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Affiliation | Democratic |
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Name | Russell B. Long |
Address | Baton Rouge, Louisiana , United States |
Email | None |
Website | None |
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November 03, 1918
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Died | May 29, 2003
(84 years)
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Contributor | Mr. Techno |
Last Modifed | RBH Feb 22, 2022 04:33pm |
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Navy - Methodist -
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Info | (son of Huey Pierce Long and Rose McConnell Long, and nephew of George S. Long), a Senator from Louisiana; born in Shreveport, Caddo Parish, La., November 3, 1918; attended the public schools of Shreveport, Baton Rouge, and New Orleans, La.; graduated from Louisiana State University at Baton Rouge in 1941 and from its law school in 1942; was admitted to the bar in 1942 and commenced practice in Baton Rouge, La., in 1946; during the Second World War served in the United States Naval Reserve from June 1942 until discharged as a lieutenant in December 1945; elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate on November 2, 1948, to fill the vacancy in the term ending January 3, 1951, caused by the death of John H. Overton and took his seat December 31, 1948; reelected in 1950, 1956, 1962, 1968, 1974, and again in 1980, and served from December 31, 1948, to January 3, 1987; did not seek reelection in 1986; Democratic whip 1965-1969; chairman, Committee on Finance (Eighty-ninth through Ninety-sixth Congresses), co-chairman, Joint Committee on Internal Revenue Taxation (Eighty-ninth Congress), chairman, Joint Committee on Internal Revenue Taxation (Ninetieth through Ninety-fourth Congresses), Joint Committee on Taxation (Ninety-fifth and Ninety-sixth Congresses); practices law in Washington, D.C., and Baton Rouge, La.; is a resident of Baton Rouge, La.
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ENDORSEMENTS |
LA US Senate - Primary - Sep 27, 1986 |
D |
John B. Breaux |
Supreme Court - Chief Justice - Sep 17, 1986 |
R |
William H. Rehnquist |
Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Sep 17, 1986 |
R |
Antonin Scalia |
US Ambassador to Chile - Mar 02, 1982 |
NPA |
Reject |
Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Sep 21, 1981 |
R |
Sandra Day O'Connor |
Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Dec 17, 1975 |
R |
John Paul Stevens |
US Secretary of the Interior - Jun 11, 1975 |
R |
Stanley K. Hathaway |
Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Dec 15, 1971 |
R |
William H. Rehnquist |
Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Dec 09, 1971 |
D |
Lewis Franklin Powell, Jr. |
Supreme Court - Associate Justice - May 17, 1970 |
R |
Harry Blackmun |
Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Apr 08, 1970 |
R |
G. Harrold Carswell |
Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Nov 21, 1969 |
R |
Clement Furman Haynsworth, Jr. |
Supreme Court - Chief Justice - Jun 23, 1969 |
R |
Warren E. Burger |
Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Aug 30, 1967 |
NPA |
Reject |
LA US President - Nov 03, 1964 |
D |
Lyndon B. Johnson |
LA Governor - D Primary - Dec 07, 1963 |
D |
Gillis W. Long |
Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Oct 14, 1958 |
NPA |
Reject |
LA Governor - D Primary - Jan 15, 1952 |
D |
T. Hale Boggs |
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