Historical Marker
Sam Houston Jones
Merryville, Beauregard County · Louisiana
Sam Houston Jones was a Lake Charles lawyer and former prosecutor when anti-Long Democrats recruited him in August 1939 to run for governor. He campaigned against the scandals of the Leche administration and trailed Earl Long in the first primary, then won the runoff narrowly with help from third-place finisher James A. Noe. His term ran from May 14, 1940 to May 9, 1944. In 1948 he supported the Dixiecrat ticket and lost the Democratic primary to Long; in 1953 Eisenhower named him to a federal commission on intergovernmental relations.
Where it stands
30.75398, -93.54168 · Directions
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