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→Congressional reelection defeat, 1964
Speedy Long opposed the [[Civil Rights Act of 1964]] on [[libertarian]] and constitutional grounds. Gillis Long and all eight Louisiana members of the House voted against the civil rights law. Speedy Long, however, claimed that Gillis Long had voted to increase the size of the House Rules Committee in 1963, in order to permit the placing of the civil rights measure on the congressional agenda even though Long joined his Louisiana colleagues in opposing the measure on final passage.
Speedy Long opposed the [[Civil Rights Act of 1964]] on [[libertarian]] and constitutional grounds. Gillis Long and all eight Louisiana members of the House voted against the civil rights law. Speedy Long, however, claimed that Gillis Long had voted to increase the size of the House Rules Committee in 1963, in order to permit the placing of the civil rights measure on the congressional agenda even though Long joined his Louisiana colleagues in opposing the measure on final passage.
In this much watched "battle of the Longs," Speedy Long prevailed by 4,900 votes. Speedy Long noted that Gillis Long had compiled a voting record more like that of the most liberal member of the Louisiana delegation, Thomas Hale Boggs, Sr. (1914-1972) of New Orleans, instead of the most conservative members, [[Joe Waggonner]] and [[Otto Passman]]. As he pledged in the 1964 primary, Speedy Long voted in the Waggonner-Passman mode, rather than that of Representatives Boggs and Gillis Long. To win the seat, Speedy Long faced a stronger than usual Republican challenger in [[William Stewart Walker]] of Winnfield, a retired U.S. Army officer with a distinguished World War II record. Walker benefited from running on the [[Barry Goldwater]] ticket in Louisiana.
In this much watched "battle of the Longs," Speedy Long prevailed by 4,900 votes. Speedy Long noted that Gillis Long had compiled a voting record more like that of the most liberal member of the Louisiana delegation, [[Hale Boggs]] of New Orleans, instead of the most conservative members, [[Joe Waggonner]] and [[Otto Passman]]. As he pledged in the 1964 primary, Speedy Long voted in the Waggonner-Passman mode, rather than that of Representatives Boggs and Gillis Long. To win the seat, Speedy Long faced a stronger than usual Republican challenger in [[William Stewart Walker]] of Winnfield, a retired U.S. Army officer with a distinguished World War II record. Walker benefited from running on the [[Barry Goldwater]] ticket in Louisiana.