Jefferson F. Long

Jefferson F. Long

Jefferson Franklin Long (born March 3, 1836 in Knoxville , Crawford County , Georgia - †  February 4, 1901 in Macon , Georgia) was an American politician . Between 1870 and 1871 he represented the state of Georgia in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Jefferson Long was born a slave near Knoxville in 1836 . In the years leading up to the Civil War , he grew up in slavery. He taught himself and became a member of the Republican Party after the Civil War and the abolition of slavery . Professionally he worked as a tailor in Macon.

After Samuel F. Gove, who was elected in 1868 , was refused a seat in Congress , Long was elected in the fourth constituency of Georgia in the due by-election to succeed him to the House of Representatives in Washington, DC , where he will be on December 22, 1870 took up a new mandate. He was one of the first African American to represent the state of Georgia in Congress. Since he did not run again in the regular elections of 1870 , he was only able to end the current legislative period in Congress until March 3, 1871.

After leaving the US House of Representatives, Long returned to his old job in Macon. In June 1880 he was a delegate to the Republican National Convention in Chicago , where James A. Garfield was nominated as a presidential candidate. He died on February 4, 1901 in his hometown of Macon.

Web links

• Jefferson F. Long in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Jefferson F. Long in the database of Find a Grave (English)