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'''Dudley Anthony Guglielmo, Sr.''' (April 21, 1909 – July 30, 2005), was the [[Louisiana]] state insurance commissioner from 1964 to 1972. He served two terms until he was denied renomination in the 1971 [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] [[primary]] by Sherman A. Bernard, a house mover from Westwego] in Jefferson Parish. Bernard won the position on the premise that Louisiana residents were paying too much in [[insurance]] premiums and that Guglielmo had presumably did little to stop the rate increases.
'''Dudley Anthony Guglielmo, Sr.''' (April 21, 1909 – July 30, 2005), was the [[Louisiana]] state insurance commissioner from 1964 to 1972. He served two terms until he was denied renomination in the 1971 [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] [[primary]] by Sherman A. Bernard, a house mover from Westwego] in Jefferson Parish. Bernard won the position on the premise that Louisiana residents were paying too much in [[insurance]] premiums and that Guglielmo had presumably did little to stop the rate increases.
==Career==
==Career==
Though a freshman U.S. Representatives for Louisiana's since disbanded 8th congressional district, Long ran for governor in 1963 and then lost his U.S. House seat in 1964 to his distant cousin, Speedy Long, who had run unsuccessfully for insurance commissioner in 1963.
Though a freshman U.S. Representatives for Louisiana's since disbanded 8th congressional district, Long ran for governor in 1963 and then lost his U.S. House seat in 1964 to his distant cousin, Speedy Long, who had run unsuccessfully for insurance commissioner in 1963.
In 1967, Guglielmo won a second term as insurance commissioner. He defeated four intra-party opponents, John W. Davidson, Jack Simpson, a young insurance agent and a member of the Natchitoches Parish Police Jury;<ref>Jack Simpson advertisement, ''Minden Press-Herald'', October 13, 1967, p. 4.</ref> Raymond C. Wingate, and the [[conservative]] state Senator William Spencer Myrick (1918-1991) of Oak Grove in West Carroll Parish. In Guglielmo's second term, several insurance companies failed to pay claims in a timely manner and forced the insured to accept lower amounts by with-holding payment until the insured was desperate. Guglielmo worked to require claims be paid more faithfully and also backed the claims of numerous insurance agents against a number of the companies. His failure to clarify and advertise these actions may have cost him a third term.
In 1967, Guglielmo won a second term as insurance commissioner. He defeated four intra-party opponents, John W. Davidson, Jack Simpson, a young insurance agent and a member of the Natchitoches Parish Police Jury;<ref>Jack Simpson advertisement, ''Minden Press-Herald'', October 13, 1967, p. 4.</ref> Raymond C. Wingate, and the [[conservative]] state Senator Willie Spencer Myrick (1918-1991) of Oak Grove in West Carroll Parish. In Guglielmo's second term, several insurance companies failed to pay claims in a timely manner and forced the insured to accept lower amounts by with-holding payment until the insured was desperate. Guglielmo worked to require claims be paid more faithfully and also backed the claims of numerous insurance agents against a number of the companies. His failure to clarify and advertise these actions may have cost him a third term.
In 1971, Guglielmo faced the combined competition of once again John W. Davidson as well as Jerry Galliano and Sherman Bernard. Guglielmo was defeated in a runoff election by Bernard, who subsequently went to prison for [[extortion]] in connection with his insurance commissioner duties. Guglielmo subsequently ran an agency which serviced insurance companies.
In 1971, Guglielmo faced the combined competition of once again John W. Davidson as well as Jerry Galliano and Sherman Bernard. Guglielmo was defeated in a runoff election by Bernard, who subsequently went to prison for [[extortion]] in connection with his insurance commissioner duties. Guglielmo subsequently ran an agency which serviced insurance companies.