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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—MassachusettsJohn Davis LONG
(1838-1915)
LONG, John Davis, a
Representative from Massachusetts; born in Buckfield, Oxford
County, Maine, October 27, 1838; attended the common schools at
Buckfield and Hebron Academy, Maine; was graduated from the
academic department of Harvard University in 1857; taught school in
Westford Academy, Massachusetts; studied law at Harvard Law School
and in private offices; was admitted to the bar in 1861 and
commenced practice in Buckfield, Maine; moved to Boston, Mass., in
1863 and continued the practice of law, and in 1869 moved to
Hingham, Mass.; member of the State house of representatives
1875-1878 and served the last three years as speaker of the house;
Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts in 1879; Governor of
Massachusetts 1880-1882; elected as a Republican to the
Forty-eighth, Forty-ninth, and Fiftieth Congresses (March 4,
1883-March 3, 1889); declined to be a candidate for renomination in
1888; continued the practice of his profession in Boston; appointed
Secretary of the Navy in the Cabinet of President McKinley and
served from March 5, 1897, until May 1, 1902, when he resigned;
resumed the practice of law in Boston, with residence in Hingham,
Mass.; president of overseers of Harvard University and of the
Authors’ Club of Boston; died in Hingham, Mass., August 28,
1915; interment in Hingham Cemetery.
Bibliography
Hess, James W. ‘ ‘John D. Long and Reform Issues in
Massachusetts Politics, 1870-1889.” New England
Quarterly 33 (March 1960): 57-73; Long, John Davis.
Journal. Edited by Margaret Long. Rindge, N.H.: R.R. Smith,
1956.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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