Mary Catherine Small Long
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Mary Catherine Small "Cathy" Long (born February 7, 1924) is a former United States Representative from the state of Louisiana. She served from 1985-1987, the remainder of the term of her husband, Gillis William Long, after his death. A member of the Democratic Party and the powerful Long political dynasty through her marriage, Mrs. Long represented the Eighth Congressional District in central Louisiana based about Alexandria. She was the first female veteran elected to Congress. [1]
She is a native of Dayton, Ohio, and resides in Washington, D.C. Mrs. Long declined to seek a full term as congresswoman in the jungle primary of 1986. Her seat narrowly went Republican in the general election even though the Eighth District was among the most historically Democratic in the nation.
Former lieutenant governor and education superintendent William J. "Bill" Dodd (1909-1991), an astute observer of Louisiana politics for a half century, once described Cathy Long, who compiled a liberal voting record in Congress, as the "perfect political wife."
Cathy Long and W.L. Rambo (1917-1984), a former member of both houses of the Louisiana State Legislature from Grant Parish, are among the Longs by marriage who carved out political careers of their own.
| Preceded by Gillis William Long (D) |
United States Representative for the 8th Congressional District of Louisiana
Mary Catherine "Cathy" Small Long (D) |
Succeeded by Clyde C. Holloway (R) |
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