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| Affiliation | Federalist |
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| Name | John Long |
| Address | Randolph County
Liberty, North Carolina , United States |
| Email | None |
| Website | None |
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February 26, 1785 |
| Died |
August 11, 1857
(72 years) |
| Contributor | Chronicler |
| Last Modifed | Chronicler
Feb 26, 2022 06:52am |
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| Info | LONG, John, a Representative from North Carolina; born in Loudoun County, Va., February 26, 1785; moved with his parents to North Carolina, who settled at Longs Mill (now Liberty), Randolph County; attended private and public schools; engaged in agricultural pursuits in Randolph County, N.C.; served in the state house of representatives in 1811 and 1812; member of the state senate in 1814 and 1815; elected as a Republican to the Seventeenth Congress, elected as a Crawford Republican to the Eighteenth Congress, and reelected as an Adams candidate to the Nineteenth and Twentieth Congresses (March 4, 1821-March 3, 1829); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1828 to the Twenty-first Congress; resumed his agricultural pursuits; died at Longs Mill (now Liberty), Randolph County, N.C., August 11, 1857; interment in Richland Graveyard.
Rep. Long's house was standing in 1990 when a local man pointed it out to me. It was in poor condition then and may not be standing today. It was located near the northeast corner of Randolph County.
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