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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—FloridaAlbert Sydney HERLONG, Jr.
(1909-1995)
HERLONG, Albert Sydney,
Jr., a Representative from Florida; born in Manistee, Monroe
County, Ala., February 14, 1909; moved with his parents to Marion
County, Fla., in 1912; attended the public schools of Sumter and
Lake Counties and Leesburg High School; was graduated from the
University of Florida at Gainesville in 1930; was admitted to the
bar in 1930 and commenced the practice of law in Leesburg, Lake
County, Fla.; elected county judge of Lake County, Fla., and served
from 1937 to 1949; city attorney of Leesburg from 1946 to 1948;
held Reserve commission as captain in the United States Army and
was called to active duty in the Judge Advocate General’s
Department in August 1941; was discharged in 1942 due to physical
disability; served two enlistments in the Florida State Guard;
president of the Florida State Baseball League in 1947 and 1948;
elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-first and to the nine
succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1949-January 3, 1969); was not a
candidate for reelection in 1968 to the Ninety-first Congress;
resumed the practice of law; member of the Securities and Exchange
Commission 1969-1973; died December 27, 1995.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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