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'''Allen J. Ellender''' (1890-1972) was a [[Democratic]] politician from the U.S. state of [[Louisiana]]. An original follower of [[Huey P. Long]], Ellender was elected in 1936 as Long's permanent successor to the [[United States Senate]]. He served in the upper house of Congress from 1937 until his death in the summer of 1972. At the time he was campaigning for yet another term in the Senate. Ellender was succeeded by interim Senator Elaine S. Edwards, the first wife of then Governor [[Edwin Edwards]]. His permanent successor was his chief primary rival in 1972, former state Senator [[J. Bennett Johnston, Jr.]], of [[Shreveport]], who held the U.S. Senate seat until his retirement in January 1997. Johnston had also been Edwin Edwards' rival for the 1971 Democratic gubernatorial nomination.

'''Allen J. Ellender''' (1890-1972) was a [[Democratic]] politician from the U.S. state of [[Louisiana]]. An original follower of [[Huey P. Long]], Ellender was elected in 1936 as Long's permanent successor to the [[United States Senate]]. He served in the upper house of Congress from 1937 until his death in the summer of 1972. At the time he was campaigning for yet another term in the Senate. Ellender was succeeded by interim Senator Elaine S. Edwards, the first wife of then Governor [[Edwin Edwards]]. His permanent successor was his chief primary rival in 1972, former state Senator [[J. Bennett Johnston, Jr.]], of [[Shreveport]], who held the U.S. Senate seat until his retirement in January 1997. Johnston had also been Edwin Edwards' rival for the 1971 Democratic gubernatorial nomination.

Ellender was a native of Terrebonne Parish in south Louisiana and a lawyer who graduated from [[Tulane University]] in [[New Orleans]]. Prior to his Senate tenure, he served from 1924 to 1936 as a member of the Louisiana House of Representatives. He was the House [[Speaker]] from 1932 until 1936. In the U.S. Senate, he was known for his support for school segregation through the signing in 1956 of the [[Southern Manifesto]], farm subsidies, the school lunch program, and his opposition to the communist investigations conducted prior to 1954 by his [[Republican]] colleague, [[Joseph McCarthy]] of [[Wisconsin]]. He also opposed the [[Vietnam War]] but voted for the [[Gulf of Tonkin Resolution]] of 1964. During his Senate tenure he was chairman of the Agriculture Committee and then the Appropriations Committee. He was considered a mostly [[conservative]] Democrat in comparison to his party colleagues.

Ellender was a native of Terrebonne Parish in south Louisiana and a lawyer who graduated from [[Tulane University]] in [[New Orleans]]. Prior to his Senate tenure, he served from 1924 to 1936 as a member of the Louisiana House of Representatives. He was the House [[Speaker]] from 1932 until 1936. In the U.S. Senate, he was known for his support for school segregation through the signing in 1956 of the [[Southern Manifesto]]. Ellender was also an advocate of farm subsidies and the school lunch program, and he opposed the t investigations into [[Communism|communist]] infiltration of the U.S. government conducted prior to 1954 by his [[Republican]] colleague, [[Joseph McCarthy]] of [[Wisconsin]]. Though Ellender later opposed the [[Vietnam War]], he voted for the [[Gulf of Tonkin Resolution]] of 1964. During his Senate tenure he was chairman of the Agriculture Committee and then the Appropriations Committee. He was considered a mostly [[conservative]] Democrat in comparison to his party colleagues. He was a non-practicing [[Roman Catholic]].

One of his nieces, Bonnie Robichaux, married [[Bob Livingston]] the Republican former U.S. representative from New Orleans.  

One of his nieces, Bonnie Robichaux, married [[Bob Livingston]] the Republican former U.S. representative from New Orleans.