| | 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 Long]] 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 M. Jackson]], [[Robert F. Kennon]], [[Claude Kirkpatrick]], and [[Gillis Long]].<ref>''Minden Press,'' November 4, 1963, p. 12.</ref> | + | 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 Long]] 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 M. Jackson]], [[Robert F. Kennon]], [[Claude Kirkpatrick]], and [[Gillis Long]].<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 third 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 third cousin, [[Speedy Long]], who had run unsuccessfully for insurance commissioner in 1963. |