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Angelle was tied to the [[Huey Long|Long]] political faction|faction as was Sheriff Martin.<ref name=angelle/> However, in the late 1950s, following the death of Wade Martin, Sr., son Wade O. Martin, Jr. (1911-1990) as the elected Secretary of State, quarreled with Governor Earl Kemp Long, who obtained legislative passage of bills to strip the junior Martin of much of the jurisdiction of his office. From this dispute, the since disbanded Elections Commissioner position, was established under the name "Custodian of Voting Machines." Martin ran for governor in the first ever nonpartisan blanket [[primary]] election held on November 1, 1975. Incumbent [[Edwin Edwards]] defeated both Martin and then state Senator [[Robert G. Jones]] of [[Lake Charles]], a son of former Governor [[Sam Houston Jones]], the leader of the anti-Long faction. Wade Martin, Jr., like his successor, Paul Hardy, later switched his partisan affiliation from Democrat to Republican.
Angelle was tied to the [[Huey Long|Long]] political faction|faction as was Sheriff Martin.<ref name=angelle/> However, in the late 1950s, following the death of Wade Martin, Sr., son Wade O. Martin, Jr. (1911-1990) as the elected Secretary of State, quarreled with Governor Earl Kemp Long, who obtained legislative passage of bills to strip the junior Martin of much of the jurisdiction of his office. From this dispute, the since disbanded Elections Commissioner position, was established under the name "Custodian of Voting Machines." Martin ran for governor in the first ever nonpartisan blanket [[primary]] election held on November 1, 1975. Incumbent [[Edwin Edwards]] defeated both Martin and then state Senator [[Robert G. Jones]] of [[Lake Charles]], a son of former Governor [[Sam Houston Jones]], the leader of the anti-Long faction. Wade Martin, Jr., like his successor, Paul Hardy, later switched his partisan affiliation from Democrat to Republican.
Angelle died in Cecilia six days before his 87th birthday. he left 192 surviving descendants. He is interred at St. Joseph [[Roman Catholic|Catholic]] Cemetery in Cecilia.<ref name=findagrave/>
Angelle died in Cecilia six days before his 87th birthday. He left 192 surviving descendants. He is interred at St. Joseph [[Roman Catholic|Catholic]] Cemetery in Cecilia.<ref name=findagrave/>
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