Texas Legislators: Past & Present

John Andrew Long

Full Name: John Andrew Long, Sr.
Birth date: November 18, 1898
Death date: July 21, 1958

Terms of Service

House, 41st Legislature
1/8/1929 - 1/13/1931
Democrat
House, 40th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾ Legislature
1/11/1927 - 1/8/1929
Democrat

(1) LOVELADY, TEXAS. "Lovelady, on State Highway 19 some fifteen miles south of Crockett in Houston County . . . Postal service for early settlers in the area was obtained from nearby Pennington from 1858 until 1872, when the Lovelady post office was established." Handbook of Texas Online .
(2) Lovelady. House Journal .
(3) Crockett. Texas Legislative Manual .

Biographical Notes and Resources

Photographs

Photograph. Jno. A. Long, State Preservation Board
Photograph. John A. Long, State Preservation Board

Other Resources

Census of 1930 - John A. Long, Precinct 4, Houston County, age 31, born circa 1899, teacher/public school, spouse Thelma, son John A., Jr. FamilySearch .
John Andrew Long, Sr., birth date 11/18/1898, death date 7/21/1958 in Kimble, Junction County; teacher/public schools; served in World War I; removal to Crockett, Texas. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976 .
United States Army, Private, Student Army Tng C. Huntsville, World War I. John A. Long, residence in Crockett, Houston County, birth date 11/18/1898 in Rusk, Texas; inducted at Crockett, Texas 10/14/1918. FamilySearch Texas, World War I Records, 1917-1920 (Texas Military Forces Museum, Austin) .
John A. Long (1898-1958), funeral notice, burial with spouse Thelma B. Long in Evergreen Memorial Park, Crockett, Houston County. Find a Grave .
Biographical sketch, "Who's Who and What's What in the Texas Legislature," by Ed Kilman, 1/27/1929, p. 5. Houston Post-Dispatch .
Photo, "Long to Teach Education Next Six Week Term," Alpine Sul Ross Skyline, 6/25/1947, p. 1. John A. Long "served two terms in the House of Representatives," State Banking Commissioner, Superintendent of Houston County schools, and "newly elected Superintendent of the Junction, Texas schools." NewspaperARCHIVE.com .
Death notice, Junction, July 21, The Daily News-Telegram (Sulphur Springs, Texas), 7/21/1958, p. 5, 4th col., crediting the Hopkins County Genealogical Society. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
41st Legislature (1929) - Jno. A. Long, postoffice Lovelady, nativity Texas, age 29, teacher, member of former legislatures: 40th. Texas Legislative Manual .