Lucille May Grace (October 3, 1900 – December 22, 1957) was an American politician who was the Louisiana Register of State Lands from 1931 to 1952 and again from 1956 to 1957. She was the state's first female statewide elected officeholder [2] and first female gubernatorial candidate.

When Lucille May Grace was born on 3 October 1900, in Plaquemines, Louisiana, United States, her father, Frederick Jumel Grace Sr., was 30 and her mother, Aline May Dardenne, was 27. She had at least 1 son with Fred Columbus Dent.

Lucille Grace Dent was born Oct. 3, 1900 in Plaquemine to Fred Jumel Grace and May Dardenne. She was the eldest of four children. Educated in a one room school house at Union Plantation in Iberville Parish and St. Joseph's Convent in Baton Rouge.

Lucille Mae Grace Miss Grace was the first woman to attain statewide elected office in Louisiana. She became Register of the State Land Office in 1931 on appointment of Governor Huey Long.

Lucille May Grace (October 3, 1900 – December 22, 1957) was an American politician who was the Louisiana Register of State Lands from 1931 to 1952 and again from 1956 to 1957. She was the state's first female statewide elected officeholder [2] and first female gubernatorial candidate.

Lucille May Grace, a.k.a. Mrs. Fred Columbus Dent Sr., (October 3, 1900 – December 22, 1957), was the first woman to attain statewide elected office in Louisiana.

Lucille May Grace was the first woman to attain statewide elected office in Louisiana. She became Register of the State Land Office in 1931 on appointment of Governor Huey Pierce Long, Jr., succeeding her father, Fred J. Grace, who had died in office.

Lucille May Grace, a.k.a. Mrs. Fred Columbus Dent, Sr., (October 3, 1900 – December 22, 1957), was the first woman to attain statewide elected office in Louisiana. A Democrat, "Miss Grace," as she preferred to be called, became Register of the State Land Office in 1931 on appointment of Governor Huey Pierce Long, Jr.

Jan 18, 2014 · Lucille May Grace, a.k.a. Mrs. Fred Columbus Dent Sr., (October 3, 1900 December 22, 1957), was the first woman to attain statewide elected office in Louisiana. A Democrat, Miss Grace, as she preferred to be called, became Register of the State Land Office in 1931 on appointment of Governor Huey