1952 Louisiana lieutenant gubernatorial election

1952 Louisiana lieutenant gubernatorial election

22 April 1952

Nominee C. E. Barham Party Democratic Popular vote 114,186 Percentage 96.10%

Lieutenant Governor before election Bill Dodd Democratic Elected Lieutenant Governor C. E. Barham Democratic

The 1952 Louisiana lieutenant gubernatorial election was held on 22 April 1952 in order to elect the lieutenant governor of Louisiana. Democratic nominee and incumbent member of the Louisiana State Senate C. E. Barham defeated Republican nominee Violet B. Allen.

Democratic primary

The Democratic primary election was held on 15 January 1952, but as no candidate received a majority of the votes cast, a runoff was held on 19 February 1952 between candidate John McKeithen and state senator C. E. Barham. State senator C. E. Barham won the runoff with 58.94% of the vote, and was thus elected as the nominee for the general election.

Results

Candidate	First Round		Run-off
	Votes	%	Votes	%
C. E. Barham	138,506	18.93	452,337	58.94
John McKeithen	186,400	25.48	315,179	41.06
Elmer Conner	138,275	18.90
Lionel Ott	108,366	14.81
Leon Gary	86,205	11.78
Hoffman Fuller	50,479	6.90
W. H. Talbot	12,615	1.72
P. E. Weldon	10,663	1.46
Total	731,509	100.00	767,516	100.00
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General election

On election day, 22 April 1952, Democratic nominee C. E. Barham won the election by a margin of 109,550 votes against his opponent Republican nominee Violet B. Allen, thereby retaining Democratic control over the office of lieutenant governor. Barham was sworn in as the 43rd lieutenant governor of Louisiana on 13 May 1952.

Results

Louisiana lieutenant gubernatorial election, 1952

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	C. E. Barham	114,186	96.10
	Republican	Violet B. Allen	4,636	3.90
Total votes			118,822	100.00
	Democratic hold