George S. Long

George S. Long

George Shannon Long (born September 11, 1883 in Tunica , West Feliciana Parish , Louisiana , † March 22, 1958 in Bethesda , Maryland ) was an American politician ( Democratic Party ) who represented the state of Louisiana in the US House of Representatives . He was the brother of Huey Pierce and Earl Long , brother-in-law of Rose McConnell Long, and uncle of Russell B. Long .

At the age of five, Long moved his family to Winnfield , Winn Parish . There he attended public schools and Mount Lebanon College (now Louisiana College ) between 1897 and 1899. He also taught at Winn Parish and Grant Parish . He then studied dentistry in Atlanta , Louisville and New Orleans . After graduating, he practiced in Oklahoma between 1904 and 1935 . Meanwhile, he also studied law and was admitted to the bar in Oklahoma in 1923.

Long was a member of the Oklahoma House of Representatives between 1920 and 1922 . He also practiced as a dentist in Monroe from 1935 to 1940 and then from 1948 to 1950 in Pineville . He also served as the superintendent of the Louisiana Colony and Training School from 1948 to 1950 . He then worked as an institutional inspector from 1950 to 1952. Long was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1948 and ran unsuccessfully for a Democratic nomination for the US Congress in 1948 and 1950 . He was the founder and director of the Dr. George S. Long Corporation . Ultimately, he was elected to the 83rd , 84th and 85th US Congresses , where he served from January 3, 1953 until his death on March 22, 1958. During his tenure in Congress in 1956 he was involved in the constitution of the Southern Manifesto , which spoke out against racial integration in public institutions. He was buried in the Greenwood Memorial Park in Pineville.

Web links

• George S. Long in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• George S. Long in the database of Find a Grave (English)