Chester I. Long
Chester Isaiah Long | |
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William A. Harris | |
Succeeded by | Joseph L. Bristow |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Kansas's 7th district | |
In office March 4, 1899 – March 4, 1903 | |
Preceded by | Jerry Simpson |
Succeeded by | Victor Murdock |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Kansas's 7th district | |
In office March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1897 | |
Preceded by | Jerry Simpson |
Succeeded by | Jerry Simpson |
Member of the Kansas Senate | |
In office 1889–1893 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Millerstown, Pennsylvania | October 12, 1860
Died | July 1, 1934 Washington, D.C. | (aged 73)
Political party | Republican |
Chester Isaiah Long (October 12, 1860 – July 1, 1934) was a
He was a member of the Kansas Senate from 1889 to 1893 and was an unsuccessful candidate for election in 1892 to the Fifty-third Congress. He was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-fourth Congress, serving from March 4, 1895, to March 3, 1897; he was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1896 to the Fifty-fifth Congress, but was elected to the Fifty-sixth, Fifty-seventh, and Fifty-eighth Congresses and served from March 4, 1899, until his resignation, effective March 4, 1903, before the commencement of the Fifty-eighth Congress, to become Senator. He was elected to the U.S. Senate and served from March 4, 1903, to March 3, 1909; he was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1908.
While in the Senate, he was chairman of the Committee on the University of the United States (Fifty-eighth and Fifty-ninth Congresses) and a member of the Committee on the Census (Fifty-ninth and Sixtieth Congresses).
He moved to
References
- United States Congress. "Chester I. Long (id: L000412)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.