Boucher did not seek a fourth term in 1952 . He was succeeded in the state senate by John J. Doles , a banker from Plain Dealing in Bossier Parish , who served from 1952 to 1956 , during the administration of Governor Robert F. Kennon , also of Minden , but was usually allied with the Long faction . From 1956 to 1960 , Boucher was a member of the Louisiana Democratic State Central Committee . He was an alternate delegate to the 1956 Democratic National Convention in Chicago , which nominated Adlai E. Stevenson of Illinois and Estes Kefauver of Tennessee , the first Democratic ticket since 1876 to lose Louisiana 's electoral votes to a Republican , Dwight D. Eisenhower . Boucher served on the Louisiana State Mineral Board ( 1956 – 1958 ) , the Louisiana Commission on Aging ( 1958 ) , Louisiana Insurance Rating Board ( 1959 – 1960 ) , and the Louisiana Contractors ' Licensing Board ( 1960 – 1963 )
1956 Democratic National Convention
1956 Democratic National Convention
Drayton Boucher