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SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 192
BY SENATORS MILKOVICH, ALARIO, ALLAIN, APPEL, BARROW, BISHOP,
BOUDREAUX, CARTER, CHABERT, CLAITOR, COLOMB,
CORTEZ, DONAHUE, ERDEY, FANNIN, GATTI, HENSGENS,
HEWITT, JOHNS, LAFLEUR, LAMBERT, LONG, LUNEAU,
MARTINY, MILLS, MIZELL, MORRELL, MORRISH, PEACOCK,
PETERSON, PRICE, RISER, GARY SMITH, JOHN SMITH, TARVER,
THOMPSON, WALSWORTH, WARD AND WHITE
A RESOLUTION
To commend Noble Edward Ellington II upon his exceptional career in public service
spanning more than four decades, both as an elected representative of the people in
the Louisiana State Senate and the House of Representatives, as well as an appointed
office holder as the chief deputy insurance commissioner and legislative affairs
director for Governor John Bel Edwards.
WHEREAS, Noble Ellington was born on May 25, 1942, to Mr. and Mrs. Noble
Edward Ellington Sr. and was educated in Mangham, Louisiana, where he graduated from
Mangham High School in 1960; and
WHEREAS, in 1964, Noble Ellington earned his Bachelor of Science in Agriculture
from Louisiana Tech University, in Ruston, Louisiana, in Lincoln Parish, and later that same
year he married the woman who would become the mother of his two sons, Noble Ellington
III and Ryan Fred Ellington; and
WHEREAS, Noble Ellington was a cotton merchant and operated Noble Ellington
Cotton Company, Inc., an extremely successful enterprise; and
WHEREAS, in his early married years, Mr. Ellington ran his company, but he also
was active in civic affairs in Northeast Louisiana, where he was involved with the Farm
Bureau, the Northeast Louisiana Agriculture and Business Council, and the Chamber of
Commerce; he also served as the director of the Winnsboro Economic Development
Corporation, served on the board of directors of the bank and the hospital in this rural corner
of Louisiana, became the national director of the Jaycees, and served on the board of the
Louisiana Baptist Children's Home Orphanage in Ruston; and
WHEREAS, in 1964, Noble E. Ellington III was born to the couple, followed three
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years later by son, Ryan, completing the next generation of Ellingtons; and
WHEREAS, in 1987 Noble Ellington II ran his first race for political office, seeking
Louisiana House of Representatives seat for District 20, serving the first of what would be
two consecutive terms; and
WHEREAS, Noble Ellington became involved with the American Legislative
Executive Council (ALEC) and served as national chairman, chairman of the Southern
Legislative Conference Rural Development Steering Committee, was an active member of
the Legislative Rural Caucus, along with many other organization memberships and in 1991,
he was reelected to the House of Representatives, continuing to represent District 20; and
WHEREAS, in 1995, Representative Ellington successfully ran to replace Senator
Steve Thompson, who decided not to run at the end of the term, and he became the senator
representing Senate District 32, where he served until term-limited in 2008; and
WHEREAS, while in the legislature, Senator Ellington was tireless in representing
the people and interests of Northeast Louisiana and he served on numerous influential
committees and as chairman of several Senate committees, including Labor and Industrial
Relations, Judiciary A, Judiciary B, and Transportation, Highways and Public Works; and
WHEREAS, as a member of the House, Noble Ellington was chairman of the
Legislative Audit Advisory Council and held additional committee assignments, serving on
Insurance, Appropriations, Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget, and the Special
Committee on Military and Veterans Affairs; and
WHEREAS, as a senator and a representative, Noble Ellington received many awards
from various civic and governmental groups and he was twice named Legislator of the Year
by the Rural Hospital Coalition and honored with Outstanding Legislator awards by the
Louisiana Association of Educators and Jobs for America's Graduates; and
WHEREAS, Noble Ellington was the Louisiana Association of Chiefs of Police
Senator of the Year, as well as numerous other accolades; and
WHEREAS, when Senator Ellington was no longer eligible to run for reelection in
the Senate in 2008, because of term limits, he ran for his old House of Representatives seat,
representing District 20 and he was elected to represent those constituents until January 9,
2012, at which time his illustrious legislative career came to a close; and
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WHEREAS, in that final term, Noble Ellington changed his political party affiliation
to Republican and on December 17, 2010, he made the switch official, which gave the
Republican party its first majority in the Louisiana House of Representatives since the
Reconstruction era, a momentous milestone in Louisiana politics; and
WHEREAS, in 2016, Noble Ellington's legislative experience and expertise led him
to be called upon by newly elected governor, John Bel Edwards, to serve as director of
legislative affairs for the new administration and his pleasant demeanor and his propensity
to have a good word for all he encounters continue to inhabit the halls of power at the state
capitol with a comforting continuity that harkens back to a time when women and men who
served in the legislature saw themselves as the servants of the people, always seeking what
is best for the citizens of this great state of Louisiana.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Senate of the Legislature of Louisiana
does hereby commend Noble Edward Ellington II upon his exceptional career in public
service spanning more than four decades, both as an elected representative of the people in
the Louisiana State Senate and the House of Representatives and as an appointed office
holder as the chief deputy insurance commissioner and as legislative affairs director for
Governor John Bel Edwards.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to
Senator Noble Edward Ellington II.
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
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