Misplaced Pages

1960 Louisiana lieutenant gubernatorial election

Article snapshot taken from Wikipedia with creative commons attribution-sharealike license. Give it a read and then ask your questions in the chat. We can research this topic together.

1960 Louisiana lieutenant gubernatorial election

← 1956 19 April 1960 1964 →
 
Nominee Taddy Aycock Clark C. Boardman
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 392,421 68,186
Percentage 83.16% 14.45%

Lieutenant Governor before election

Lether Edward Frazar
Democratic

Elected Lieutenant Governor

Taddy Aycock
Democratic

Elections in Louisiana
Federal government
Presidential elections
Presidential primaries
Democratic
2000
2004
2008
2012
2016
2020
2024
Republican
2004
2008
2012
2016
2020
2024
U.S. Senate elections
U.S. House of Representatives elections
State government
General elections
Gubernatorial elections
Lieutenant gubernatorial elections
Attorney General elections
Treasurer elections
State Senate elections
House of Representatives elections
Ballot measures
2004
Amendment 1
Baton Rouge
Mayoral elections
New Orleans
Mayoral elections
City Council elections
Shreveport
Mayoral elections
Government

The 1960 Louisiana lieutenant gubernatorial election was held on 19 April 1960 in order to elect the lieutenant governor of Louisiana. Democratic nominee and former Speaker of the Louisiana House of Representatives Taddy Aycock defeated Republican nominee Clark C. Boardman and States Rights nominee Vaughn L. Phelps.

Democratic primary

The Democratic primary election was held on 5 December 1959, but as no candidate received a majority of the votes cast, a runoff was held in January 1960 between incumbent mayor of Alexandria William George Bowdon Jr. and former Speaker of the Louisiana House of Representatives Taddy Aycock. Former speaker Taddy Aycock won the runoff but the results of the election are unknown, and was thus elected as the nominee for the general election.

Results

CandidateFirst RoundRun-off
Votes%Votes%
Taddy Aycock219,55127.880
William George Bowdon Jr.227,75828.920
Earl Long157,45219.99
Cy D. F. Courtney105,63713.41
William J. White61,4407.80
Frank A. Jordan Jr.15,7662.00
Total787,604100.00

General election

On election day, 19 April 1960, Democratic nominee Taddy Aycock won the election by a margin of 324,235 votes against his foremost opponent Republican nominee Clark C. Boardman, thereby retaining Democratic control over the office of lieutenant governor. Aycock was sworn in as the 45th lieutenant governor of Louisiana on 10 May 1960.

Results

Louisiana lieutenant gubernatorial election, 1960
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Taddy Aycock 392,421 83.16
Republican Clark C. Boardman 68,186 14.45
States' Rights Vaughn L. Phelps 11,299 2.39
Total votes 471,906 100.00
Democratic hold

References

  1. "LA Lt. Governor - D Primary". ourcampaigns.com. 17 June 2010. Retrieved 31 December 2024.
  2. "LA Lt. Governor". ourcampaigns.com. 17 June 2010. Retrieved 31 December 2024.
(1959 ←)   1960 United States elections   (→ 1961)
President
U.S.
Senate
U.S.
House
State
governors
State
legislatures
Categories: