| LC control no. | n 50012113 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Ellender, Allen J., 1890-1972 |
| Variant(s) | Ellender, Allen Joseph, 1890-1972 |
| Birth date | 1890-09-24 |
| Death date | 1972-07-27 |
| Place of birth | Montegut, La. |
| Place of death | Bethesda, Md. |
| Affiliation | United States. Army Louisiana. Legislature. House of Representatives United States. Congress. Senate |
| Profession or occupation | Lawyers Legislators |
| Found in | Investigation of the activities of the American Cotton Cooperative Association: report of the Committee on Agriculture and Forestry on S. Res. 205, a resolution to continue an investigation of certain activities of the American Cotton Cooperative Association, together with the views of Mr. Ellender and Mr. Bankhead, 1938: page 5 (Allen J. Ellender) Explanation of the food and agriculture act of 1965: H.R. 9811, 1965: title page (Allen J. Ellender, chairman of the Committee on Agriculture and Forestry, United States Senate) To extend support of Allen J. Ellender fellowships: hearing before the Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary, and Vocational Education of the Committee on Education and Labor, House of Representatives, Ninety-fourth Congress, second session, 1976 Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, via WWW, August 9, 2013 (Ellender, Allen Joseph (1890-1972); a Senator from Louisiana; born in Montegut, Terrebonne Parish, La., September 24, 1890; graduated from St. Aloysius College, New Orleans, La., in 1909 and from the law department of Tulane University, New Orleans, La., 1913; admitted to the bar in 1913 and commenced practice in Houma, La.; city attorney of Houma, 1913-1915; district attorney of Terrebonne Parish, 1915-1916; during the First World War served as a sergeant in the Artillery Corps, United States Army, 1917-1918; delegate to the constitutional convention of Louisiana in 1921; Democratic national committeeman from Louisiana, 1939-1940; member, State house of representatives, 1924-1936, serving as floor leader 1928-1932 and as speaker 1932-1936; elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate in 1936; reelected in 1942, 1948, 1954, 1960, and 1966, and served from January 3, 1937, until his death on July 27, 1972; President pro tempore of the Senate during the Ninety-second Congress; chairman, Committee on Claims (Seventy-eighth and Seventy-ninth Congresses), Committee on Agriculture and Forestry (Eighty-second and Eighty-fourth through Ninety-first Congresses), Committee on Appropriations (Ninety-second Congress); died at the Bethesda Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Md.) |
| Associated language | eng |
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