▁H ue y ▁Pier ce ▁Long , ▁Jr ., ▁Ell ender ▁received ▁ 3 6 4 , 9 3 1 ▁ball ots ▁( 6 8 ▁percent ) ▁to ▁Sand lin ' s ▁ 1 6 7 , 4 7 1 ▁votes ▁( 3 1 . 2 ▁percent ). ▁There ▁was ▁no ▁Republican ▁candidate , ▁and ▁Ell ender ▁was ▁sw orn ▁into ▁the ▁first ▁of ▁what ▁would ▁become ▁six ▁consecutive ▁sen atorial ▁terms . ▁ ▁Background ▁▁ ▁Sand lin ▁was ▁born ▁in ▁the ▁Mc Int y re ▁community ▁west ▁of ▁M inden , ▁the ▁younger ▁of ▁two ▁sons ▁to ▁Nicholas ▁J . ▁Sand lin ▁( d ied ▁ 1 8 9 6 ), ▁originally ▁from ▁North ▁Carolina , ▁and ▁the ▁former ▁I rene ▁Mc Int y re ▁( 1 8 4 0 - 1 9 2 2 ), ▁a ▁Louisiana ▁native . ▁Nicholas ▁Sand lin ▁served ▁in ▁the ▁Army ▁of ▁Northern ▁Virginia ▁under ▁Gener als ▁Robert ▁E . ▁Lee ▁and ▁Stone wall ▁Jackson ▁and ▁was ▁sever ely ▁wounded ▁in ▁the ▁American ▁Civil ▁War . ▁In ▁Louisiana , ▁Nicholas ▁Sand lin ▁was ▁active ▁in ▁the ▁over throw ▁of ▁the ▁Car pet b agger ▁government . ▁He ▁was ▁district ▁att orney ▁of ▁a ▁tract ▁of ▁land ▁stretch ing ▁from ▁the ▁Red ▁to ▁the ▁O u ach ita ▁rivers . ▁Years ▁later , ▁he ▁represented ▁Web ster ▁Par ish ▁in ▁the ▁Louisiana ▁House ▁of ▁Representatives . ▁In ▁ 1 8 9 3 , ▁U . S . ▁President ▁Gro ver ▁Cleveland ▁named ▁him ▁post master ▁at ▁M