John
Davis
Long
Born in Buckfield, Oxford, Maine, United States
Ancestors 
Son of Zadoc Long
and Julia Temple (Davis) Long
Brother of
Julia Davis (Long) White
Husband of
Mary Woodward (Glover) Long
— married
13 Sep 1870 (to 16 Feb 1882) in Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States
Husband of
Agnes (Pierce) Long
— married
22 May 1886 [location unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at age 76
in Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States
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| Preceded by 33rd Secretary Hilary Abner Herbert Preceded by 31st Governor Thomas Talbot |
John Davis Long 34th United States Secretary of the Navy  32nd Governor of Massachusetts  1880—1883 |
Succeeded by 35th Secretary William Henry Moody Succeeded by 33rd Governor Benjamin Butler |
Biography
John Long is Notable.
John Davis Long was born on October 27, 1838, in Buckfield, Maine, the son of Zadoc Long and Julia Temple Davis.[1][2][3]
1850 United States Census - Buckfield, Oxford, Maine, United States[4]
Household Role Sex Age Birthplace Zadoe Long Head Male 49 Massachusetts Julia Long Wife Female 43 Maine Persis S Long Daughter Female 22 Maine Zadoe Long Son Male 16 Maine John D Long Son Male 11 Maine
He graduated Harvard College in 1857.[3] Attorney at law, LL.D. Harvard College in 1880.[3]
1860 United States Census - Buckfield, Oxford, Maine, United States[5]
Household Role Sex Age Birthplace Zadoc Long Head Male 59 Massachusetts Julia Long Wife Female 53 Maine John D Long Son Male 21 Maine Abby Bonney Unknown Female 16 Maine Zadoc Long Son Male 26 Maine Ruth H Long Daughter-in-law Female 21 Maine Zadoc Long Grandson Male 0 Maine
He arrived in Hingham in 1867.[3]
He married first, in Hingham, on Sept. 13, 1870 to Mary Woodward Glover.[3]
John married secondly, May 22, 1886, Agnes Peirce.[3]
Mr. Long represented the town of Hingham at the General Court in 1875, 1876, 1877, and 1878 ; was Speaker of the House of Representatives 1876, 1877, and 1878; Lieut.-Gov. 1879 ; Governor, 1880, 1881, and 1882; and elected representative to the 48th, 49th, and 50th Congress of the United States from the Second Massachusetts Congressional District. [3]
John lived on Cottage Street in Hingham.[3]
He died on August 28, 1915, in Hingham, Plymouth County, Massachusetts.[1][2] He is buried at Hingham Cemetery.[6]
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 John Davis Long on Wikipedia
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N4C9-KD8 : 22 May 2019), John Davis Long, 28 Aug 1915; citing Hingham,,Massachusetts, 420, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 2,407,888.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 History of the Town of Hingham, Massachusetts (The Town of Hingham, Massachusetts, 1893) Vol III, p.25
- ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6VS-3X3 : 22 December 2020), Julia Long in household of Zadoe Long, Buckfield, Oxford, Maine, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
- ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDC3-RX3 : 12 December 2017), Julia Long in entry for Zadoc Long, 1860.
- ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/12935/john-davis-long : accessed 27 April 2022), memorial page for John Davis Long (27 Oct 1838–28 Aug 1915), Find A Grave: Memorial #12935, citing Hingham Cemetery, Hingham, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by Find a Grave
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