John D. Long

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John Davis Long (born October 27, 1838 in Buckfield , Oxford County , Maine , †  August 28, 1915 in Hingham , Massachusetts ) was an American politician ( Republican Party ). He was from 1880 to 1883 Governor of the State of Massachusetts and 1897-1902 Secretary of the Navy of the United States . Between 1883 and 1889 he represented his state as a member of Congress .

Early years and political advancement

John Long attended Buckfield public schools and then the Hebron Academy . He then studied at Harvard University until 1857 . After studying law at Harvard Law School, he was admitted to the bar in 1861. Then he began to work in Buckfield and from 1863 in Boston in his new profession. From 1869 he was based in Hingham.

Between 1875 and 1878 Long was a member of the House of Representatives from Massachusetts ; from 1876 he was the successor to John E. Sanford President of this body. In November 1878 he was elected lieutenant governor of his state. He was then Deputy Governor Thomas Talbot . On November 4, 1879, he himself was elected to the office of governor, with 50:45 percent of the vote against the Democrat Benjamin Franklin Butler . In 1881 Long was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences .

Governor and Congressman

After being re-elected twice, Long could serve as governor between January 8, 1880 and January 3, 1883. During this time, the administration in Massachusetts was reformed, some taxes were lowered and the death penalty was hotly debated, but without a decision on the matter. In 1882, Governor Long did not run for re-election. Instead, he was elected to the US House of Representatives. He exercised this mandate between March 4, 1883 and March 3, 1889. In 1888, he decided not to run again.

Naval Minister

After returning from Washington , he practiced law again. When President William McKinley took office , John Long was appointed Secretary of the Navy in his cabinet . He held this office until his resignation on May 1, 1902. He prepared the US fleet for the Spanish-American War of 1898 . After the war, he continued to build the American fleet, which would then become an important instrument of world power politics under President Theodore Roosevelt .

After his resignation as Minister of the Navy, Long retired from politics. He was then still on the boards of Harvard University and a writers' association in Boston. John Long died in August 1915. He was married twice and had three children.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Book of Members 1780 – present, Chapter L. (PDF; 1.1 MB) In: American Academy of Arts and Sciences (amacad.org). Retrieved April 15, 2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Long, John D.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Long, John Davis (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH October 27, 1838
PLACE OF BIRTH Buckfield , Maine
DATE OF DEATH August 28, 1915
Place of death Hingham , Massachusetts