Sen. Russell Long

Former Senator from Louisiana

Elected Positions

Dates	Title	Representing
1957-1986	Senator	Louisiana
1948-1956	Senator	Louisiana

Sponsorship Analysis

Long was a centrist Democrat according to GovTrack's own analysis of bill sponsorship from Long’s time serving in the Senate.

Use this chart to compare Long to other members of the Senate in the 99^th Congress on leadership and ideology.

This chart is based on principal components analysis for ideology and PageRank for leadership. See analysis methodology.

Bill Sponsorship & Cosponsorship

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Voting Record

From Jan 1949 to Oct 1986, Long missed 1,612 of 12,336 roll call votes, which is 13.1%. This is worse than the median of 5.7% among the lifetime records of senators serving in Oct 1986. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

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Time Period	Votes Elligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
1949 Jan-Mar	38	0	0.0%	0^th
1949 Apr-Jun	84	0	0.0%	0^th
1949 Jul-Sep	76	0	0.0%	0^th
1949 Oct-Oct	20	0	0.0%	0^th
1950 Jan-Mar	49	0	0.0%	0^th
1950 Apr-Jun	56	0	0.0%	0^th
1950 Jul-Sep	75	0	0.0%	0^th
1950 Dec-Dec	10	0	0.0%	0^th
1951 Jan-Jan	1	0	0.0%	0^th
1951 Jan-Mar	19	0	0.0%	0^th
1951 Apr-Jun	70	1	1.4%	50^th
1951 Jul-Sep	88	4	4.5%	50^th
1951 Oct-Oct	16	1	6.3%	50^th
1952 Jan-Mar	12	0	0.0%	0^th
1952 Apr-Jun	94	2	2.1%	50^th
1952 Jul-Jul	6	1	16.7%	50^th
1953 Jan-Mar	7	0	0.0%	0^th
1953 Apr-Jun	33	0	0.0%	0^th
1953 Jul-Jul	37	0	0.0%	0^th
1954 Jan-Mar	32	0	0.0%	0^th
1954 Apr-Jun	45	0	0.0%	0^th
1954 Jul-Sep	88	0	0.0%	0^th
1954 Dec-Dec	8	0	0.0%	0^th
1955 Jan-Mar	26	0	0.0%	0^th
1955 Apr-Jun	37	1	2.7%	50^th
1955 Jul-Aug	23	0	0.0%	0^th
1956 Jan-Mar	43	5	11.6%	75^th
1956 Apr-Jun	45	2	4.4%	67^th
1956 Jul-Jul	32	0	0.0%	0^th
1957 Jan-Mar	16	0	0.0%	0^th
1957 Apr-Jun	44	3	6.8%	75^th
1957 Jul-Aug	46	0	0.0%	0^th
1958 Feb-Mar	35	2	5.7%	80^th
1958 Apr-Jun	77	8	10.4%	60^th
1958 Jul-Aug	76	0	0.0%	0^th
1959 Jan-Apr	56	2	3.6%	83^rd
1959 May-Aug	118	16	13.6%	83^rd
1959 Sep-Sep	29	0	0.0%	0^th
1960 Jan-Apr	75	8	10.7%	50^th
1960 May-Aug	121	1	0.8%	14^th
1960 Sep-Sep	5	0	0.0%	0^th
1961 Jan-Apr	30	2	6.7%	63^rd
1961 May-Aug	135	3	2.2%	50^th
1961 Sep-Sep	32	0	0.0%	0^th
1962 Jan-Mar	21	1	4.8%	63^rd
1962 Apr-Jun	55	12	21.8%	88^th
1962 Jul-Sep	114	5	4.4%	50^th
1962 Oct-Oct	18	1	5.6%	63^rd
1963 Jan-Mar	7	0	0.0%	0^th
1963 Apr-Jun	70	3	4.3%	60^th
1963 Jul-Sep	50	7	14.0%	70^th
1963 Oct-Dec	71	25	35.2%	90^th
1964 Jan-Mar	59	0	0.0%	0^th
1964 Apr-Jun	135	1	0.7%	50^th
1964 Jul-Sep	93	19	20.4%	80^th
1964 Oct-Oct	1	0	0.0%	0^th
1965 Jan-Mar	32	3	9.4%	56^th
1965 Apr-Jun	103	4	3.9%	11^th
1965 Jul-Sep	95	10	10.5%	89^th
1965 Oct-Oct	14	0	0.0%	0^th
1966 Jan-Mar	26	2	7.7%	44^th
1966 Apr-Jun	55	6	10.9%	33^rd
1966 Jul-Sep	115	4	3.5%	56^th
1966 Oct-Oct	33	2	6.1%	44^th
1967 Jan-Mar	39	11	28.2%	91^st
1967 Apr-Jun	69	0	0.0%	0^th
1967 Jul-Sep	76	14	18.4%	73^rd
1967 Oct-Dec	109	9	8.3%	55^th
1968 Jan-Mar	67	3	4.5%	36^th
1968 Apr-Jun	91	29	31.9%	64^th
1968 Jul-Sep	87	37	42.5%	73^rd
1968 Oct-Oct	27	11	40.7%	73^rd
1969 Jan-Mar	15	0	0.0%	0^th
1969 Apr-Jun	24	4	16.7%	67^th
1969 Jul-Sep	43	4	9.3%	67^th
1969 Oct-Dec	151	35	23.2%	83^rd
1970 Jan-Mar	89	14	15.7%	61^st
1970 Apr-Jun	86	19	22.1%	83^rd
1970 Jul-Sep	115	17	14.8%	44^th
1970 Oct-Dec	105	19	18.1%	50^th
1971 Feb-Mar	25	4	16.0%	45^th
1971 Apr-Jun	88	38	43.2%	87^th
1971 Jul-Sep	107	23	21.5%	78^th
1971 Oct-Dec	201	34	16.9%	65^th
1972 Jan-Mar	115	10	8.7%	39^th
1972 Apr-Jun	128	23	18.0%	74^th
1972 Jul-Sep	204	24	11.8%	70^th
1972 Oct-Oct	73	13	17.8%	57^th
1973 Jan-Mar	67	8	11.9%	62^nd
1973 Apr-Jun	190	15	7.9%	45^th
1973 Jul-Sep	166	25	15.1%	83^rd
1973 Oct-Dec	168	11	6.5%	34^th
1974 Jan-Mar	92	20	21.7%	81^st
1974 Apr-Jun	177	49	27.7%	87^th
1974 Jul-Sep	137	48	35.0%	94^th
1974 Oct-Dec	133	5	3.8%	29^th
1975 Jan-Mar	117	13	11.1%	78^th
1975 Apr-Jun	140	20	14.3%	72^nd
1975 Jul-Sep	167	24	14.4%	86^th
1975 Oct-Dec	180	27	15.0%	81^st
1976 Jan-Mar	103	12	11.7%	64^th
1976 Apr-Jun	263	46	17.5%	72^nd
1976 Jul-Sep	312	61	19.6%	69^th
1976 Oct-Oct	13	2	15.4%	33^rd
1977 Jan-Mar	92	19	20.7%	78^th
1977 Apr-Jun	178	30	16.9%	88^th
1977 Jul-Sep	232	33	14.2%	88^th
1977 Oct-Dec	130	6	4.6%	27^th
1978 Jan-Mar	77	11	14.3%	78^th
1978 Apr-Jun	116	33	28.4%	96^th
1978 Jul-Sep	233	22	9.4%	51^st
1978 Oct-Oct	85	13	15.3%	75^th
1979 Feb-Mar	32	2	6.3%	49^th
1979 Apr-Jun	120	45	37.5%	97^th
1979 Jul-Sep	170	34	20.0%	94^th
1979 Oct-Dec	184	13	7.1%	51^st
1980 Jan-Mar	67	10	14.9%	79^th
1980 Apr-Jun	216	76	35.2%	96^th
1980 Jul-Sep	176	91	51.7%	96^th
1980 Oct-Dec	84	18	21.4%	75^th
1981 Jan-Mar	57	8	14.0%	92^nd
1981 Apr-Jun	123	19	15.4%	94^th
1981 Jul-Sep	122	5	4.1%	48^th
1981 Oct-Dec	191	31	16.2%	92^nd
1982 Feb-Mar	77	11	14.3%	83^rd
1982 Apr-Jun	127	7	5.5%	59^th
1982 Jul-Sep	175	5	2.9%	52^nd
1982 Oct-Dec	86	1	1.2%	34^th
1983 Feb-Mar	54	5	9.3%	71^st
1983 Apr-Jun	121	11	9.1%	82^nd
1983 Jul-Sep	92	21	22.8%	91^st
1983 Oct-Nov	99	14	14.1%	74^th
1984 Jan-Mar	45	10	22.2%	88^th
1984 Apr-Jun	142	9	6.3%	56^th
1984 Jul-Sep	68	3	4.4%	42^nd
1984 Oct-Oct	35	10	28.6%	96^th
1985 Jan-Mar	22	2	9.1%	81^st
1985 Apr-Jun	116	5	4.3%	62^nd
1985 Jul-Sep	59	9	15.3%	93^rd
1985 Oct-Dec	183	11	6.0%	65^th
1986 Jan-Mar	51	5	9.8%	80^th
1986 Apr-Jun	103	2	1.9%	44^th
1986 Jul-Sep	149	3	2.0%	51^st
1986 Oct-Oct	56	1	1.8%	55^th

Primary Sources

The information on this page is originally sourced from a variety of materials, including:

Congressional Biographical Directory for elected positions
United States Congressional Roll Call Voting Records, 1789-1990 by Howard L. Rosenthal and Keith T. Poole.
Martis’s “The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress”, via Keith Poole’s roll call votes data set, for political party affiliation for Members of Congress from 1789 through about year 2000
Biographical Directory of the United States Congress for the photo
THOMAS, for sponsored bills

Recent Legislative Activity

Elections and Offices

Sen. Russell Long [D-LA, 1957-1986] leaves office as Senator from Louisiana

Oct 18, 1986

Elections and Offices

Sen. Russell Long [D-LA, 1957-1986] takes office as Senator from Louisiana

Jan 03, 1957

Elections and Offices

Sen. Russell Long [D-LA, 1957-1986] leaves office as Senator from Louisiana

Jul 27, 1956

Elections and Offices

Sen. Russell Long [D-LA, 1957-1986] takes office as Senator from Louisiana

Jan 01, 1948