Early Career
Long was born in Winnfield, the seat of Winn Parish in north central Louisiana to Huey Pierce Long, Sr. (1852–1937), and the former Caledonia Palestine Tyson (1860–1913), a native of neighboring Grant Parish. He was the younger brother of U.S. Representative George Shannon "Doc" Long and Governor and U.S. Senator Huey Pierce Long, Jr. Long's younger sister was Lucille Long Hunt (1898–1985) of Ruston, the seat of Lincoln Parish in north Louisiana and the mother of future Louisiana Public Service Commissioner John S. Hunt, III (1928–2001), of Monroe. Long attended Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, where his college roommate was future State Senator John Jones Doles, Sr., of Plain Dealing in northern Bossier Parish. Long thereafter graduated from Loyola University New Orleans College of Law.
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