1976 Democratic National Convention Election, Napoleonville, Louisiana
Content Description
This collection spans aproximately 0.416 linear feet and includes undated material and paper documents from Saturday, May 1, 1976.
The majority of the collection is paper documents associated with the Democratic voter's election for the represntatives of Louisiana at the Democratic National Convention.
The collection includes the original; and a handmade duplicate of the voter's list for Congressional District No.8, Democratic District No. 4, where the voting took place.
In addition to the list are the official ballots listing twenty-three nominees and their intended vote for the Democratic presidential nominee. The corresponding Ballot numbers are located in a separate folder. The final item in the collection is one official ballot box.
The index for this collection is available both electronically and in Box: 1 Folder 1.
Dates
- 1976, undated
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction
Physical rights are retained by Nicholls State University. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.
Historical Note
Each state has established congressional districts based on population. Louisiana presently; has six congressional districts, each with one elected official to represent them in the House of Representatives. Congressional seats within a state; are determined by decennial census population counts. From 1973 until 1993, Louisiana had eight different districts. While in operation at Alexandria, the 8th district incorporated what is now District 5. Both the 7th and 8th districts are defunct. The 8th district was dissolved following the results of the 1990 census, and Louisiana's 7th district was dissolved in 2013.
In 1976, the 8th Congressional District of Louisiana's Democratic voters held an election to select no more than five candidates to represent Louisiana at the Democratic National Convention. The objective of the Democratic National Convention is to nominate a member of their party to run for president. The options for the democratic presidential nominees were George Corley Wallace Jr.,and Jimmy Carter, the then governor of Georgia. It would be Jimmy Carter who would win both the Democratic nominee and the Presidential election.
Extent
0.5 Linear Feet (1 box)
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
This series is arranged in chronological order beginning with undated material.
Sensitive Materials Statement
This collection may contain material(s) with sensitive or confidential informaiton that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations. Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain informaiton pertaining to identifiable living individuals represented in this collection without the consent of those individuals may have legal ramifications (e.g., a cause of action under common law for invasion of privacy may arise if facts concerning an indicidual's pricate life are published that would be deemed highly offeensive to a reasonable person) for which Ellender Memorial Library and Nicholls State University assume no responsibility.
Publication Statement
Nicholls State University Archives and Special Collections Ellender Memorial Library Nicholls State University 906 E 1st St. Thibodaux, Louisiana 70310 URL: http://nicholls.libguides.com/archives
- Title
- 1976 Democratic National Convention Election Napoleonville, Louisiana
- Date
- April, 2022
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin (Gaelic variant)
- 1796 Democratic National Convention Election Napoleonville, Louisiana Index
Repository Details
Part of the Nicholls State University Archives and Special Collections Repository
Ellender Memorial Library
Nicholls State University
906 E 1st St.
Thibodaux Louisiana 70310 USA
985-448-4621
clifton.theriot@nicholls.edu