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==Education and military==

==Education and military==

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Long graduated from the then [[Segregation|segregated]] Bolton High School in Alexandria. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree from [[Louisiana State University]] in [[Baton Rouge]], where he was a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity. In 1951, he received his J.D. law degree from LSU and was admitted to practice before the Louisiana Supreme Court. Long's law school classmates included later Louisiana 9th Judicial District Court Judges [[Guy Humphries]] and Lloyd George Teekel] and Rapides Parish District Attorney [[Ed Ware]] and Ware's law partner and assistant DA, [[Gus Voltz]], Jr. Long maintained a law office in [[Washington, D.C.]], and was authorized in 1954 to practice before the [[United States Supreme Court]].​

Long graduated from the then [[Segregation|segregated]] Bolton High School in Alexandria. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree from [[Louisiana State University]] in [[Baton Rouge]], where he was a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity. In 1951, he received his J.D. law degree from LSU and was admitted to practice before the Louisiana Supreme Court. Long's law school classmates included later Louisiana 9th Judicial District Court Judges [[Guy Humphries]] and Lloyd George Teekel] and Rapides Parish District Attorney [[Ed Ware]] and Ware's law partner and assistant DA, [[Gus Voltz, Jr.]] Long maintained a law office in [[Washington, D.C.]], and was authorized in 1954 to practice before the [[United States Supreme Court]].​

Long served in the U. S. Army infantry in [[World War II]]. He rose from the rank of private to captain and was awarded the [[Purple Heart]] for war wounds.​After the war, Long was part of the Internal Security Detachment at the [[Nuremberg War Crimes Tribunal]] in [[Germany]]. He was legal counsel to the Senate Select Committee on Small Business from 1951 to 1952 and the chief counsel to the U.S. House of Representatives Special Committee on Campaign Expenditures from 1952 to 1954 and again in 1956.​

Long served in the U. S. Army infantry in [[World War II]]. He rose from the rank of private to captain and was awarded the [[Purple Heart]] for war wounds.​After the war, Long was part of the Internal Security Detachment at the [[Nuremberg War Crimes Tribunal]] in [[Germany]]. He was legal counsel to the Senate Select Committee on Small Business from 1951 to 1952 and the chief counsel to the U.S. House of Representatives Special Committee on Campaign Expenditures from 1952 to 1954 and again in 1956.​

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==First election to Congress==

==First election to Congress==