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May 11, 2003 · Former senator Russell B. Long (D-La.), the heir to a populist tradition who was known as a giant among legislators and was admired for his wit, conviviality and mastery of tax policy, died...
Long, Russell Billiu (b. 3 November 1918 in Shreveport, Louisiana; d. 9 May 2003 in Washington, D.C.), United States senator from Louisiana who rose from the shadow of his father, former Louisiana governor and U.S. Senator Huey P. Long, to become one of the most prominent and powerful Washington insiders during a thirty-eight-year Senate career.
May 10, 2003 · Sen. Russell B. Long, a Louisiana Democrat who greatly influenced the nation’s tax laws during nearly four decades in the U.S. Senate, died Friday night. He was 84. Long was brought to George...
Russell Billiu Long (November 3, 1918 – May 9, 2003) was an American Democratic politician and United States Senator from Louisiana from 1948 until 1987. Because of his seniority, he advanced to chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, serving for fifteen years, from 1966 to 1981, during the implementation of President Lyndon Johnson 's ...
Russell B. Long (D-LA) Russell B. Long of Louisiana who entered the Senate in 1948, became the first, and to date only, senator whose father (Huey P. Long) and mother (Rose M. Long) had also served in the Senate. credit: United States Senate Historical Office. LA Russell Long.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Sen. Russell B. Long, a Louisiana Democrat who greatly influenced the nation's tax laws during nearly four decades in in the Senate, died Friday night. He was 84. Long...
978-1-62674-018-1. History, Political Science. Russell Long (1918-2003) occupies a unique niche in twentieth-century United States history. Born into Louisiana's most influential political family, and s...
