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Allison Ray Kolb (November 1, 1915 – December 23, 1973)〔(Social Security Death Index Interactive Search )〕 was the Democratic auditor of Louisiana from 1952 to 1956, who angered many local officials in the pursuit of his job duties and was hence defeated by former Lieutenant Governor William J. "Bill" Dodd in the 1956 party primary. While he was a Democrat, Kolb was a part of the anti-Long faction in Louisiana politics. On February 6, 1968, Kolb sought a political comeback as the Republican Party (GOP) nominee in a race to succeed retiring State Treasurer Andrew Patrick "Pat" Tugwell, Sr., a part of the Long faction. Kolb was overwhelmed in the general election by Democrat Mary Evelyn Dickerson Parker, an Allen Parish native and an operative from the administrations of both former Governors Earl Kemp Long and John J. McKeithen. ==Democratic campaign for auditor, 1955-1956== A native of Colfax, the seat of government of Grant Parish in north central Louisiana, Kolb was the second of six children, all deceased, of Robert Manning Kolb (1888-1929), originally from Castor in Bienville Parish, and the former Annie Anderson Smith (1894-1956), a native of Sabine County in East Texas. The senior Kolbs are interred at the Masonic Cemetery in Delhi in Richland Parish in northeastern Louisiana.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Robert Manning Kolb )〕 He attended Louisiana Tech University in Ruston and was in the 1933 freshman class, with his residence at the time listed as Ruston.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Louisiana Tech, 1933 )〕 Kolb became a Baton Rouge attorney, banker, and businessman. He held a master's degree in Accounting. Kolb, at thirty-two, first sought the auditor's position in the 1948 primary, running on the gubernatorial ticket of a fellow Democrat, Robert F. Kennon of Minden. The whole Kennon slate, consisting entirely of World War II veterans, lost that year.〔''Minden Herald'', January 9, 1948, p. 3〕 Kennon failed to obtain a runoff berth against former Governors Sam Houston Jones of Lake Charles and Earl Kemp Long. Kolb was defeated by L. Baynard.〔''Minden Press'', January 23, 1948, p. 1〕 Kennon to but Kennon and Kolb rebounded in 1952 to claim the governorship and the auditor's office, respectively. In 1955, Kennon was ineligible to seek a second four-year term, and Bill Dodd announced that he would attempt to unseat Kolb in the primary held in January 1956. Kolb used the slogan: "Protect Your Tax Money . . . Keep Kolb".〔''Minden Herald and Webster Review'', December 8, 1955, p. 2〕 In his memoirs, Dodd claimed that Kolb "would be a sitting duck for anyone who ran against him. He had alienated every local official and professional politician in Louisiana. He did it by publicizing nitpiking mistakes and suggesting that each and every sheriff, clerk of court, tax assessor, parish school superintendent, police juror (equivalent of county commissioner in other states), and school board member was a crook. The news media had bragged on Allison () while criticizing all those local officials. Allison could not have defeated Adolf Hitler, had the Führer been alive and running against him."〔William J. "Bill" Dodd, ''Peapatch Politics: The Earl Long Era in Louisiana Politics'' Baton Rouge: Claitor's Publishers, 1991, p. 117〕 Earl Long and his wife, Blanche Long, endorsed Dodd's candidacy against Kolb. Mrs. Long had a grudge against Kolb because, in Dodd's words, "old Allison (was then forty-one. ) had audited her brother and recommended that he be indicted. Her brother had purchased a lawmower through his public office and paid for it with his personal check. He did it to save a few dollars, but violated a bookkeeping rule, not any law, or even the code of ethics."〔William J. "Bill" Dodd, ''Peapatch Politics: The Earl Long Era in Louisiana Politics'' Baton Rouge: Claitor's Publishers, 1991, p. 118〕 After they agreed to support Dodd for auditor, either Earl or Blanche Long, or both, enticed Douglas Fowler, a local politician from Coushatta, the seat of Red River Parish, to enter the race. At first, Earl Long let Fowler speak on the platform, but Dodd said that "the public felt that I was the real Long candidate, and Fowler finally quit making our meetings. Miss Blanche threw me a couple of curves, including the printing up of some Earl Long ticket sample ballots with my number beside Fowler's name. But we caught her trick and corrected it."〔William J. "Bill" Dodd, ''Peapatch Politics: The Earl Long Era in Louisiana Politics'' Baton Rouge: Claitor's Publishers, 1991, p. 119〕 Fowler lost the race, but Governor Long named him "custodian of voting machines" thereafter. The position was later called "elections commissioner," and it was abolished in 2004, with duties returned to the office of secretary of state. Long had created the post as a result of a feud that he waged with Secretary of State Wade O. Martin, Jr. (1911–1990).〔William J. "Bill" Dodd, ''Peapatch Politics: The Earl Long Era in Louisiana Politics'' Baton Rouge: Claitor's Publishers, 1991〕 Dodd sent Jack M. Dyer, a young Baton Rouge attorney and later a state representative (1960–1964), to the secretary of state's office to get photocopies of every corporation that Kolb had chartered as state auditor and on which Kolb took stock for fees and in which he became a director. Dodd found that Kolb had ordered the construction of a "semiprivate paved road" to Kolb's property. "We could find no project number. Allison got it built secretly." Dodd also challenged Kolb's involvement in the Gulf Union Corp. and the Gulf Union Holding Co.〔William J. "Bill" Dodd, ''Peapatch Politics: The Earl Long Era in Louisiana Politics'' Baton Rouge: Claitor's Publishers, 1991, p. 120〕 All the Long candidates were nominated outright in the 1956 primary. There were no runoffs because Louisiana law at the time provided for runoffs for lesser constitutional offices, including lieutenant governor, only if there was also to be a second gubernatorial primary.〔William J. "Bill" Dodd, ''Peapatch Politics: The Earl Long Era in Louisiana Politics'' Baton Rouge: Claitor's Publishers, 1991, p. 125〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Allison Kolb」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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