1. Alexander Long was a Democratic United States Congressman who served in Congress from March 4,1863, to March 3,1865.
16 Facts About Alexander Long
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Alexander Long was born in the north, in Greenville, Pennsylvania, on December 24,1816.
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In 1838 at age twenty-one, Alexander Long moved from Pennsylvania to Cincinnati, Ohio and then to rural Hamilton County, Ohio.
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On October 27,1842, Alexander Long married Cynthia Parker Sammons.
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In March 1845 Alexander Long was admitted to the bar by the Ohio Supreme Court then in session at Portsmouth, Scioto County, Ohio.
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Alexander Long entered politics in 1848 after turning down two previous nominations in 1846 and 1847.
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Alexander Long continued to teach when the legislature was not in session.
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In 1862, Alexander Long ran for Congress and was elected as an anti-war Democrat from the Second District of Ohio, and he served in the US House of Representatives as a member of the 38th Congress from March 4,1863, until March 3,1865.
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Alexander Long is best known for his opposition to the Civil War and being in favor of independence for the Confederacy on the basis of "states' rights".
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Alexander Long continued to reject all presidential candidates until 1876 because they had all supported the war.
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Alexander Long made an unsuccessful bid for reelection to the 39th Congress in 1864.
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Nevertheless, Alexander Long remained active in politics and served as a delegate, or in other capacities, to the Democratic National Conventions in 1864,1868,1872, and 1876.
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In 1868, Long worked diligently to reorganize the Democratic Party, and he sought out Salmon P Chase to be the Democratic nominee for president.
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One issue that helped Alexander Long settle on Chase as a candidate was that both men were "hard money" men; hence, both men opposed further reliance on the "Greenback" policy that had funded the Union's war effort.
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Alexander Long was one of Chase's men working behind the scenes at the 1868 Democratic National Convention.
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Alexander Long died on November 28,1886, and he is interred in Spring Grove Cemetery in Cincinnati.