Russell B. Long

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American politician Democratic Party politician United States senator human

Russell B. Long was a powerful mid-20th-century U.S. senator from Louisiana who chaired the Senate Finance Committee and played a major role in shaping federal tax and social welfare policy.

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Surface form	Occurrences
John H. Overton (as U.S. senator from Louisiana)	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American politician ⓘ Democratic Party politician ⓘ United States senator ⓘ human ⓘ
burialPlace	Baton Rouge, Louisiana ⓘ surface form: Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States
causeOfDeath	heart failure ⓘ
chairpersonOf	United States Senate Committee on Finance ⓘ
committeeMembership	United States Senate Committee on Finance ⓘ
conflict	World War II ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1918-11-03 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	2003-05-09 ⓘ
educatedAt	Louisiana State University ⓘ Louisiana State University ⓘ surface form: Louisiana State University Law Center
endTime	1987-01-03 ⓘ
familyName	Long ⓘ
father	Huey P. Long ⓘ
fullName	Russell Billiu Long ⓘ
givenName	Russell ⓘ
legislativeBody	United States Senate ⓘ
memberOfPoliticalParty	Democratic Party ⓘ surface form: Democratic Party (United States)
militaryBranch	United States Navy ⓘ
militaryRank	lieutenant ⓘ
mother	Rose McConnell Long ⓘ
notableFor	leadership in social welfare policy ⓘ shaping mid-20th-century U.S. tax policy ⓘ
notableWork	influence on federal tax policy ⓘ influence on social welfare legislation ⓘ
occupation	lawyer ⓘ politician ⓘ
partyLeadershipRole	Democratic Senate leadership ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Shreveport, Louisiana, United States ⓘ
placeOfDeath	Washington, D.C. ⓘ surface form: Washington, D.C., United States
positionHeld	Chair of the United States Senate Committee on Finance ⓘ Majority Whip ⓘ surface form: Senate Majority Whip United States senator ⓘ
relative	Earl K. Long ⓘ
religion	Baptist ⓘ
represented	Louisiana ⓘ
residence	Baton Rouge, Louisiana ⓘ surface form: Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States
spouse	Katherine B. Long ⓘ
startTime	1948-12-31 ⓘ
stateOfBirth	Louisiana ⓘ
succeeded	Russell B. Long self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: John H. Overton (as U.S. senator from Louisiana)
succeededBy	John Breaux (as U.S. senator from Louisiana) ⓘ
workLocation	Washington, D.C. ⓘ surface form: Washington, D.C., United States

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Southern Democrats → notableMember → Russell B. Long ⓘ

Russell B. Long → succeeded → Russell B. Long self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: John H. Overton (as U.S. senator from Louisiana)