Russell B. Long

Russell Billiu Long ( born November 3, 1918 in Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana; † 9 May 2003 in Washington, DC ) was an American politician and U.S. Senator 1948-1987 from the State of Louisiana. He was a member of the Democratic Party and a Methodist.

Career

Russell Billiu Long, Huey Pierce Long and son of Rose McConnell Long, cousin of Gillis W. Long, and nephew of Earl and George S. Long was born on November 3, 1918 in Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana. He attended the public schools in Shreveport, Baton Rouge and New Orleans, Louisiana. After he graduated in 1941 from Louisiana State University at Baton Rouge and 1942 at the Law School. He was admitted as a lawyer in the same year, but started only in 1946 to practice in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Previously, he served during World War II from June 1942 until his dismissal in December 1945 with the rank of lieutenant in the United States Naval Reserve.

On November 2, 1948, he was elected as a Democratic representative of Louisiana in the U.S. Senate to fill the vacancy that was created by the death of John H. Overton. Whose term of office would have gone to 3 January 1951. Long took his seat on December 31, 1948, was then in 1950, 1956, 1962, 1968, 1974, 1980 and re-elected so that he held until January 3, 1987 Office of 31 December 1948. He decided not to run again in 1986 for re-election. During this time he was 1965-1969 Democratic Chairman, Chairman of the Committee on Finance ( from 89th to 96th Congress ), Vice Chairman of the Joint Committee on Internal Revenue Taxation ( 88th Congress ), chairman of the Joint Committee on Internal Revenue Taxation ( from the 90th to the 94th U.S. Congress ), and the joint Committee on Taxation ( from the 95th to the 96th U.S. Congress ). He also practiced in Washington, DC, as well as in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. He also signed in 1956, as almost all the senators from the southern states, the so-called "Southern Manifesto" which condemned a court judgment within the meaning of racial equality.

At the time of his death on May 9, 2003, he resided in Washington. He was buried at Roselawn Memorial Park in Baton Rouge.