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Russell Billiu Long (November 3, 1918 – May 9, 2003) was an American Democratic politician and United States Senator from Louisiana from 1948 until 1987.
May 10, 2003 · Former Senator Russell B. Long, a Louisiana Democrat who greatly influenced the nation's tax laws during more than 32 years in the Senate, died tonight. He was 84.
May 11, 2003 · Russell B. Long, who carried the legacy of his powerful Louisiana family through four decades as a United States senator, died in Washington on Friday. He was 84. The cause of death was...
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, 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.
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. Officers & Staff.
Russell Billiu Long 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 Great Society and War on Poverty programs.
