Taddy Aycock received his law degree in 1937 from Loyola University in New Orleans and launched his law practice in Franklin.
18 Facts About Taddy Aycock
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Taddy Aycock won the Bronze Star while serving in Europe during World War II.
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Taddy Aycock was reelected to the legislature in 1956 but was not recommended for retention as Speaker by Kennon's successor, Earl Kemp Long.
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Taddy Aycock was associated with the anti-Long faction within the Louisiana Democratic Party.
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Taddy Aycock polled 392,421 votes to Boardman's 68,186.
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Taddy Aycock was the first Republican in modern times even to seek the lieutenant governor's position.
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Not until 1987, eleven months after Taddy Aycock's death, did a Republican, Paul Hardy of St Martinville in St Martin Parish, win the position, which had been otherwise reserved for Louisiana Democrats.
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Taddy Aycock might have favored Robert Kennon, who was seeking a comeback as governor and who had made him Speaker, but he preferred to make his race alone.
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Duval and Taddy Aycock had something else in common: they came from adjoining south Louisiana parishes, and both were in the anti-Long tradition of Louisiana politics.
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Several other Democrats joined Taddy Aycock in supporting Goldwater: Secretary of State Wade O Martin, Jr.
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Taddy Aycock had planned to seek the governorship in the 1967 Democratic primary, but he ran into a major roadblock.
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Taddy Aycock had no serious opposition for his third term.
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Davis and Taddy Aycock, who had been the winning intraparty ticket in 1960, were opposing each other in 1971.
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Taddy Aycock never sought another office but returned to Franklin to practice law.
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Taddy Aycock pushed for the name change of Southwestern Louisiana Institute to the University of Southwestern Louisiana.
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Taddy Aycock supported the French heritage movement and the Acadiana Regional Airport in New Iberia in Iberia Parish.
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Taddy Aycock died in the first few days of 1987, another primary election year for governor and other state constitutional offices.
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Taddy Aycock is interred at Franklin Cemetery in his native Franklin, Louisiana.