Changes

|term_end3=2008​

|term_end3=2008​

|preceded3=Steve D. Thompson​

|preceded3=Steve D. Thompson​

|succeeded3=Hartwood Caldwell "Neil" Riser, Jr.​

|succeeded3=[[Neil Riser]]​

|birth_date=May 25, 1942  

|birth_date=May 25, 1942  

|birth_place=Place of birth missing​

|birth_place=Place of birth missing​

Then Speaker Jim Tucker, who had opposed Ellington's committee chairmanship in 2008 at the request of Governor Jindal, expressed "excitement" to having Ellington in the new legislative majority. "We as Republicans can continue to push for smaller, more efficient government, and we have the numbers to pass legislation that can do that if we stick together. ... It's incredible that when I started in the House [in 2001] that we have more than doubled our numbers and indicative of where the state in going. It's also a tribute to those who preceded us to helped build the party in this state, in particular [Senator] David Vitter," said Tucker.<ref name=switches/>​

Then Speaker Jim Tucker, who had opposed Ellington's committee chairmanship in 2008 at the request of Governor Jindal, expressed "excitement" to having Ellington in the new legislative majority. "We as Republicans can continue to push for smaller, more efficient government, and we have the numbers to pass legislation that can do that if we stick together. ... It's incredible that when I started in the House [in 2001] that we have more than doubled our numbers and indicative of where the state in going. It's also a tribute to those who preceded us to helped build the party in this state, in particular [Senator] David Vitter," said Tucker.<ref name=switches/>​

Then Louisiana Republican Chairman Roger Villere issued this statement on Ellington's defection: "For more than one hundred years, the Louisiana House of Representatives has remained under Democrat control, but today that has all come to an end. In just three short years a 16-seat Democrat majority has been erased and Representative Ellington's decision to become the 53rd Republican in the House gives the GOP our first controlling majority in that body since Reconstruction. This is a great and historic day for the Republican Party of Louisiana and I'm pleased to welcome Representative Ellington to the new conservative majority in the House."<ref name=switches/>​

Then Louisiana Republican Chairman [[Roger F. Villere, Jr.]], issued this statement on Ellington's defection: "For more than one hundred years, the Louisiana House of Representatives has remained under Democrat control, but today that has all come to an end. In just three short years a 16-seat Democrat majority has been erased and Representative Ellington's decision to become the 53rd Republican in the House gives the GOP our first controlling majority in that body since Reconstruction. This is a great and historic day for the Republican Party of Louisiana and I'm pleased to welcome Representative Ellington to the new conservative majority in the House."<ref name=switches/>​

==Later years==

==Later years==