John Davis Long

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John Davis Long

34th United States Secretary of the Navy
In office March 6, 1897 – April 30, 1902
Preceded by	Hilary A. Herbert
Succeeded by	William H. Moody

Born	October 27, 1838 Buckfield, Maine, USA
Died	August 28, 1915 Hingham, Massachusetts, USA
Political party	Republican
Spouse	Mary W. Glover (her death) Agnes Pierce
Profession	Politician

John Davis Long (October 27, 1838 – August 28, 1915) was a U.S. political figure. He served as Governor of Massachusetts between 1880 and 1883. He later served as the Secretary of the Navy from 1897 to 1902.

Born in Buckfield, Maine to Zadoc Long, he graduated from Harvard University in 1857 and practiced law in Maine and Massachusetts. Long then served as Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives (1876-1879), Lieutenant Governor (1879), Governor (1880-1883) and Congressman from Massachusetts. He was present at the dedication of the Town Hall in Stoughton, Massachusetts on November 22, 1881.

Appointed 34th Secretary of the Navy by President William McKinley 5 March 1897, Long served with vision and efficiency through the next five years, organizing the Navy for the challenges of the Spanish-American War and the expansion that followed, and laying the groundwork for the growth of the "New American Navy" fostered by his former assistant, President Theodore Roosevelt.

Long resigned in 1902, returned to Massachusetts, and died at Hingham, Massachusetts in 1915.

USS Long (DD-209) was named for him.

In 1870, Long married Mary Woodward Glover, with whom he had two daughters, Margaret and Helen, before she died in 1882. In 1886 Long married Agnes Pierce; their son, Pierce, was born December 29, 1887.

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Preceded by Thomas Talbot	Governor of Massachusetts 1880–1883	Succeeded by Benjamin Franklin Butler
Preceded by Benjamin W. Harris	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 2nd congressional district 1883 - 1889	Succeeded by Elijah A. Morse
Preceded by Hilary A. Herbert	United States Secretary of the Navy 1897–1902	Succeeded by William H. Moody

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