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Senate Service
Longest Service (24 years or more): Russell B. Long Allen J. Ellender J. Bennett Johnston, Jr.

Louisiana Senators Who Served in Leadership Positions
President Pro Tempore: Allen J. Ellender Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee Chair: J. Bennett Johnston; John Breaux Party Whips: Russell B. Long Standing Committee Chairs Since 1947: Agriculture and Forestry: Allen J. Ellender Appropriations: Allen J. Ellender Energy and Natural Resources: J. Bennett Johnston Finance: Russell B. Long Small Business and Entrepreneurship: Mary Landrieu
Louisiana Citizens Honored in the Capitol's Art Collection
Statuary: Huey Pierce Long by Charles Keck (Statuary Hall); Edward Douglass White by Arthur Morgan (Senate connecting corridor).

Unusual Facts
During his tenure in the Senate, Allan J. Ellender invited fellow senators and administration officials to sample his Creole cooking at luncheons in his third floor Capitol hideaway. Five U.S. presidents sampled his cooking, including President Lyndon B. Johnson, who, enticed by a delicious aroma on a visit to the Capitol, dropped by, uninvited, to sample Ellender's famous shrimp gumbo.


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