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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—MarylandEdward Henry Carroll LONG
(1808-1865)
LONG, Edward Henry
Carroll, a Representative from Maryland; born in Princess
Anne, Somerset County, Md., September 28, 1808; attended the common
schools and was graduated from Yale College in 1828; studied law;
was admitted to the bar in 1830 and commenced practice in Princess
Anne, Somerset County; also engaged in agricultural pursuits;
member of the State house of delegates 1833-1835, 1839, 1844, and
1861; served in the State senate in 1860; elected as a Whig to the
Twenty-ninth Congress (March 4, 1845-March 3, 1847); was not a
candidate for renomination in 1846; resumed the practice of his
profession and also engaged in agricultural pursuits; was an
unsuccessful candidate for election to the United States Senate in
1860; died in Princess Anne, Somerset County, Md., on October 16,
1865; interment in the family burying ground on his farm,
“Catalpa,” near Princess Anne, Md.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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