|communists]]. The NAACP, he said, was a "minority communistic-inspired group." A vote for McLemore, he claimed, would be "an escape from the integration vice that is closing on us from both outside and within."<ref>''Minden Herald'', January 10, 1956, p. 2.</ref> He urged voters to rally to his cause and the "South's way of life."<ref>''Minden Herald'' and ''Webster Signal'', January 12, 1956, p. 2.</ref>
Similarly, McLemore claimed that Kennon, whom he had supported in the 1952 runoff election against Spaht, had done too little in office as governor to defend segregation but was on that issue "like an ostrich with his head buried in the sand."<ref name=segregation>"McLemore outlines plan on segregation", ''Minden Herald,'' December 22, 1955.</ref> McLemore said that he would if elected call a conference of other southern governors to develop a regional strategy to defend segregation.<ref name=segregation/> As the campaign wound down, McLemore said that desegregation would lead to miscegenation, and he further claimed that the [[NAACP]] had been infiltrated by [[Communism|communists]]. The NAACP, he said, was a "minority communistic-inspired group." A vote for McLemore, he claimed, would be "an escape from the integration vice that is closing on us from both outside and within."<ref>''Minden Herald'', January 10, 1956, p. 2.</ref> He urged voters to rally to his cause and the "South's way of life."<ref>''Minden Herald'' and ''Webster Signal'', January 12, 1956, p. 2.</ref>
==Death==
==Death==