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John Davis Long

LONG, John Davis, legislator, born in Buckfield, Oxford County, Maine, 27 October, 1838. He was graduated at Harvard in 1857, taught until 1859, studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1861, practised in Buckfield, and settled in Boston in 1862. In 1869 he removed to Hingham, but retained his office in Boston. He was a member of the Massachusetts house of representatives in 1875-'8, and served the last three years as its speaker. In 1879 he was lieutenant-governor, and governor in 1880-'2. He was elected as a Republican to the 48th congress, and re-elected to the 49th, serving from 3 December, 1883, till 4 March, 1887. He was again elected to the 50th congress. Governor Long has published a translation of Virgil's "AEneid " (Boston, 1879).

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