Dudley A. Guglielmo
| Dudley Anthony Guglielmo, Sr. | |
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| Louisiana Insurance Commissioner | |
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In office 1964–1972 |
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| Preceded by | Rufus D. Hayes |
| Succeeded by | Sherman A. Bernard |
| Personal details | |
| Born | April 21, 1909 |
| Died | July 30, 2005 (aged 96) Baton Rouge, Louisiana |
| Nationality | Italian American |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Widower |
| Children | Two sons and a daughter |
| Residence | Baton Rouge, Louisiana |
| Occupation | Government employee |
Dudley Anthony Guglielmo, Sr. (April 21, 1909 – July 30, 2005), was the Louisiana insurance commissioner from 1964 to 1972. He served two terms until he was denied renomination in the 1971 Democratic primary by Sherman A. Bernard, a house mover from Westwego in Jefferson Parish. Bernard managed to win the position on the premise that Louisiana residents were paying too high in insurance premiums and that Guglielmo had presumably did little to stop the rate increases.
Guglielmo, who was of Italian ethnicity, went to work in 1930 for the administration of Governor Huey Pierce Long, Jr.. He held the position of administrator of personnel and finance until 1940, when Sam Houston Jones succeeded Earl Kemp Long as governor. Thereafter, he served in numerous state appointed posts.
Guglielmo succeeded Rufus D. Hayes as insurance commissioner in 1964. Hayes did not seek a second elected term in the position. Among the losing candidates were State Representative Jack M. Dyer of Baton Rouge and state senator Speedy O. Long of La Salle Parish, the choice of John McKeithen, the successful gubernatorial candidate that year. Speedy Long went on to serve in the United States House of Representatives. The Long-Guglielmo rivalry reflected the split in the Long ranks which had surfaced in the first primary held in December 1963. Guglielmo carried the backing of defeated gubernatorial candidates Shelby M. Jackson, Robert F. Kennon, Claude Kirkpatrick, and Gillis Long.
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