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Gillis Long

[Congressional biography]

Born: May 4, 1923 in Winnfield, LA
Died: January 20, 1985 in Washington, DC

Education:

  • Louisiana State University, B.A., 1949, J.D., 1951

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army, World War II
  • Awarded the Purple Heart
  • Was with the Internal Security Detachment at the Nuremberg war trials

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • Counsel to Senate Select Committee on Small Business, 1951-1952
  • Counsel to House Committee on Campaign Expenditures, 1952-1954, 1956
  • Assistant director, Office of Economic Opportunity, 1965-1966

Other notes:

  • Husband of Catherine Long, cousin of Huey Long, Russell Long and George Long


Election Results for Gillis Long


Click on the Year to see the results of that election.

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1962 39 LA D U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 30,773 52.7%
1962 39 LA D U.S. House District 08 General 1 25,682 64.0%
1964 41 LA D U.S. House District 08 Primary 2 28,423 46.0%
1964 41 LA D Governor Primary 3 137,778 15.2%
1972 49 LA D U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 61,452 53.3%
1972 49 LA D Governor Primary 3 164,276 14.0%
1972 49 LA D U.S. House District 08 General 1 72,607 68.5%
1974 51 LA D U.S. House District 08 General 1 41,704 100.0%
1976 53 LA D U.S. House District 08 General 1 106,285 94.2%
1978 55 LA D U.S. House District 08 General 1 80,666 79.7%
1980 57 LA D U.S. House District 08 General 1 75,433 68.9%
1982 59 LA D U.S. House District 08 General 1 71,103 59.6%
1984 61 LA D U.S. House District 08 General 1 116,141 78.0%


Age: Age as of July 1 of the year pertaining to this election.



Ideology Data for Gillis Long


Click on the number in the 'Conserv.' column to see all of the key votes for that year.

YearAgeBodyConservative
Coalition		Party UnityPresidential
Support		Vote %LiberalConserv.
P
1963 40 House 47 13 58 12 D 52 11 59 55 33
1964 41 House 67 33 82 11 D 81 13 88 75 27
1973 50 House 46 52 74 22 R 42 54 95 40 33
1974 51 House 40 50 66 24 R 68 28 92 59 25
1975 52 House 51 45 68 27 R 51 48 94 47 25
1976 53 House 58 38 65 32 R 45 51 95 32 46
1977 54 House 47 48 71 24 D 58 34 94 15 35
1978 55 House 46 48 67 26 D 59 34 92 50 23
1979 56 House 43 41 62 18 D 59 26 84 31 43
1980 57 House 35 63 88 10 D 79 16 94 50 26
1981 58 House 61 37 70 22 R 49 38 88 40 9
1982 59 House 48 44 84 12 R 44 27 93 47 15
1983 60 House 37 61 87 11 R 29 68 97 85 9
1984 61 House 44 53 82 13 R 45 52 94 70 22
1985 62 House 2 0 R 0 0 2 0 0
Lifetime conservative rating:   29%


Age: Age as of July 1 of the year pertaining to this row.


Conservative Coalition: According to the publication "Congressional Quarterly" (CQ), this is an alliance of Republicans and Southern Democrats (from back when Southern Democrats tended to be conservative or at least moderate) against Northern Democrats in Congress.

This concept had significant meaning perhaps through the 1980's. These statistics stopped being computed after 2000 because conservative Democrats no longer existed except in very rare cases. The number under the green check is the percentage of time this Representative or Senator voted with the coalition; the number under the red X is the percentage of the time he opposed the coalition. The numbers often do not add to 100% because of instances where no vote was cast.


Party Unity: According to CQ, a Party Unity vote in Congress is one in which the parties were split, with a majority of Democrats opposing a majority of Republicans.

The number under the green check is the percentage of time this Representative or Senator voted with his party; the number under the red X is the percentage of the time he opposed the party. The numbers often do not add to 100% because of instances where no vote was cast.


Presidential Support: These are votes for which the President has stated his position, either in via a message to Congress, by press conference remarks or other public statements and documents.

The number under the green check is the percentage of time this Representative or Senator voted with the President; the number under the red X is the percentage of the time he opposed the President. The numbers often do not add to 100% because of instances where no vote was cast. The "P" column indicates the party of the President in each year.


Vote %: The percentage of roll-call votes in which this Representaive or Senator participated by voting "Yes" or "No" (as opposed to "Present" or not voting at all.)


Liberal Rating: These ratings are based on key votes as identifed by the ultra-liberal advocacy organization called "Americans for Democratic Action" (ADA). They have been rating members of Congress since 1947. The number shown is the percentage of the time this Representative or Senator took the liberal position on a key issue. The methodology behind the calculation can be found here. Ratings followed by an asterisk were calculated the "ADA way" due to missing data regarding key votes in the ADA source material.


Conservative Rating: These ratings are based on key votes as identifed by the conservative advocacy organization called the "American Conservative Union" (ACU). They have been rating members of Congress since 1971. The number shown is the percentage of the time this Representative or Senator took the conservative position on a key issue.

The liberal and conservative ratings are not expected to add to 100% because the two groups use different sets of key votes to determine their ratings. Conservative ratings from 1961 through 1970 (and for 2024) were calculated based on key votes as selected by the creators of this website.