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'''Gillis William Long''' (May 4, 1923 – January 20, 1985) was an [[attorney]] and [[business]]man from [[Alexandria, Louisiana|Alexandria]], [[Louisiana]].
'''Gillis William Long''' (May 4, 1923 – January 20, 1985) was an [[attorney]] and [[business]]man from [[Alexandria, Louisiana|Alexandria]], [[Louisiana]].
who was a [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] [[U.S. Representative]] for his state's 8th congressional district, since disbanded. He was a member of the [[Huey Long|Long political family]]. Long served seven non-consecutive terms in the House and placed third in two campaigns for the Democratic [[Governor|gubernatorial]] nominations in 1963 and 1971. Long served in Congress between 1963 and 1965, and again from 1973 until his death from a heart attack in 1985 in [[Washington, D.C.]] Though he was elected to an eighth term in the House in 1984, he died seventeen days into that term. His death coincided with the second inauguration of his political opponent, [[U.S. President]] [[Ronald W. Reagan]].
who was a [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] [[U.S. Representative]] for his state's 8th congressional district, since disbanded. He was a member of the [[Huey Long|Long political family]]. Long served seven non-consecutive terms in the House and placed third in two campaigns for the Democratic [[Governor|gubernatorial]] nominations in 1963 and 1971. Long served in Congress between 1963 and 1965, and again from 1973 until his death from a heart attack in 1985 in [[Washington, D.C.]] Though he was elected to an eighth term in the House in 1984, he died seventeen days into that term. His death coincided with the second inauguration of his political opponent, [[U.S. President]] [[Ronald W. Reagan]].
==Legacy==
==Legacy==
Long was inducted posthumously into the Louisiana Political Museum and Hall of Fame in Winnfield in 1994, along with his late colleague, Longite Senator [[Allen J. Ellender]]. Also inducted was former Representative [[Lindy Boggs]] of New Orleans, widow of Representative Hale Boggs.
Long was inducted posthumously into the Louisiana Political Museum and Hall of Fame in Winnfield in 1994, along with his late colleague, Longite Senator [[Allen J. Ellender]]. Also inducted was former Representative Lindy Boggs of New Orleans, widow of Representative Hale Boggs.
Long is remembered through the Gillis Long Center in Carville in Iberville Parish, a facility for the treatment of Hansen's disease patients, which serves additionally as headquarters for several units and programs of the Louisiana Army National Guard, and the Gillis Long Bridge across the Red River from Jackson Street in Alexandria into the main street of Pineville.
Long is remembered through the Gillis Long Center in Carville in Iberville Parish, a facility for the treatment of Hansen's disease patients, which serves additionally as headquarters for several units and programs of the Louisiana Army National Guard, and the Gillis Long Bridge across the Red River from Jackson Street in Alexandria into the main street of Pineville.