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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—MissouriEdward Vaughn LONG
(1908-1972)
Senate Years of Service:
1960-1968Party: DemocratLONG, Edward Vaughn, a
Senator from Missouri; born in Lincoln County, near Whiteside, Mo.,
July 18, 1908; attended the public schools of Lincoln County,
Culver-Stockton College, and the University of Missouri; admitted
to the bar in 1936 and commenced the practice of law in Bowling
Green, Mo.; prosecuting attorney of Pike County 1937-1941; city
attorney of Bowling Green, Mo., 1941-1945; member, State senate
1945-1955, serving as majority floor leader in 1952 and President
pro tempore in 1955; lieutenant governor of Missouri 1956-1960;
appointed on September 23, 1960, as a Democrat to the United States
Senate, and elected in a special election on November 8, 1960, to
fill the vacancy caused by the death of Thomas C. Hennings, Jr., in
the term ending January 3, 1963; reelected in 1962 and served from
September 23, 1960, until his resignation December 27, 1968;
unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1968; resumed the
practice of law; farmer and banker; died on his Brookhill Farm,
near Eolia, Mo., November 6, 1972; interment in Grandview Burial
Park, Hannibal, Mo.
Bibliography
Dictionary of American Biography; Long, Edward V. The
Intruders: The Invasion of Privacy by Government and Industry.
New York: Frederick A. Praeger, 1966.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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