13 Facts About Elbert Guillory

Elbert Lee Guillory was born on June 24,1944 and is an American politician who is a former member of the Louisiana State Senate.

Elbert Guillory was a candidate in Louisiana's 6th congressional district in the 2024 election.

Elbert Guillory was raised in St Landry Parish by divorced parents.

Elbert Guillory's Catholic father, Ozema Ledee, was an entrepreneur and an adventurer who flew his own plane, a rarity for a black man in the 1950s.

Elbert Guillory's mother, Frances, was a strict Baptist who forbade alcohol and cursing in her home.

Up until 2007, Elbert Guillory had been a registered Republican and served on the Louisiana Republican state central committee.

Elbert Guillory became a Democrat in 2007 when he first ran for the state House in the heavily Democratic District 40.

Elbert Guillory called his switch "not only right for me, but for all of my brothers and sisters in the black community" as he left the Democrats for the Republicans.

On January 22,2016, Elbert Guillory announced his intention to run for Louisiana's 4th congressional district in 2016.

Elbert Guillory has served on the boards of directors for the Saint Landry Parish Chamber of Commerce, the local Salvation Army, the Saint Landry Parish Indigent Defenders, and the Opelousas Daily World newspaper.

Elbert Guillory is a Rotarian and a supporter of the American Cancer Society.

Elbert Guillory is a Catholic like his father, being an active member of Holy Ghost Catholic Church in Opelousas.

Elbert Guillory is the brother-in-law of the late Jane Nora "Genore" Guillory, who was brutally murdered in East Feliciana Parish.