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Line 118: − Ironically, Long, who had campaigned for failed Democratic presidential nominee [[Walter Mondale]] in 1984, died at the time of President Reagan's second inauguration. The president honored Long, with whom he disagreed on many issues, by calling in his inaugural speech for a moment of silence.+
→Cathy Long succeeds her husband in Congress
==Cathy Long succeeds her husband in Congress==
==Cathy Long succeeds her husband in Congress==
Coincidenatally, Long, who had campaigned for failed Democratic presidential nominee [[Walter Mondale]] in 1984, died at the time of President Reagan's second inauguration. The president honored Long, with whom he disagreed on many issues, by calling in his inaugural speech for a moment of silence.
<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.