Alexander Long

Alexander Long

Alexander Long (born December 24, 1816 in Greenville , Mercer County , Pennsylvania , † November 28, 1886 in Cincinnati , Ohio ) was an American politician ( Democratic Party ).

Career

Long studied law , got his law license, and started practicing in Cincinnati. He decided to pursue a political career and was from 1848 to 1849 a member of the Ohio House of Representatives . Then he was elected to the US House of Representatives during the Civil War , to which he belonged from March 4, 1863 to March 3, 1865 ( 38th US Congress ).

He was best known for his resistance to the civil war and for the independence of the Confederate States . In a speech to Congress on April 8, 1864, he expressed these views, for which he was condemned by several MPs including Speaker Schuyler Colfax . On April 9, 1864, he was reprimanded by Congress for "treacherous statements". Long was a member of the Copperheads , a peace movement of the Democratic Party, and one of the most extreme opponents of the war.

After his unsuccessful re-election attempt in the 39th Congress , he withdrew from politics and resumed his practice as a lawyer in Cincinnati. He died there in 1886 and was buried in Spring Grove Cemetery .

literature

• Louis R. Harlan (Ed.): The Autobiography of Alexander Long. In: Bulletin of the Historical and Philosophical Society of Ohio. Volume 19, April 1961, pp. 99-127.

Web links

• Alexander Long in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)