John B. Long

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John Benjamin Long (born September 8, 1843 in Douglass , Nacogdoches County , Texas , †  April 27, 1924 in Rusk , Texas) was an American politician . Between 1891 and 1893 he represented the state of Texas in the US House of Representatives .

Career

In 1846 John Long came with his parents to Rusk in Cherokee County , where he attended private schools. During the Civil War he served in the cavalry in the Confederation Army . After the war he studied law; but he never worked as a lawyer. Instead, he worked as a planter . Politically, Long joined the Democratic Party .

In the congressional elections of 1890 he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the second constituency of Texas , where he succeeded William Harrison Martin on March 4, 1891 . Since he was no longer nominated for re-election by his party in 1892, he was only able to complete one legislative period in Congress until March 3, 1893 . Long had also been in the newspaper business in Rusk since 1886. He continued this work until 1905. He was a member of the Texas House of Representatives in 1913 and 1914 . He died on April 27, 1924 in Rusk, where he was also buried.

Web links

  • John B. Long in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
personal data
SURNAME Long, John B.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Long, John Benjamin (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH September 8, 1843
PLACE OF BIRTH Douglass , Texas
DATE OF DEATH April 27, 1924
Place of death Rusk , Texas