1958 New Orleans mayoral election: Difference between revisions
Content deleted Content added
No edit summary |
Sean William (talk | contribs) m Reverted edits by 83.135.65.148 (talk) to last version by BrownHairedGirl |
||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
The '''New Orleans mayoral election of 1958''', held in February, resulted in the re-election of [[deLesseps Morrison]] to his fourth consecutive term as [[mayor of New Orleans]]. Morrison was able to defeat the [[Regular Democratic Organization]] candidate - former State Representative [[Claude W. Duke]] - soundly, winning 90,802 of the 157,320 votes cast in the election compared to Duke's 43,231 votes. State |
The '''New Orleans mayoral election of 1958''', held in February, resulted in the re-election of [[deLesseps Morrison]] to his fourth consecutive term as [[mayor of New Orleans]]. Morrison was able to defeat the [[Regular Democratic Organization]] candidate - former State Representative [[Claude W. Duke]] - soundly, winning 90,802 of the 157,320 votes cast in the election compared to Duke's 43,231 votes. State Representative [[Fred C. Donaldson]] ran a distant third with 18,999 votes; no runoff was required. Morrison had proven able to consistently defeat the once powerful RDO machine, but since mayors were only allowed two consecutive terms under the new city charter of 1954, this would be Morrison's last term in office. |
||
{| class="wikitable" |
{| class="wikitable" |
||
|- |
|- |
||
Revision as of 21:58, 26 December 2007
The New Orleans mayoral election of 1958, held in February, resulted in the re-election of deLesseps Morrison to his fourth consecutive term as mayor of New Orleans. Morrison was able to defeat the Regular Democratic Organization candidate - former State Representative Claude W. Duke - soundly, winning 90,802 of the 157,320 votes cast in the election compared to Duke's 43,231 votes. State Representative Fred C. Donaldson ran a distant third with 18,999 votes; no runoff was required. Morrison had proven able to consistently defeat the once powerful RDO machine, but since mayors were only allowed two consecutive terms under the new city charter of 1954, this would be Morrison's last term in office.
| Candidate | Votes received |
|---|---|
| deLesseps Morrison | 90,802 |
| Claude W. Duke | 42,231 |
| Fred C. Donaldson | 18,999 |
| Leonard Gunsberg | 2,938 |
| Addison Roswell Thompson | 683 |
| William Attaway | 667 |
| Preceded by 1954 mayoral election |
New Orleans mayoral elections | Succeeded by 1962 mayoral election |
Sources
- Haas, Edward F. DeLesseps S. Morrison and the Image of Reform: New Orleans Politics, 1946-1961. LSU Press, 1974.
- Parker, Joseph B. The Morrison Era: Reform Politics in New Orleans. Pelican, 1974.