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George Shannon Long, known as Doc Long (September 11, 1883 – March 22, 1958), a member of the powerful Long political dynasty in Louisiana, was a Democratic U.S. representative from the now defunct 8th congressional district from 1953 until his death. Speedy Long of La Salle Parish, another member of the family, once jokingly compared George Long, the older brother of Huey P. Long, Jr., to the family's own "St. Peter". George Long was the fourth born of ten children born to Huey Pierce "Hugh" Long, Sr. (1852–1937), and the former Caledonia Palestine Tison (1860–1913). He was born and reared in a log cabin in tiny Tunica in West Feliciana Parish near Baton Rouge, Louisiana. When he was five, the Longs moved to Winnfield in Winn Parish, some fifty miles north of Alexandria. He attended the Winnfield public schools. Long attended what was then called "Mount Lebanon College", now the conservative Baptist-affiliated Louisiana College in Pineville in Rapides Parish. Long thereafter taught school for a time in Winn and Grant parishes. ==Studying dentistry and law== He thereafter studied dentistry at various locations, including Atlanta, Georgia, Louisville, Kentucky, and New Orleans. He practiced dentistry in Oklahoma between 1904 and 1935. In World War I, he was in officer training school in Waco, Texas, when the armistice was signed. Long was elected a Democratic member of the Oklahoma House of Representatives from Tulsa County in 1922 for the 1923 session. He also studied law and was admitted to the Oklahoma bar in 1923. William J. "Bill" Dodd, in his memoirs entitled ''Peapatch Politics: The Earl Long Era in Louisiana Politics'', said that "Doc "got into some kind of shady deal while in the Oklahoma legislature and had to resign or face a trial." In 1935, Long relocated to Monroe and practiced dentistry there until 1940. In 1948, he was appointed by his brother, Governor Earl Long, as superintendent of the Louisiana Colony and Training School in Pineville, a facility for the mentally retarded. He also practiced dentistry in Pineville. In 1950, he was demoted from superintendent to institutional inspector at the training school. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「George S. Long」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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