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George Shannon Long (September 11, 1883 – March 22, 1958) was a member of the
United States House of Representatives The United States House of Representatives, often referred to as the House of Representatives, the U.S. House, or simply the House, is the lower chamber of the United States Congress, with the Senate being the upper chamber. Together they ...
from
Louisiana Louisiana , group=pronunciation (French: ''La Louisiane'') is a state in the Deep South and South Central regions of the United States. It is the 20th-smallest by area and the 25th most populous of the 50 U.S. states. Louisiana is borde ...
. He was also a member of the
Long family The Long family is a family of politicians from the United States. Many have characterized it as a political dynasty. After Huey Long's 1935 assassination, a family dynasty emerged: his brother Earl was elected lieutenant-governor in 1936, and gov ...
. Long was born in
Tunica, Louisiana Tunica is an unincorporated community in West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana, United States. Its elevation is 66 feet (20 m). The United States Postal Service operates the Tunica Post Office along Louisiana Highway 66. Two sites on the National Reg ...
, on September 11, 1883. He was the second son of Huey Pierce Long (1852–1937) and Caledonia Palestine Tison (1860–1913). After dental school, he moved to
Tulsa, Oklahoma Tulsa () is the second-largest city in the state of Oklahoma and 47th-most populous city in the United States. The population was 413,066 as of the 2020 census. It is the principal municipality of the Tulsa Metropolitan Area, a region with ...
and served in the state house during the
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.


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List of United States Congress members who died in office (1950–1999) The following is a list of United States senators and representatives who died of natural or accidental causes, or who killed themselves, while serving their terms between 1950 and 1999. For a list of members of Congress who were killed while in ...


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* William J. "Bill" Dodd, ''Peapatch Politics: The Earl Long Era in Louisiana Politics'', Baton Rouge: Claitor's Publishing, 1991. *http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/long.html#R9M0J4HHQ *Glenn R. Conrad, "George S. Long," ''A Dictionary of Louisiana Biography'', 1988, p. 518. {{DEFAULTSORT:Long, George S. 1883 births 1958 deaths People from West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana Politicians from Alexandria, Louisiana People from Pineville, Louisiana People from Winnfield, Louisiana 20th-century American lawyers American dentists 20th-century American educators Baptists from Louisiana George S. Huey Long Oklahoma Democrats United States Army personnel of World War I Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Louisiana Burials in Louisiana Educators from Louisiana 20th-century dentists