Rose McConnell Long
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Rose McConnell Long | |
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United States Senator from Louisiana | |
In office January 31, 1936 – January 3, 1937 | |
Preceded by | Huey Long |
Succeeded by | Allen J. Ellender |
Personal details | |
Born | Rose McConnell April 8, 1892 Greensburg, Indiana, U.S. |
Died | May 27, 1970 Boulder, Colorado, U.S. | (aged 78)
Political party | Democratic |
Spouse | |
Children | 3, including Russell |
Rose McConnell Long (April 8, 1892 – May 27, 1970) was an American politician who served as a
Life and work
Rose McConnell was born in Greensburg, Indiana. She met Huey Long after she won a cake-baking contest that he had organized to promote a product that he was selling at the time. After a two-and-a-half-year courtship, Rose and Huey were married in 1913. The next year, he turned to the study of law, and he became a lawyer after passing the bar. They had three children together. Huey Long became a highly successful politician, elected as governor of Louisiana in 1928 and then U.S. senator from Louisiana in 1930.
After Huey's assassination in 1935, in an example of widow's succession, Rose was appointed to serve in his seat in the United States Senate until a special election could be held. She won the special election on April 21, 1936, to serve the remaining months of her husband's term, but she was not a candidate that fall for re-election to a full six-year term. Because Hattie Caraway (D-Arkansas) was already serving in the Senate when Rose Long was elected, it marked the first time that two women had ever served simultaneously in that body.
Rose Long died in Boulder, Colorado, in 1970, where she lived near her daughter, Rose Lolita Long McFarland. She was also survived by her sons, Palmer Reid Long of Shreveport, Louisiana, and Russell B. Long, then the sitting United States Senator from Louisiana.
Legacy
Mrs. Long was portrayed by
On February 1, 2014, Mrs. Long was
See also
References
- ^ Fairfield, Hannah; McLEAN, ALAN; Willis, Derek. "Women in the Senate". The New York Times. Retrieved September 16, 2016.
- ^ "Who's famous?, October 2, 2013". Bossier Press-Tribune. Archived from the original on October 2, 2013. Retrieved October 2, 2013.
External links
- United States Congress. "Rose McConnell Long (id: L000427)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
- Rose McConnell Long (1892–1970) Find A GraveMemorial
- ^ "Mrs. Huey Long Named Nominee by Committee". Alexandria Town Talk. Alexandria, La. February 5, 1936. p. 1. Retrieved June 28, 2022.