Allen J. Ellender, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetAllen J. Ellender
American politician
Date of Birth: 24-Sep-1890
Place of Birth: Montegut, Louisiana, United States
Date of Death: 27-Jul-1972
Profession: lawyer, politician
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Libra 
About Allen J. Ellender
- Allen Joseph Ellender (September 24, 1890 – July 27, 1972) was a U.S.
- senator from Houma in Terrebonne Parish in south Louisiana, who served from 1937 until 1972 when he died in office in Maryland at the age of eighty-one.
- He was a Democrat who was originally allied with Huey Long.
- As senator, he compiled a generally conservative record, voting 77 percent 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 conservatives, he was not a "hawk" in foreign policy and opposed the Vietnam War.
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