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Drauzin Angelle's only elected position was as a constable for the Fifth Ward, a position that he held from 1914 to 1924, when he became the chief deputy under Sheriff [[Wade O. Martin, Sr.]], and continued in that capacity after Martin was elected in 1932 to the Louisiana Public Service Commission. Angelle hence remained chief deputy under a number of sheriffs who ran for reelection every four years along with the [[Governor|gubernatorial]] race, but Angelle as the power behind the sheriff remained chief deputy through three decades. Angelle was known as the organizer of "The Old Faction" and the "Father of the Fifth Ward".<ref name=angelle/>​

Drauzin Angelle's only elected position was as a constable for the Fifth Ward, a position that he held from 1914 to 1924, when he became the chief deputy under Sheriff [[Wade O. Martin, Sr.]], and continued in that capacity after Martin was elected in 1932 to the Louisiana Public Service Commission. Angelle hence remained chief deputy under a number of sheriffs who ran for reelection every four years along with the [[Governor|gubernatorial]] race, but Angelle as the power behind the sheriff remained chief deputy through three decades. Angelle was known as the organizer of "The Old Faction" and the "Father of the Fifth Ward".<ref name=angelle/>​

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 O. Martin, Sr.]], his son [[Wade O. Martin, Jr.]], was 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/>​