Long was the representative for Ohio’s 2nd congressional district and was a Democrat. He served from 1863 to 1865.
Misconduct
Long faced an allegation of supporting recognition of the independence of the Confederacy in speech on floor of the House on April 8, 1864 and on the same day the House of Representatives censured him, 80- 70.
| Apr. 14, 1864 | House of Representatives censured, 80- 70 |
Voting Record
Missed Votes
From Dec 1863 to Mar 1865, Long missed 112 of 600 roll call votes, which is 18.7%. This is better than the median of 28.2% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Mar 1865. The chart below reports missed votes over time.
We don’t track why legislators miss votes, but it’s often due to medical absenses, major life events, and running for higher office.
Primary Sources
The information on this page is originally sourced from a variety of materials, including:
- unitedstates/congress-legislators, a community project gathering congressional information
- 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
