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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...
May 10, 2003 · WASHINGTON —. 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.
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 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.
November 3, 1918 – May 9, 2003. Russell B. Long was a US senator [D-Louisiana] from December 1948 to January 1987; Senate Majority Whip from January 1965 to January 1969; chair of the Senate Finance Committee from January 1966 to January 1981; and son of former Louisiana governor and senator Huey P. Long Jr.
May 11, 2003 · Former senator Russell B. Long (D-La.) who as longtime head of the Senate Finance Committee used wit, gregariousness and mastery of detail to place his stamp on the nation's tax policy, died ...
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.
