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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—LouisianaGeorge Shannon LONG
(1883-1958)
LONG, George Shannon,
(brother of Huey Pierce Long, brother-in-law of Rose McConnell
Long, cousin of George S., and uncle of Russell Billiu Long), a
Representative from Louisiana; born in Tunica, West Feliciana
Parish, La., September 11, 1883; when five years of age moved with
his parents to Winnfield, Winn Parish, La.; attended the public
schools and Mount Lebanon College (now Louisiana College)
1897-1899; taught school in Winn and Grant Parishes; studied
dentistry in Atlanta, Ga., Louisville, Ky., and New Orleans, La.;
practiced dentistry in Oklahoma 1904-1935; studied law; was
admitted to the Oklahoma bar in 1923; member of Oklahoma State
house of representatives 1920-1922; practiced dentistry in Monroe,
La., 1935-1940, and Pineville, La., 1948-1950; superintendent of
Louisiana Colony and Training School 1948-1950; institutional
inspector 1950-1952; delegate to the Democratic National Convention
in 1948; unsuccessful for the Democratic nomination for Congress in
1948 and 1950; founder and director of the Dr. George S. Long
Corp.; elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-third, Eighty-fourth,
and Eighty-fifth Congresses and served from January 3, 1953 until
his death in Bethesda, Md., March 22, 1958; interment in Greenwood
Memorial Park, Pineville, La.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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