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{{Infobox officeholder |name = Chris Ullo |image = Chris Ullo of Jefferson Parish, LA.jpeg |caption = Ullo's picture |birth_name = J. Chris Ullo<ref name="a">{{Cite web|url=https://justfacts.votesmart.org/candidate/biography/4480/j-chris-ullo|title=J. Chris Ullo's Biography|work=Vote Smart|access-date=May 13, 2022}}</ref> |birth_date = {{birth date|1928|03|16}} |birth_place = Marrero, Louisiana, U.S. |death_date = {{death date and age|2014|01|16|1928|03|16}} |death_place = Metairie, Louisiana, U.S. |office1 = Member of the Louisiana House of Representatives |term_start1 = May 1972 |term_end1 = March 1988 |preceded1 = |succeeded1 = Steve Theriot |office2 = Member of the Louisiana State Senate from the 8th district |term_start2 = March 1988 |term_end2 = January 2008 |preceded2 = Elwyn Nicholson |succeeded2 = John Alario |party = Democratic |spouse = Joyce Ann Daigle<ref name="a" /> |alma_mater = Tulane University |children = 4<ref name="d" /> }}
'''J. Chris Ullo''' (March 16, 1928<ref name="a" /> – January 16, 2014) was an American politician.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nola.com/news/politics/article_f86cce81-09c8-556f-af7f-ee3378bb75c5.html|title=State building in Harvey could be renamed for Sen. Chris Ullo|first=Andrea|last=Shaw|work=The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate|date=June 1, 2015|access-date=May 13, 2022}}</ref> He served as a Democratic member of the Louisiana House of Representatives.<ref name="b">{{Cite web|url=http://house.louisiana.gov:80/H_PDFdocs/HouseMembers1812_2008.pdf|title=Membership In The Louisiana House Of Representatives 1812 - 2012|work=David R. Poynter Legislative Research Library|access-date=May 13, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100331104823/http://house.louisiana.gov:80/H_PDFdocs/HouseMembers1812_2008.pdf|archive-date=March 31, 2010|url-status=live|via=Wayback Machine}}</ref> Ullo also served as a member for the 8th district of the Louisiana State Senate.<ref name="c">{{Cite web|url=https://www.wdsu.com/article/longtime-la-legislator-chris-ullo-dies-at-85/3368377|title=Longtime La. legislator Chris Ullo dies at 85|work=WDSU|author=Associated Press|date=January 18, 2014|access-date=May 13, 2022}}</ref>
==Life and career== Born in Marrero, Louisiana,<ref name="a" /> Ullo attended Marrero High School.<ref name="d">{{Cite web|url=https://www.nola.com/news/politics/article_ff98c31c-d305-516a-aee2-455706775553.html|title=Former state Sen. Chris Ullo of Marrero dies at 85|first=Melinda|last=Daffin|work=The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate|date=January 17, 2014|access-date=May 13, 2022}}</ref> He then went on to Tulane University.<ref name="d" />
In 1972, Ullo was elected to serve as a member of the Louisiana House of Representatives.<ref name="b" /> He was succeeded by Steve Theriot.<ref name="b" /> Ullo served from May 1972 to March 1988.<ref name="b" /> After that, he was elected to represent 8th district of the Louisiana State Senate.<ref name="c" /> Ullo succeeded Elwyn Nicholson and was later succeeded by John Alario in 2008.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ballotpedia.org/Louisiana_State_Senate_District_8|title=Louisiana State Senate District 8|work=Ballotpedia|access-date=May 13, 2022}}</ref>
Ullo died in January 2014 at the East Jefferson General Hospital in Metairie, Louisiana, at the age of 85.<ref name="d" />
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