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Speedy Long

[Congressional biography]

Born: June 16, 1928 in Tullos, LA
Died: October 5, 2006 in Trout, LA

Education:

  • Northeast Junior College, 1950
  • Northwestern State College, 1951
  • Louisiana State University Law School, 1959

Military Service:

  • U.S. Navy, 1946-1948, 1951-1952

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • District attorney, 1973-1985

Elected Office:

  • LA Senate, 1956-1964

Other notes:

  • Cousin of Huey Long and Gillis Long


Election Results for Speedy Long


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1958 30 LA D U.S. House District 08 Primary 3 8,551 16.8%
1964 36 LA D U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 33,313 54.0%
1964 36 LA D U.S. House District 08 General 1 33,250 54.5%
1966 38 LA D U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 48,545 68.3%
1966 38 LA D U.S. House District 08 General 1 33,183 100.0%
1968 40 LA D U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 50,878 60.7%
1968 40 LA D U.S. House District 08 General 1 41,086 100.0%
1970 42 LA D U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 59,032 71.0%
1970 42 LA D U.S. House District 08 General 1 26,607 100.0%
1972 44 LA D Governor Primary 8 61,359 5.2%
1987 59 LA D Governor General 6 18,736 1.2%


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



Ideology Data for Speedy 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
1965 37 House 80 6 23 59 D 30 46 79 6 100
1966 38 House 78 5 20 49 D 32 36 66 0 70
1967 39 House 78 6 17 62 D 28 45 72 0 92
1968 40 House 45 2 17 30 D 20 39 48 18 81
1969 41 House 62 11 35 44 R 36 49 75 7 86
1970 42 House 41 9 19 24 R 29 23 38 6 75
1971 43 House 21 0 8 16 R 11 4 20 0 100
1972 44 House 34 11 21 21 R 30 30 40 14 75
Lifetime conservative rating:   84%


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.