Rose McConnell Long

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Rose McConnell Long

Rose McConnell Long (born April 8, 1892 in Greensburg , Indiana , † May 27, 1970 in Boulder , Colorado ) was an American politician . She sat from January 31, 1936 to January 2, 1937 for the Democratic Party in the US Senate .

Rose McConnell was born in Greensburg in Decatur County in 1892 . 1901 she moved with her parents to Shreveport ( Louisiana ). There she attended a public school and later worked as a stenographer. In 1913 she married Huey Pierce Long , whom she had previously met at a baking competition. Together they had a daughter, Rose, and two sons, Russell and Palmer. Russell Long later also became a politician.

After her husband's murder in 1935, she was proposed as his successor in the US Senate. On April 21, 1936, she won the special election to fill the Senate seat that had become vacant after Long's death. However, she declined to run for re-election and retired from public life in Shreveport.

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SURNAME Long, Rose McConnell
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH April 8, 1892
PLACE OF BIRTH Greensburg , Indiana
DATE OF DEATH May 27, 1970
Place of death Boulder , Colorado