Blanche Long

Politician, Deceased Person

1902 – 1998

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Who was Blanche Long?

Blanche Beulah Revere Long was the first lady of Louisiana from 1939–1940, 1948–1952, and 1956-1960. She was also a "partner in power" to her husband, Governor Earl Kemp Long. From 1956-1963, she was the Democratic national committeewoman from Louisiana. Thereafter, in 1963-1964, she was the campaign manager of Democratic gubernatorial candidate John Julian McKeithen, the presumed heir to Earl Long.

Mrs. Long was born in Covington in St. Tammany Parish, across Lake Pontchartrain from New Orleans, to Robert H. Revere and the former Beulah Talley. The Reveres were a lower middle class family, and Blanche was a public stenographer at the Monteleone Hotel in New Orleans. She married Earl Long on August 17, 1932; they had no children. Mrs. Long was protective of her several sisters and her only brother—she helped him to obtain and maintain state employment in Baton Rouge.

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Born
Dec 17, 1902
Covington
Spouses
Religion
  • United Methodist Church
Nationality
  • United States of America
Profession
Lived in
  • Louisiana
Died
May 11, 1998
Metairie

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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