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  Ellender, Allen J.
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NameAllen J. Ellender
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Houma, Louisiana , United States
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Born September 24, 1890
DiedJuly 27, 1972 (81 years)
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Feb 23, 2024 05:20pm
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Infoborn in Montegut, Terrebonne Parish, La., September 24, 1890; attended the public and private schools; graduated from St. Aloysius College, New Orleans, La., in 1909 and from the law department of Tulane University, New Orleans, La., 1913; was admitted to the bar in 1913 and commenced practice in Houma, La.; city attorney of Houma 1913-1915; district attorney of Terrebonne Parish 1915-1916; during the First World War served as a sergeant in the Artillery Corps, United States Army 1917-1918; delegate to the constitutional convention of Louisiana in 1921; Democratic national committeeman from Louisiana 1939-1940; member, State house of representatives 1924-1936, serving as floor leader 1928-1932 and as speaker 1932-1936; elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate in 1936; reelected in 1942, 1948, 1954, 1960, and again in 1966 and served from January 3, 1937, until his death on July 27, 1972; served as President pro tempore of the Senate during the Ninety-second Congress; chairman, Committee on Claims (Seventy-eighth and Seventy-ninth Congresses), Committee on Agriculture and Forestry (Eighty-second and Eighty-fourth through Ninety-first Congresses), Committee on Appropriations (Ninety-second Congress); died at the Bethesda Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Md.; interment in Magnolia Cemetery, Houma, La.


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  08/19/1972 LA US Senate - D Primary Lost 9.32% (-70.12%)
  01/22/1971 President Pro Tempore Won 54.55% (+9.09%)
  11/08/1966 LA US Senate Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  08/13/1966 LA US Senate - D Primary Won 74.17% (+60.05%)
  11/08/1960 LA US Senate Won 79.76% (+59.52%)
  11/02/1954 LA US Senate Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  07/27/1954 LA US Senate - D Primary Won 59.15% (+23.23%)
  11/02/1948 LA US Senate Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  08/31/1948 LA US Senate - D Primary Won 61.70% (+35.77%)
  11/03/1942 LA US Senate Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  11/03/1936 LA US Senate Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  01/21/1936 LA US Senate - D Primary Won 68.01% (+36.80%)
ENDORSEMENTS
Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Dec 15, 1971 R William H. Rehnquist
Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Dec 09, 1971 D Lewis Franklin Powell, Jr.
Supreme Court - Associate Justice - May 17, 1970 R Harry Blackmun
Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Apr 08, 1970 R G. Harrold Carswell
Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Nov 21, 1969 R Clement Furman Haynsworth, Jr.
Supreme Court - Chief Justice - Jun 23, 1969 R Warren E. Burger
Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Aug 30, 1967 NPA Reject
US Secretary of Commerce - Jun 18, 1959 R Lewis L. Strauss
Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Oct 14, 1958 NPA Reject
LA US President - Nov 02, 1948 D Harry S. Truman