“Louisiana Senator” Allen J. Ellender Hand Signed 3X5 Card Todd Mueller COA

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“Louisiana Senator” Allen J. Ellender Hand Signed 3X5 Card.
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Allen Joseph Ellender
(September 24, 1890 – July 27, 1972) was an American politician and lawyer who was a U.S. Senator from
Louisiana
from 1937 until his death. He was a
Democrat
who was originally allied with
Huey Long
. As Senator he compiled a generally conservative record, voting 77% of the time with the
Conservative Coalition
on domestic issues. A staunch
segregationist
, he signed the
Southern Manifesto
in 1956, voted against the
Voting Rights Act of 1965
, and opposed anti-lynching legislation in 1938. Unlike many Democrats he was not a "
hawk
" in foreign policy and opposed the
Vietnam War
. Ellender served as President Pro Tempore, and the chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee. He also served as the chair of the Senate Agriculture Committee for over 16 years. Ellender was born in the town of
Montegut
in Terrebonne Parish, a center of
Cajun
culture. He was the son of Victoria Marie (Javeaux) and Wallace Richard Ellender, Sr. He attended public and private schools, and in 1909 he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree from the
Roman Catholic
St. Aloysius College
in
New Orleans
. (It has been reorganized as
Brother Martin High School
). He graduated from
Tulane University Law School
in New Orleans with a
LL.B.
in 1913,
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was admitted to the bar later that year, and launched his practice in Houma.