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|preceded3=[[John B. Fournet]]
|preceded3=[[John B. Fournet]]
|succeeded3=[[Lorris Wimberly]]
|succeeded3=[[Lorris Wimberly]]
|allegiance=[[United States]]
|rank=Trainee
|branch=[[United States Army]]
|unit=Student Army Training Corps
|serviceyears=1918
|battles=[[World War I]]
}}
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'''Allen Joseph Ellender''' (September 24, 1890 – July 27, 1972) was a [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] [[politician]] from Houma in Terrebonne Parish in the U.S. state of [[Louisiana]]. An original follower of [[Huey Long]], Ellender was elected in 1936 as Long's permanent successor in the [[United States Senate]], replacing Long's widow, Rose McConnell Long (1892-1970). [[Governor]] Oscar Kelly Allen (1882-1936) had won the party nomination for the Senate but died before he could be formally elected. In the second balloting, Ellender defeated [[U.S. Representative]] John Nicholas Sandlin, Sr. (1872-1957), a fellow Democrat from [[Minden, Louisiana|Minden]] in Webster Parish.<ref>A minor candidate in the 1936 [[United States Senate]] race was [[Irving Ward-Steinman]] of [[Alexandria, Louisiana|Alexandria]].</ref>
'''Allen Joseph Ellender''' (September 24, 1890 – July 27, 1972) was a [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] [[politician]] from Houma in Terrebonne Parish in the U.S. state of [[Louisiana]]. An original follower of [[Huey Long]], Ellender was elected in 1936 as Long's permanent successor in the [[United States Senate]], replacing Long's widow, Rose McConnell Long (1892–1970). [[Governor]] Oscar Kelly Allen (1882–1936) had won the party nomination for the Senate but died before he could be formally elected. In the second balloting, Ellender defeated [[U.S. Representative]] John Nicholas Sandlin, Sr. (1872–1957), a fellow Democrat from [[Minden, Louisiana|Minden]] in Webster Parish.<ref>A minor candidate in the 1936 [[United States Senate]] race was [[Irving Ward-Steinman]] of [[Alexandria, Louisiana|Alexandria]].</ref>
==Early life and career==
==Early life and career==