Étienne Joseph Caire I (September 17, 1868 – July 16, 1955), was an American merchant, pharmacist, sugar cane planter, and banker from Edgard in St. John the Baptist Parish, Louisiana.
He ran in 1928 as the Republican nominee for Governor of Louisiana when he challenged populist Democrat Huey Long He received only four percent of the vote.
Following the passage of a new state constitution in 1898, which raised barriers to voter registration, most blacks in Louisiana were disenfranchised for decades into the late 20th century.
In 1952, popular World War II General Dwight D. Eisenhower, commander of the victorious Allied Forces in Europe, ran as the Republican candidate for President of the United States.
Harrison Bagwell, a Baton Rouge lawyer, carried the party's banner in the general election against Democrat Robert F. Kennon, a judge from Minden in Webster Parish in North Louisiana.