1944 United States presidential election in Louisiana 1944 United States presidential election in Louisiana The 1944 United States presidential election in Louisiana took place on November 7, 1944, as part of the 1944 United States presidential election. Louisiana voters chose ten representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Louisiana was won by incumbent president Franklin D. Roosevelt over New York Governor Thomas E. Dewey by a large margin of 61.20 percentage points. As of the 2016 presidential election, this is the last occasion when Bossier Parish has voted for a Democratic Presidential candidate. Plaquemines Parish and Lincoln Parish have both
Cannabis policy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt administration Cannabis policy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt administration During the administration of American President Franklin D. Roosevelt (1932–1945), the United States saw its first federal-level efforts to control cannabis as a drug. While Roosevelt is known for his opposition to prohibition of alcohol, which was repealed in 1933 with the passage of the Twenty-first Amendment to the United States Constitution, in a 1935 radio address he also advocated that the United States apply the rulings of the International Opium Convention, which along with opiates also restricted the non-medicinal use of cannabis. Federal Bureau of Narcotics chief Harry Anslinger garnered support