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<ref>{{cite web|title=Swearing-In Ceremony for President Ronald W. Reagan|url=http://www.inaugural.senate.gov/swearing-in/event/ronald-reagan-1985|publisher=Inaugural.senate.gov; no longer on-line}}</ref> Gillis Long is interred at the Alexandria National Cemetery in Pineville, Louisiana.
<ref>{{cite web|title=Swearing-In Ceremony for President Ronald W. Reagan|url=http://www.inaugural.senate.gov/swearing-in/event/ronald-reagan-1985|publisher=Inaugural.senate.gov; no longer on-line}}</ref> Gillis Long is interred at the Alexandria National Cemetery in Pineville, Louisiana.
In the special congressional election mandated in 1985 to choose his congressional successor, the winning candidate was his popular widow, Catherine Small Long, a native of [[Dayton]], [[Ohio]]. The Longs were married on June 21, 1947. At the time of his death, they had been together for nearly thirty-eight years. Bill Dodd, an observer of Louisiana politics, described Cathy Long in his memoirs as "the perfect wife for a politician. She was smart and made everyone feel perfectly at ease, and she was eager to help her husband ... everyone loved Cathy."<ref name=bdodd/>
In the special congressional election mandated in 1985 to choose his congressional successor, the winning candidate was his popular widow, Catherine "Cathy" Small Long (1924-2019), an observer of Louisiana politics, described Cathy Long in his memoirs as "the perfect wife for a politician. She was smart and made everyone feel perfectly at ease, and she was eager to help her husband ... everyone loved Cathy."<ref name=bdodd/> Cathy Long was also a staunch feminist and political liberal.
Mrs. Long defeated four opponents including Republican Clyde Holloway, who had lost in 1980 to her husband, and then state Representative [[Jock Scott]], son of Judge Nauman Scott. Though Scott was a Democrat at the time of the special election, he switched parties later in 1985 and ran again for Congress in the revised 5th district in 2004, only to be defeated by incumbent fellow Republican [[Rodney Alexander]].
Mrs. Long defeated four opponents including Republican Clyde Holloway, who had lost in 1980 to her husband, and then state Representative [[Jock Scott]], son of Judge Nauman Scott. Though Scott was a Democrat at the time of the special election, he switched parties later in 1985 and ran again for Congress in the revised 5th district in 2004, only to be defeated by incumbent fellow Republican [[Rodney Alexander]].