In 1959 , Reese , as the Louisiana Republican national committeeman , and LeRoy Smallenberger , an attorney in Shreveport who was elected the state party chairman in 1960 , became involved in an intra-party feud with Tom Stagg , another Shreveport lawyer and subsequent judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana , and Charles T. Beaird , the later publisher of the defunct '' Shreveport Journal '' and a then Republican member of the Caddo Parish Police Jury . Stagg and Beaird objected when Reese endorsed , with Smallenberger in agreement , a slate of candidates for party position on both the state and parish committees . Stagg described Reese as having attempted to assemble a group of " yes-men " and had hence " earned the enmity of a large number of fair-minded Republicans " . Reese , however , defended his endorsements , most of whom won their primary races , on the premise that he as a statewide party leader was obligated to recommend suitable candidates to rank-and-file voters . At the time , Reese appointed Smallenberger as the " assistant national committeeman for North Louisiana " . Reese , along with his senatorial campaign manager Richard Lowrie Hagy ( 1921-1992 ) , also of New Orleans , and Tom Stagg were among the Louisiana delegation to the 1960 Republican National Convention in Chicago . Smallenberger and Harrison Bagwell , the Baton Rouge lawyer who was the Republican gubernatorial nominee in 1952 against Robert F. Kennon , were alternate delegates to the Chicago convention . The party nominated Vice President Richard M. Nixon to run in the 1960 presidential election against U.S. Senator John F. Kennedy , who won Louisiana 's then ten electoral votes
1960 Republican National Convention
1960 Republican National Convention
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