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This week marks the birthday of the former Louisiana US Senator Allen J. Ellender. He was born in 1890, and in his heyday, Ellender was the most prominent Senator in Washington and a powerful voice for the Bayou State.
I first met Ellender in 1972 shortly after I was elected to the Louisiana state senate. I had given an evening speech up in Caldwell Parish and began the drive home to…
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