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| Affiliation | Democratic |
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| Name | Allen J. Ellender |
| Address |
Houma, Louisiana , United States |
| Email | None |
| Website | None |
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September 24, 1890 |
| Died |
July 27, 1972
(82 years) |
| Contributor | RP |
| Last Modifed | RBH
Feb 23, 2024 05:20pm |
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| Info | born 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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| 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 |
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G. Harrold Carswell |
| Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Nov 21, 1969 |
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Clement Furman Haynsworth, Jr. |
| Supreme Court - Chief Justice - Jun 23, 1969 |
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Warren E. Burger |
| Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Aug 30, 1967 |
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Reject |
| US Secretary of Commerce - Jun 18, 1959 |
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Lewis L. Strauss |
| Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Oct 14, 1958 |
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Reject |
| LA US President - Nov 02, 1948 |
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Harry S. Truman |
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