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|term_start=January 1937

|term_start=January 1937

|term_end=July 27, 1972

|term_end=July 27, 1972

|preceded=Rose McConnell Long (interim for her husband, [[Huey Long]])

|preceded=[[Rose McConnell Long]] (interim for her husband, [[Huey Long]])

|succeeded=[[Elaine Edwards]] (interim for [[J. Bennett Johnston, Jr.]])

|succeeded=[[Elaine Edwards]] (interim for [[J. Bennett Johnston, Jr.]])

|office2=Louisiana State Representative<br>for Terrebonne Parish

|office2=Louisiana State Representative<br>for Terrebonne Parish

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'''Allen Joseph Ellender''' (September 24, 1890 – July 27, 1972) was a [[Democrat]] [[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 [[Democrat]] [[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==