branch death_date birth_date term_end alma_mater death_place preceded term_start spouse occupation resting_place succeeded birth_place party office religion battles/wars article_title birth_name
united states army 22 march 1958 11 september 1883 march 22 , 1958 1922 louisiana college bethesda , maryland a. leonard allen january 3 , 1953 1920 -lrb- 1950 -rrb- 1 -rrb- mary katherine shindel long -lrb- died educator ; lawyer ; dentist greenwood memorial park in pineville , louisiana harold mcsween tunica west feliciana parish louisiana , usa democrat united -lrb- since defunct -rrb- oklahoma state representative states representative from louisiana 's 8th congressional district baptist world war i george s. long
 george shannon long
george s. long

george shannon long , known as doc long -lrb- september 11 , 1883 -- march 22 , 1958 -rrb- , a member of the powerful long political dynasty in louisiana , was a democratic u.s. representative from the defunct eighth congressional district from 1953 until his death .
speedy o. long of la salle parish , another member of the family , once jokingly compared george long , the older brother of huey p. long , jr. , to the family 's own `` st. peter '' .
george long was the fourth born of ten children born to huey pierce `` hugh '' long , sr. -lrb- 1852 -- 1937 -rrb- , and the former caledonia palestine tison -lrb- 1860 -- 1913 -rrb- .
he was born and reared in a log cabin in tiny tunica in west feliciana parish near baton rouge .
when the child was five years of age , the longs moved to winnfield in winn parish some fifty miles north of alexandria .
he attended the winnfield public schools .
long attended what was then called `` mount lebanon college , '' now the conservative baptist-affiliated louisiana college in pineville in rapides parish .
long thereafter taught school for a time in winn and grant parishes .
