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Ellender was a native of Terrebonne Parish in south Louisiana and a lawyer who graduated from [[Tulane University]] in [[New Orleans]]. Prior to his Senate tenure, he was from 1932 to 1936 the [[Speaker]] of the Louisiana House of Representatives. In the Senate, he was known for his support for school segregation, farm subsidies, the school lunch program, and his opposition to the communist investigations conducted in the 1950s by his [[Republican]] colleague, [[Joseph McCarthy]] of [[Wisconsin]]. He also opposed the [[Vietnam War]] but voted for the [[Gulf of Tonkin Resolution]] of 1964. During his Senate tenure he was chairman of the Agriculture Committee and then the Appropriations Committee. He was considered a mostly [[conservative]] Democrat in comparison to his party colleagues.

Ellender was a native of Terrebonne Parish in south Louisiana and a lawyer who graduated from [[Tulane University]] in [[New Orleans]]. Prior to his Senate tenure, he was from 1932 to 1936 the [[Speaker]] of the Louisiana House of Representatives. In the Senate, he was known for his support for school segregation, farm subsidies, the school lunch program, and his opposition to the communist investigations conducted in the 1950s by his [[Republican]] colleague, [[Joseph McCarthy]] of [[Wisconsin]]. He also opposed the [[Vietnam War]] but voted for the [[Gulf of Tonkin Resolution]] of 1964. During his Senate tenure he was chairman of the Agriculture Committee and then the Appropriations Committee. He was considered a mostly [[conservative]] Democrat in comparison to his party colleagues.

One of his nieces, Bonnie Robichaux, married the former Republican [[U.S. Representative]] [[Bob Livingston]] of [[New Orleans]].  

One of his nieces, Bonnie Robichaux, married [[Bob Livingston]] the Republican former U.S. representative from New Orleans.  

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[[Category:Democratic Party]]

[[Category:Lawyers]]

[[Category:Lawyers]]