• John Julian McKeithen (May 28, 1918 – June 4, 1999) was an American lawyer and politician who served as the 49th governor of Louisiana from 1964 to 1972...
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  • Look up McKeithen in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. McKeithen is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: John McKeithen (1918–1999), American...
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    election was held on February 4, 1968. Incumbent Democratic governor John McKeithen was re-elected to a second term in office. This was the first election...
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    Louisiana gubernatorial election was held on March 3, 1964. Democrat John McKeithen won a highly-competitive primary and dispatched Republican Charlton...
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  • promotion of historical preservation. McKeithen was born in rural Columbia, Louisiana to John Julian McKeithen and the former Marjorie Howell Funderburk...
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    campaigns and political messaging for Louisiana governors Jimmie Davis, John McKeithen, Edwin Edwards, and U.S. Representative Otto Passman. In the early 1980s...
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    South Carolina (Robert McNair), North Carolina (Dan Moore), Maine (Edmund Muskie), Texas (John Connally), Louisiana (John McKeithen), Tennessee (Buford Ellington)...
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  • Davis' second term as governor, his admirers were disappointed when Gov. John McKeithen vetoed a bill in 1968 that would have made "You Are My Sunshine" Louisiana's...
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    unsuccessful run for governor of Louisiana, losing to incumbent Democrat John McKeithen by a wide margin. Running for re-election to a fifth term, Rarick was...
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    second term, a rule that was changed in the mid-1980s. In Louisiana, John McKeithen was the first governor to serve two consecutive terms after an amendment...
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