Long, Russell B(illiu) (1918–2003)| US politician. A Democrat representing Louisiana, he served in the US Senate (1948–87). He was chair of the Finance Committee and the Joint Committee on Internal Revenue Taxation. From 1965–69 he was the Democrats' majority leader, but a ‘revolt’ by Northern liberals replaced him with Edward Kennedy. The son of Louisiana state governor Huey Long, he was born in Shreveport, Louisiana. |
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