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Line 25: − Guglielmo succeeded Rufus D. Hayes as insurance commissioner in 1964. Hayes did not seek a second elected term in the position. Among the losing candidates were State Representative Jack M. Dyer of [[Baton Rouge]] and state Senator Speedy Oteria Long (1927-2006) of LaSalle Parish, the choice of [[John J. McKeithen]], the successful gubernatorial candidate that year. Speedy Long went on to serve in the [[United States House of Representatives]]. The Long-Guglielmo rivalry reflected the split in the Long ranks which had surfaced in the first primary held in December 1963. Guglielmo carried the backing of defeated gubernatorial candidates Shelby Marion Jackson (1903-1972), [[Robert F. Kennon]], Claude Kirkpatrick (1917-1997), and Gillis William Long (1923-1985).<ref>''Minden Press'', November 4, 1963, p. 12.</ref>+
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Guglielmo, who was of [[Italy|Italian]] ethnicity, went to work in 1930 for the administration of [[Governor]] [[Huey Long|Huey Pierce Long, Jr.]]. He held the position of administrator of personnel and finance until 1940, when [[Sam Houston Jones]] succeeded Huey's younger brother, [[Earl Long|Earl Kemp Long]], as governor. Thereafter, Guglielmo served in numerous state-appointed posts.
Guglielmo, who was of [[Italy|Italian]] ethnicity, went to work in 1930 for the administration of [[Governor]] [[Huey Long|Huey Pierce Long, Jr.]]. He held the position of administrator of personnel and finance until 1940, when [[Sam Houston Jones]] succeeded Huey's younger brother, [[Earl Long|Earl Kemp Long]], as governor. Thereafter, Guglielmo served in numerous state-appointed posts.
In 1964, he succeeded Rufus D. Hayes as insurance commissioner. Hayes declined to seek a second elected term in the position. Among the losing candidates were State Representative Jack M. Dyer of [[Baton Rouge]] and state Senator Speedy Oteria Long (1927-2006) of LaSalle Parish, the choice of [[John J. McKeithen]], the successful gubernatorial candidate that year. Speedy Long went on to serve in the [[United States House of Representatives]]. The Long-Guglielmo rivalry reflected the split in the Long ranks which had surfaced in the first primary held in December 1963. Guglielmo carried the backing of defeated gubernatorial candidates Shelby Marion Jackson (1903-1972), [[Robert F. Kennon]], Claude Kirkpatrick (1917-1997), and Gillis William Long (1923-1985).<ref>''Minden Press'', November 4, 1963, p. 12.</ref>
Though a freshman U.S. Representatives for Louisiana's since disbanded 8th congressional district, Gillis 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, Gillis 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.