Gerald Long, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Gerald Long

American politician

Date of Birth: 09-Jul-1944

Place of Birth: Winnfield, Louisiana, United States

Profession: teacher, businessperson, politician

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Gerald Long (born July 9, 1944) is an American politician from the U.S.
state of Louisiana.
He is a rare Republican member of the traditionally Democratic Long political dynasty.
Specifically, he is a third cousin of the late Governors Huey Pierce Long, Jr., and Earl Kemp Long.Long was elected on October 20, 2007, to the Louisiana State Senate District 31, which includes Grant and Natchitoches parishes and parts of Rapides, Red River, Sabine, and Winn parishes in the north central portion and western portion of the state.
Long and former State Representative Rick Nowlin are the first two Republicans since Reconstruction to represent Natchitoches Parish in the Louisiana legislature.
Nowlin was subsequently defeated in a revised districting plan in 2011 but rebounded the next year as the first elected president of Natchitoches Parish. After he won his third Senate term in 2015 without opposition, Long's colleagues elected him as Louisiana State Senate President Pro Tempore.