Remembering Senator Ellender
In the Senate, Ellender was known by his colleagues for Cajun cooking from roast duck to shrimp jambalaya. Even as of 2009 the Senate Dining Room still served "Ellender Gumbo."
Ellender Memorial High School in Houma and Allen Ellender Middle School in Marrero are named in his honor.
In 1994, Ellender was inducted posthumously into the Louisiana Political Museum and Hall of Fame in Winnfield.
The Allen J. Ellender Memorial Library on the campus of Nicholls State University is named after him.
Ellender was an uncle of Bonnie Robichaux Livingston, wife of former U.S. Representative Bob Livingston, a Republican who represented Louisiana's 1st congressional district from 1977 to 1998.
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