Elbert Guillory
| Elbert Lee Guillory | |
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| Member of the Louisiana Senate from the 24th district |
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In office May 2009 – January 2016 |
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| Preceded by | Don Cravins, Jr. |
| Succeeded by | Gerald Boudreaux |
| Member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from the 40th district |
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In office January 2007 – January 2009 |
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| Preceded by | Don Cravins, Jr. |
| Succeeded by | Ledricka Thierry |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
June 24, 1944 Opelousas, Louisiana, USA |
| Political party |
Republican (Before 2007; 2013–present) Democratic (2007–2013) |
| Alma mater |
Southern University Norfolk State University Rutgers University, Newark |
| Religion | Roman Catholicism |
| Website |
Personal website Elbert Guillory on Facebook |
| Military service | |
| Service/branch | United States Navy |
| Battles/wars | Vietnam War |
Elbert Lee Guillory (born June 24, 1944) is a former member of the Louisiana State Senate. An African-American Republican, he represented District 24, including his native Opelousas, and several rural precincts, from May 2, 2009, when he won a special election, until January 11, 2016, when his full term to which he was elected in 2011 ended.
Guillory's Senate district was previously briefly represented by the Democrat Don Cravins, Jr. It encompasses most of St. Landry Parish and a northern part of adjacent Lafayette Parish. Guillory defeated Patricia "Pat" Arceneaux Cravins (born 1947) of Arnaudville, the mother of Don Cravins, Jr., in the special state Senate runoff election held on May 2, 2009, 7,906 votes (62.5 percent) to 4,746 (37.5 percent).
Guillory previously served from 2006 to 2009 as state representative for District 40. In that position he had also succeeded the Democrat Don Cravins, Jr., whose father, Don, Sr., was also a former state senator and a mayor of Opelousas.
Guillory was reared in a divorced family in St. Landry Parish.
His Roman Catholic father, Ozema Ledee (died c. 2009), was an entrepreneur and an adventurer who flew his own plane, a rarity for a black man in the 1950s. He was also a bootlegger. Guillory's mother, who was still living in 2013 at the age of 104, was a strict Baptist who forbade alcohol and cursing in her home. She worked as a teacher and school principal.
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