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==U.S. Senate==
==U.S. Senate==
After the assassination Sen. [[Huey Long|Huey Pierce Long]], his wife [[Rose McConnell Long]] was appointed to the seat to fill the vacancy. She declined to run for a full term, and Ellender won the 1936 election to succeed her.<ref>[https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=267971 LA US Senate - D Primary]. ''Our Campaigns''. Retrieved April 21, 2021.</ref><ref>[https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=267971 LA US Senate]. ''Our Campaigns''. Retrieved April 21, 2021.</ref>
In the United States Senate, he was known for his support for school segregation through the signing in 1956 of the [[Southern Manifesto]]. Ellender was also an advocate of farm subsidies and the school lunch program, and he opposed the investigations into [[communist]] infiltration of the U.S. government conducted prior to 1954 by his [[Republican]] colleague, [[Joseph McCarthy]] of [[Wisconsin]]. Though Ellender later opposed the [[Vietnam War]], he 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 more [[conservative Democrat]] in comparison to his party colleagues, though held some [[liberal]] positions such as adamantly supporting social programs championed by President [[Lyndon B. Johnson]].<ref>[https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-upon-signing-the-food-stamp-act Remarks Upon Signing the Food Stamp Act.]. ''The American Presidency Project''. Retrieved April 21, 2021.</ref><ref>[https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-the-signing-the-child-nutrition-act-1966 Remarks at the Signing of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966.]. ''The American Presidency Project''. Retrieved April 21, 2021.</ref>
In the United States Senate, he was known for his support for school segregation through the signing in 1956 of the [[Southern Manifesto]]. Ellender was also an advocate of farm subsidies and the school lunch program, and he opposed the investigations into [[communist]] infiltration of the U.S. government conducted prior to 1954 by his [[Republican]] colleague, [[Joseph McCarthy]] of [[Wisconsin]]. Though Ellender later opposed the [[Vietnam War]], he 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 more [[conservative Democrat]] in comparison to his party colleagues, though held some [[liberal]] positions such as adamantly supporting social programs championed by President [[Lyndon B. Johnson]].<ref>[https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-upon-signing-the-food-stamp-act Remarks Upon Signing the Food Stamp Act.]. ''The American Presidency Project''. Retrieved April 21, 2021.</ref><ref>[https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-the-signing-the-child-nutrition-act-1966 Remarks at the Signing of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966.]. ''The American Presidency Project''. Retrieved April 21, 2021.</ref>