Oren E. Long
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Oren Long | |
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Territorial Governor of Hawaii | |
In office May 8, 1951 – February 28, 1953 | |
Appointed by | Harry S. Truman |
Preceded by | Ingram Stainback |
Succeeded by | Samuel King |
Personal details | |
Born | Oren Ethelbirt Long March 4, 1889 Altoona, Kansas, U.S. |
Died | May 6, 1965 Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S. | (aged 76)
Resting place | Oahu Cemetery |
Political party | Democratic |
Spouse | Ida Geneva |
Education | Johnson University (BA) University of Michigan (MA) Columbia University (MA) |
Military service | |
Allegiance | United States |
Branch/service | United States Army |
Battles/wars | World War IWorld War II |
Oren Ethelbirt Long (March 4, 1889 – May 6, 1965) was an American politician who served as the tenth
Life and career
Long was born in
On July 28, 1959 he was elected to one of the two Senate seats from the newly formed State of Hawaii, and took office on August 21, 1959. The other Senator elected was Republican Hiram Fong. Long chose not to run for a full six-year term in 1962, and was succeeded by fellow Democrat and then-Rep. Daniel Inouye, in January 1963.
For his entire tenure Long was Hawaii's Senior Senator, as he took office the same day with fellow Senator from new state,
Long appeared as a contestant on What's My Line? shortly after taking office. One of the panellists Bennett Cerf recognised him immediately and disqualified himself from the round. After three rounds of questioning, the rest of the panel successfully guessed him to be the senator from Hawaii.[1]
He died[2] in 1965 after suffering an attack of asthmatic bronchitis in Honolulu, Hawaii and was buried in Oahu Cemetery.
Long's papers are stored at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa in their Catalog for Archival Materials. [3]
References
External links
- United States Congress. "Oren E. Long (id: L000425)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
- Oren E. Long at Find a Grave