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Senate Years of Service: 1960-1968 Party: Democrat
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LONG, Edward Vaughn, a Senator from Missouri; born in Lincoln County, near Whiteside, Mo., July 18,
1908; attended the public schools of Lincoln County, Culver-Stockton College, and the University of
Missouri; admitted to the bar in 1936 and commenced the practice of law in Bowling Green, Mo.;
prosecuting attorney of Pike County 1937-1941; city attorney of Bowling Green, Mo., 1941-1945;
member, State senate 1945-1955, serving as majority floor leader in 1952 and President pro tempore
in 1955; lieutenant governor of Missouri 1956-1960; appointed on September 23, 1960, as a
Democrat to the United States Senate, and elected in a special election on November 8, 1960, to fill
the vacancy caused by the death of Thomas C. Hennings, Jr., in the term ending January 3, 1963;
reelected in 1962 and served from September 23, 1960, until his resignation December 27, 1968;
unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1968; resumed the practice of law; farmer and banker;
died on his Brookhill Farm, near Eolia, Mo., November 6, 1972; interment in Grandview Burial Park,
Hannibal, Mo.
BibliographyDictionary of American Biography;
Long, Edward V. The Intruders: The Invasion of Privacy by Government and Industry. New York: Frederick A. Praeger, 1966.
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