O'Keefe was among the Louisiana delegation to the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago , which was headed by Governor John McKeithen . Many of the biggest political names in the state party attended the convention , which nominated Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey to carry the banner against Richard M. Nixon , with a third choice , George Wallace , former governor of Alabama running as the American Independent Party nominee
1968 Democratic National Convention
1968 Democratic National Convention
Michael O'Keefe (Louisiana politician)